This article reviews the recommended steps to take before contacting a vendor, advice on determining criteria for software selection, and suggestions on how to manage the data migration process. The variety and quality of collections management systems (CMS) software packages vary widely. One size does …
Transition to Electronic Government: Planning, Protection and Preservation Strategies for Digitizing Agency Records
Our free report will help you develop a strategy and avoid common pitfalls in the software selection process. Museums, art galleries, historical societies, universities, cultural institutions, and private collectors need to keep track of the collections in their care, and most of them do so …
Collections Management for a New Museum
What goes into starting a new museum? Client Challenge The United Brotherhood of Carpenters (UBC) wanted to display its treasured collection of woodworking tools and other artifacts with the goal of eventually opening a brand new museum. As the project began, the Brotherhood realized that …
U.S. Maritime Administration Heritage Asset Inventory
What Are the Benefits of Conducting a Collections Inventory? Client Challenge In order to maintain compliance with federal financial accounting standards (Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), SFFAS 29, Heritage Assets and Stewardship Land), The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) sought to update its record of …
Museum Collections Management System Upgrade
What Does It Take To Upgrade to a New Collections Management System (CMS)? Client Challenge The Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia (GLDC) planned to upgrade their collections management system. Unsure of how to take on the task of moving their large amount of …
Navy Nurse Corps Collections Support
How Can You Make an Organization’s Legacy More Accessible to Its Members? Client Challenge The Navy Nurse Corps Association (NNCA) maintains an archive with diverse materials such as oral histories, books, photographs, newspaper articles, and other ephemera. It also includes more than a thousand artifacts …