Dear all, I am afraid that my previous quest was not very clear. I am not conducting a review of museums management software. I know about Chin review and other tools. I am collecting information on the base of the 5 Ws (When, why, what, where, who) on museum usage of managements tools, digital preservation, software, standards, case studies, open sources, folksonomies etc. The FRD* is interested in collecting all these information to present to the Italian operators involved in museums management (curators, systems managers, art historians, archivists, librarians etc.) the North American museums and cultural institutions' results, experience, samples, problems, work flow, etc. This is not the place to give a summary of Italian cultural institutions, but I am sure you all are aware of the different history and reality (henceforth somehow diverse management issues) of such institutions if compared with the ones in the USA. However we believe that the information collected could help us to identify our needs and eventually create tools to satisfy them. Any information or resources you can give me, are welcome. I am especially interested in real life experience. I will eventually create a questionnaire and ask at that moment I will ask which institutions would like to be involved. Thank you for your patience. Dr. Annamaria Poma Swank
Please send email to this address pomaswank at rinascimento-digitale.it *Fondazione Rinascimento Digitale aiming at the definition of standard, methodologies and tools for digital memories creation, usage and preservation, is in charge of organizing, during the VMDL, an open discussion between end-user, operators, researchers and institutions on present and future of digital libraries applications.(and museums : beni culturali) http://www.rinascimento-digitale.it