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Managing Previously Unmanged Databases - what to do when you inherited a mess of a #database from your predecessor or want a new one. The article was originally written for the Registrars Committee Western Region and is now available on Registrar Trek in English https://world.museumsprojekte.de/managing-previously-unmanaged-databases/, Spanish https://world.museumsprojekte.de/como-organizar-bases-de-datos-desorganizadas/?lang=es and German https://world.museumsprojekte.de/chaotische-datenbanken-in-den-griff-bekommen/?lang=de
#MuseumDocumentation #Museums #Heritage #datacleanup #databases #CMS #CollectionsManagement #CollectionsManagementSystem #datamanagement

What does a jet have to do with managing previously unmanaged collections?

Simple answer:

Nothing.

More complex answer:

I am in the process of translating the book into German and sometimes there are hiccups. In chapter 4, I talk about the difficulties of enforcing access policies to your storage area. A process which, as we all know, comes with all sorts of difficulties, the problem of taking the key from someone being a humiliating gesture in our Western culture not being the least of it.

In the English original, there is the sentence:

“Enforce the access policy with the three ps: persistence, patience, and politeness.”

Needless to say, such sentences don’t translate well. Usually you just rephrase them and let go of the idea that you can find three words starting with the same letter in the other language. However, I think I did find a way this morning:

“Halten Sie mit „Drei G“ an Ihren Zugangsbeschränkungen fest: mit Geradlinigkeit, Geduld und Gutem Benehmen.”

Finding three words starting with the letter G with the same meaning like the original (although the third one is cheating a bit, using two words) was already a big win. But the even bigger win was that this way I now have the double meaning of 3 G in it, alluding to the g-forces in physics.

I could of course take that analogy and run with it, saying that when we change longstanding processes and habits like we inevitably do when we start improving things in our collections, it means that we accelerate things and take people out of where they are used to go and expecting to go. And as we know from physics, if we accelerate things, a force is applied to the one being accelerated, which can have unpleasant side effects.

But I don’t want to overburden that little sentence. Instead, just imagine me giggling slightly when you come across it reading the book. 🙂

Angela

#AccessControl #collectionsManagement #documentation #museum #MuseumDocumentation #registrar

Data security isn't sexy, I'll give you that. But in this climate, knowing how to do a backup of your database and storing it somewhere safe might be crucial to make sure what you know about your collection is preserved for future generations.

Start of a new series on #RegistrarTrek: Let's talk about Data Security

https://world.museumsprojekte.de/lets-talk-about-data-security-backups/

#museums #museum #databases #MuseumDocumentation #CollectionsManagement #KeepYourDataSafe

Reasons to leave Twitter, why Bluesky isn't an alternative and stuff I learned about Mastodon:

Registrar Trek Goes Mastodon
https://world.museumsprojekte.de/registrar-trek-goes-mastodon/

#Museums #Museum #MuseumDocumentation #CollectionsManagement #SocialMedia #RegistrarLife #NieWiederIstJetzt #Mastodon

@docgrid: Das, was Katrin Moeller (@NFDI4Memory) gestern für die #Wissenschaft allgemein feststellte, gilt genauso für die Museen in Deutschland, die lt. Statistik des Instituts für #Museumsforschung nur zu 14% #Normdaten und kontrolliertes #Vokabular (davon gut 50% die #GND) verwenden.

👉 https://doi.org/10.11588/ifmzm.2023.1
👉 https://www.smb.museum/fileadmin/website/Institute/Institut_fuer_Museumsforschung/Publikationen/Materialien/Sonderhefte/Institut-fuer-Museumsforschung-2021-Ausgerechnet-Museen.pdf

#4CultureForum #MuseumDocumentation @museum

Cooles #Stellenangebot: die Staatlichen Schlösser und Gärten #Hessen suchen eine/n #Sammlungsdatenbank-Manager:in (E13, unbefristet). Jetzt bis 30.04.2024 bewerben.
https://www.schloesser-hessen.de/files/misc/SG-Ausschreibung-DB-Manager.pdf #digSMus #Museumsdokumentation #MuseumDocumentation #CollectionsManagement

'The most sustainable and best security for collections is that they are widely known and widely used.' https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2023/10/british-museum-was-victim-of-an-inside-job-says-osborne
Bei der Aufarbeitung des Diebstahls im #BritishMuseum wird erneut deutlich, wie wichtig #MuseumDocumentation und der öffentliche Zugang zu Sammlungsinformationen sind. #CollectionsManagement

The reviews are in and we are really going towards a second edition of "Managing Previously Unmanaged Collections".
If there are #gaps in the first edition, please let me know.
Especially looking for real-world examples from #native and #digital #collections

Re-toots appreciated!

#museum #museums #archive #archives #RegistrarLife #MuseumDocumentation #CollectionsManagement #databases #CollectionCare #Conservation #Documentation #UnmanagedCollections #MuseumStudies

I am searching for people who have read "Managing Previously Unmanaged Collections" and have ideas what is missing or what should be improved.

https://world.museumsprojekte.de/managing-previously-unmanaged-collections-revisited-revised-revamped/

Also looking for additional real world examples.

Boosts are appreciated!

#museum #museums #archive #archives #collection #collections #MuseumDocumentation
#MuseumStudies #CollectionsManagement #CollectionCare #Conservation #cataloguing #UnmanagedCollections

Okay, I am trying the wolf thing to find my pack. #museum #museums #CollectionsManagement #CollectionsCare #IntegratedPestManagement #Conservation #MuseumDocumentation #Cataloguing #Documentation #Registrar #Registrars #RegistrarLife #MuseumLife #DataBases #StorageManagement #MuseumStorage #Arthandling #ExhibitionManagement
You are one of my people? Give me a wail!
Boosts appreciated.