Manual of digital museum planning

Abstract

"Manual of Digital Museum Planning explains how to plan, build and successfully manage the electronic architecture that houses your institution in the 21st century. Here is the companion museum staff and leadership are looking for to help develop museums in and for the digital age"--Provided by publisher.

Contents

Foreword / Gail Dexter Lord and Barry Lord -- Introduction / Ngaire Blankenberg and Ali Hossaini -- Section One. A new value proposition for museums in the digital age -- Discovering a new kind of dialogue / Chris Michaels -- The omnichannel museum / Ali Hossaini -- Making it personal : putting data at the heart of your museum / Rob Stein -- Section Two. Transforming the way we relate to our community -- Social media and audience development / Ngaire Blankenberg -- Interview with Alex Espinós and Gloria Castellví: Follow me, growing your Twitter community -- Analytics / Katie Moffatt -- Interview with Mark Pajak: A head for numbers -- Museum learning in the digital age / Ngaire Blankenberg -- New frontiers in the visitor experience / Lisa Wright -- Interview with Jake Barton: Digital pen at the Cooper Hewitt Museum -- Interview with Jessica Doig: Planning new technologies -- Section Three. Transforming the way we work -- Content for every channel / Ali Hossaini -- The pursuit of efficient relevance : an enterprise content management system / Corey Timpson -- Digital collections management / Edward Purvis -- Interview with Pam Babes: Using volunteeers for digitization projects -- Digital project management / Rachel Clements Walker -- Interview with Adam Patron: Agile projects at the Metropolitan Museum of Art -- Visitor experience design / Marco Mason -- Section Four. Resilience and sustainability -- Museum organization for the future / Ngaire Blankenberg -- Planning for IT infrastructure / Ali Hossaini -- Interview with Kevin Cunningham: Developing flexible infrastructure for the 21st century museum -- Planning for digital revenues / Ngaire Blankenberg and Ali Hossaini -- Afterword: Digital placemaking / Ali Hossaini -- About the authors -- Glossary.