Digital Collections Management

Invest in the future of your past.

A robust digital collection management strategy is essential for carrying your organization’s mission into the future. However, navigating the digital landscape is daunting and intricately nuanced depending on the needs of your archive, museum, heritage group, historical society, or government agency. How and where to begin can feel overwhelming as you grapple with the complexities of digital usership, regulatory compliance, best practices, and successful project management. We’re committed to easing this burden by simplifying the learning curve and delivering a cohesive system tailored to your goals.

With over a decade of experience in digital preservation, we design custom programs that are sustainable for your team, engaging for users, and in service of your mission.

Work with Relicura

Rachael proved to be extremely adept in refining and updating the existing digital archive plan, supporting development of the data entry provess and providing training to our volunteer staff in general archival practices and specific data entry procedures.

Rachael's vast knowledge of current digital collection tools meant we were able to immediately identify the right CMS tools to consider for our consortia portal.

Knowledgable and personable Rachael is a pleasure to work with. She maintains a balanced approach, addressing both the requirements of archival cataloging, and the knowledge and vocabulary of the user population. While keeping a broad archival perspective, she happily gets down into the details of a specific application, acting as a ready reference in resolving specific catalog implementation issues. Her expertise repeatedly helped us to avoid errors and subsequent rework.

How we can help

Getting your collection online is vital to providing access to your collections in service of your mission. We’ll meet you where you are, assess your needs, and empower your team with a streamlined yet comprehensive plan of action.

Your Digital Collections Management program includes:

Carefully vetted digitization tools
Data analysis cleanup & migration strategy
Collection management systems (CMS) recommendations
Effective digital asset management strategy
Gold-standard preservation & care principles

Services

Relicura’s signature Digital Collection Management service is personalized to the contours of your organization. Here are some of the key ways we can collaborate with your team:

Establishing best practices
Defining company policies & procedures
Digital collections assessment
Collection management, digitization, preservation & care
Staff training & personnel guidance
Funding resources
Professional education
so much more! (just ask!)

Deliverables

Collection Management System (CMS)

System recommendations
Setup & implementation
Data clean-up and migration
Staff training & documentation

Digitization

Tailored plan for digital collection management
File naming conventions & organization
Specs & best practices
File preservation techniques

How it works:

Start | Kick-off meeting
Assess | Obtain images & documentation
Connect | Interview stakeholders
Compile | Synthesize key data
Share | Present findings & make program recommendations

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Frequently Asked Questions

I’m not tech-savvy - Can you help a total digital beginner?

We have limited staffing - Will this be sustainable for a small team?

Our collection is in disarray and will first require organization - Can you assist with that?

Not quite ready to get to work? No problem!

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