However, there are two notable omissions and they both concern reaching larger audiences:
- The ability to embed collections or parts of collections in sites running on common platforms (Wordpress, others).
- The ability for people browsing a collection to easily share items and collections to social networks, especially Facebook and Pinterest. Tagging, commenting, as well as people creating their own “collections” are other things that encourage wider engagement.
There is another more advanced capability that others may wish to consider:
- The way in which a CMS integrates with and supports crowd-based transcription and annotation platforms and tools.
Good luck to the members of the Minnesota Alliance with their new effort. Moving collections online in ways that make it easy for others to discover, engage with, and share them is the single most important thing that any of can do to reach substantially more people than will ever set foot in our historic sites or museums.
Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums seeks proposals for the purpose of implementing an online Collections Management System (CMS) for their members. The components of the system to be considered in this RFP include software, migration of existing data, hardware specifications, installation, training, and after sales support.
Visit their website and view the RFP document for more details:
PROPOSAL DEADLINE:
Deadline date for receipt of proposals is April 14, 2017.
Questions and clarifications should be directed to:
Marci Matson, Coordinator
The Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums
612-500-7460
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