--- title: "Think Clearly: The Lucidea Blog | Museum Collections Management Software" description: Museum Collections Management Software | Discover the how-tos, issues, ideas, challenges and solutions special librarians, knowledge management professionals, and museum managers need to know. --- [![Lucidea](https://blog.lucidea.com/hubfs/Lucidea_October2018/Images/lucidea-main-logo.png)](https://lucidea.com/) - Software Solutions - Integrated Library Systems - [SydneyEnterprise](https://lucidea.com/sydneyenterprise/) - [GeniePlus](https://lucidea.com/genieplus/) - Knowledge Management - [Inmagic Presto](https://lucidea.com/inmagic-presto/) - [Inmagic DB/TextWorks](https://lucidea.com/inmagic-dbtextworks/) - [LawPort](https://lucidea.com/lawport) - Museum Collections Management - [Argus](https://lucidea.com/argus/) - [ArgusEssentia](https://lucidea.com/argusessentia/) - Archives Collection Management - [CuadraSTAR SKCA](https://lucidea.com/cuadrastar-skca) - [Eloquent Archives](https://lucidea.com/eloquent-archives) - [ArchivEra](https://lucidea.com/archivera) - [ArchivEssentia](https://lucidea.com/archivessentia) - Electronic Resource Management - [LookUp Precision](https://lucidea.com/lookup-precision/) - [Eloquent Records](https://lucidea.com/eloquent-records/) - Resources - [Resources](https://lucidea.com/resources/) - [Upcoming Events](https://lucidea.com/events/) - [Think Clearly Blog](https://blog.lucidea.com/) - [Technical Support](https://lucidea.com/technical-support/) - About Lucidea - [Our Story](https://lucidea.com/about-lucidea/) - [Our Partners](https://lucidea.com/partners/) - [Press Room](https://lucidea.com/press-room/) - [Careers](https://lucidea.com/careers/) - [Contact Us](https://lucidea.com/contact/) # Think Clearly: The Lucidea Blog # We've Moved! **Think Clearly has a new home! [Click here](https://lucidea.com/blog) to see our latest posts.** **\***If there’s older content you’d like to catch up on, you can browse right where you are, **until Friday, April 5th**. We know it takes a minute to get used to change! ## [Museum Social Media and the Museum Collections Management System](https://blog.lucidea.com/museum-social-media) Posted by [Rachael Cristine Woody](https://blog.lucidea.com/author/rachael-cristine-woody) on 3/6/2019 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![Museum Social Media](https://blog.lucidea.com/hubfs/museum-social-media.jpg)](https://blog.lucidea.com/museum-social-media) Sharing museum objects online is a practice most museums are implementing on a regular basis. However, with the evolution of social media, digital user expectations, and museum collections management systems (CMS), it’s not always easy to know where, what, and how to share. This post will provide basic guidelines for sharing digital objects from the museum CMS in museum social media. [Read More](https://blog.lucidea.com/museum-social-media) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.lucidea.com/museum-social-media#comments-listing) Topics: [Social Media](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/social-media), [Museum Collections Management Software](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/museum-collections-management-software), [Customer Engagement](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/customer-engagement) ## [5 Prompts to Prioritize Museum Digitization Projects](https://blog.lucidea.com/5-prompts-to-prioritize-museum-digitization-projects) Posted by [Rachael Cristine Woody](https://blog.lucidea.com/author/rachael-cristine-woody) on 2/20/2019 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![5 Prompts to Prioritize Museum Digitization Projects](https://blog.lucidea.com/hubfs/digital-museum-collections-management.jpg)](https://blog.lucidea.com/5-prompts-to-prioritize-museum-digitization-projects) In our digital age, museum digitization projects seem to always be on the agenda at museums. Until 100% of museum collections are online, there’s more work to do, and if a museum is in active acquisition there may never be a day when every object of the museum has a digital surrogate online. With so many areas of the museum collection to choose from, how do we begin to prioritize our digitization efforts? Below are my top 5 prompts to consider when deciding the museum’s next digitization and cataloging project. [Read More](https://blog.lucidea.com/5-prompts-to-prioritize-museum-digitization-projects) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.lucidea.com/5-prompts-to-prioritize-museum-digitization-projects#comments-listing) Topics: [Museum Collections Management Software](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/museum-collections-management-software), [Digital Museums](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/digital-museums) ## [3 Things to Look for When Choosing a Museum Collections Management System](https://blog.lucidea.com/3-things-to-look-for-when-choosing-a-museum-collections-management-system) Posted by [Rachael Cristine Woody](https://blog.lucidea.com/author/rachael-cristine-woody) on 1/30/2019 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![3 Things to Look for When Choosing a Museum Collections Management System](https://blog.lucidea.com/hubfs/museum-collections-management-system.jpg)](https://blog.lucidea.com/3-things-to-look-for-when-choosing-a-museum-collections-management-system) Many of the companies known for Museum Collection Management Systems (CMS) were founded in the late-1970s through the 1980s. Collections management system usage became common among museums in the 1990s with wide-spread implementation occurring by the 2000s. Early adopters have likely seen the migration from at least one CMS to another. [Read More](https://blog.lucidea.com/3-things-to-look-for-when-choosing-a-museum-collections-management-system) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.lucidea.com/3-things-to-look-for-when-choosing-a-museum-collections-management-system#comments-listing) Topics: [Museum Collections Management Software](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/museum-collections-management-software), [Strategy](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/strategy) ## [Museums and Millennials – The Art of Engagement](https://blog.lucidea.com/museums-and-millennials-the-art-of-engagement) Posted by [Ron Aspe, CEO](https://blog.lucidea.com/author/ron-aspe-ceo) on 12/12/2017 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.lucidea.com/hubfs/blog_images/museum-youth.jpg)](https://blog.lucidea.com/museums-and-millennials-the-art-of-engagement) In his Adweek article, *[Millennials are Discovering Art by Ditching Museums for Instagram and Pinterest](http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/millennials-are-discovering-art-ditching-museums-instagram-and-pinterest-170870)*, Robert Klara asserts that “social media has nudged museums aside as the primary venue by which American consumers discover works of art.” Don’t let *your* museum be nudged aside! [Read More](https://blog.lucidea.com/museums-and-millennials-the-art-of-engagement) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.lucidea.com/museums-and-millennials-the-art-of-engagement#comments-listing) Topics: [Museums](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/museums), [Social Media](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/social-media), [Collections Management Software](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/collections-management-software), [Museum Collections Management Software](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/museum-collections-management-software) ## [Is Artificial Intelligence All That and a Bag of Chips?](https://blog.lucidea.com/is-artificial-intelligence-all-that-and-a-bag-of-chips) Posted by [Ron Aspe, CEO](https://blog.lucidea.com/author/ron-aspe-ceo) on 11/9/2017 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![ai-hs.jpg](https://blog.lucidea.com/hubfs/blog_images/ai-hs.jpg)](https://blog.lucidea.com/is-artificial-intelligence-all-that-and-a-bag-of-chips) There will, no doubt, be certain jobs and industries that will be dramatically impacted by artificial intelligence (AI). However, that can be said about virtually any technological innovation introduced in the past 30 years. A more interesting question might be, “How does the hype surrounding AI affect my career today?” [Read More](https://blog.lucidea.com/is-artificial-intelligence-all-that-and-a-bag-of-chips) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.lucidea.com/is-artificial-intelligence-all-that-and-a-bag-of-chips#comments-listing) Topics: [Library Management](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/library-management), [Knowledge Management](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/knowledge-management), [Knowledge Management Systems](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/knowledge-management-systems), [Integrated Library Systems](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/integrated-library-systems), [Museum Collections Management Software](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/museum-collections-management-software), [Artificial Intelligence](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/artificial-intelligence), [Archives](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/archives) ## [What Could You have in Common with The Metropolitan Museum of Art?](https://blog.lucidea.com/what-could-you-have-in-common-with-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art) Posted by [Lucidea](https://blog.lucidea.com/author/lucidea) on 1/25/2017 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![the-met.jpg](https://blog.lucidea.com/hubfs/blog_images/the-met.jpg)](https://blog.lucidea.com/what-could-you-have-in-common-with-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art) [*Photo: David Ohmer*](https://www.flickr.com/photos/the-o/) Many of our Argus clients are feeling inspired by the achievements of Thomas P. Campbell, director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, who among many things, is an advocate for digitizing museum content and publishing online exhibits. [Read More](https://blog.lucidea.com/what-could-you-have-in-common-with-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.lucidea.com/what-could-you-have-in-common-with-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art#comments-listing) Topics: [Museums](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/museums), [Collections Management Software](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/collections-management-software), [Museum Collections Management Software](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/museum-collections-management-software), [Argus](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/argus) ## [Becoming Even More Relevant to your Target Audience: Webinar Reprise](https://blog.lucidea.com/becoming-even-more-relevant-to-your-target-audience-webinar-reprise) Posted by [Lucidea](https://blog.lucidea.com/author/lucidea) on 1/20/2017 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![museum-relevance-hs.jpg](https://blog.lucidea.com/hubfs/blog_images/museum-relevance-hs.jpg)](https://blog.lucidea.com/becoming-even-more-relevant-to-your-target-audience-webinar-reprise) Due to popular demand, we are reprising a webinar presented by museum evangelist and strategist Nina Simon, where she drew upon research for her book, [The Art of Relevance,](https://www.amazon.com/Art-Relevance-Nina-Simon/dp/0692701494/) and offered substantive, creative, and inspiring advice on how to increase your organization’s relevance to communities you hope to engage. Join us on February 2nd and see how Nina’s advice applies whether you work in a library, a museum, a theater, a park, an academic institution or a corporation. [Read More](https://blog.lucidea.com/becoming-even-more-relevant-to-your-target-audience-webinar-reprise) 3 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.lucidea.com/becoming-even-more-relevant-to-your-target-audience-webinar-reprise#comments-listing) Topics: [Museums](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/museums), [Collections Management Software](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/collections-management-software), [Museum Collections Management Software](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/museum-collections-management-software), [Strategy](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/strategy) ## [Open Source—Pretty Simple or Simply Pretty?](https://blog.lucidea.com/open-source-pretty-simple-or-simply-pretty) Posted by [Phil Green](https://blog.lucidea.com/author/phil-green) on 8/19/2016 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.lucidea.com/hubfs/blog_images/simple-hs.jpg)](https://blog.lucidea.com/open-source-pretty-simple-or-simply-pretty) This is the third in a series of posts on IT and the information Professional. When I chat with information professionals and IT managers about open source software, they often talk about two key concepts: - It’s free - Bug fixes and enhancements come from the community While both of these statements are true, they fail to paint the whole picture and hide some pretty ugly truths. [Read More](https://blog.lucidea.com/open-source-pretty-simple-or-simply-pretty) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.lucidea.com/open-source-pretty-simple-or-simply-pretty#comments-listing) Topics: [Library Management](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/library-management), [Knowledge Management](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/knowledge-management), [Knowledge Management Systems](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/knowledge-management-systems), [Collections Management Software](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/collections-management-software), [Integrated Library Systems](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/integrated-library-systems), [Museum Collections Management Software](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/museum-collections-management-software), [Strategy](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/strategy), [Archives](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/archives) [All posts](https://blog.lucidea.com/all) ### Subscribe Here! ### Recent Posts ### Posts by Tag - [Knowledge Management (194)](https://blog.lucidea.com/topic/knowledge-management) - 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