This document appears to be notes from a presentation on selecting a new database tool. It recommends 6 steps: 1) Recognize technology is just one part of the issue, 2) Get all stakeholders involved, 3) Ask the right questions, 4) Determine concrete goals and objectives through use cases, 5) Don't select based just on labels, and 6) Remember implementation will take longer than expected. The presentation was given by Kara Van Malssen on November 9, 2013.

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1. Kara Van Malssen | AVPreserve
2. Miwa Yokoyama | Carnegie Hall
3. Eva Radding | Facing History & Ourselves
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3. 1. approach
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4. We are planning to digitize our
collections and need a new
database to manage them.
What tool should we use
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5. step 1
Recognize that technology is
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Get all the stakeholders involved
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Ask the right questions
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HOw does your solution do X?

13. step 4
Determine concrete
goals and objectives, aka
USE CASES
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15. step 5
Don’t select by the label
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17. step 6
Remember, everything
takes longer than you
think it will
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19. Thank you!
kara@avpreserve.com
@kvanmalssen
avpreserve.com
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