The Discovery Game Changer: Museum Collections Data Enhancement

By Rachael Cristine Woody

The Discovery Game Changer: Museum Collections Data Enhancement offers guidance from Rachael Cristine Woody, a seasoned museum expert and consultant with significant experience in museum, history and heritage organizations as both a practitioner and advisor. The Collections Management System (CMS) is an engine required for the continual thrum of collections management work. Even when collection items are in storage, there is management and access work to do. As each object lies dormant, museum staff are buzzing behind the scenes to treat, research, plan, and catalog. If they are not generating new data, they are enhancing existing data. This is where data enhancement lives--in the everyday of collections management. The logistics of how best to perform data enhancement depend on the area of data you wish to focus on as well as the functionality available to you via the CMS. This book will walk you through creative leveraging of resources such as GenAI and internships, and explore thoughtful approaches and strategies you can employ to ensure accuracy and efficiency in your enhancement efforts--regardless of which CMS you currently work with. Yes, data enhancement is optional. However, when approached thoughtfully using the right tools and methods it can be a game changer for your collections.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F4MV6D16
• ISBN13: 9798317489311
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 82 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 0.2" x 6.1"