How Gallery and Museum Collections Management Went Digital
Collections management may be unsexy, but it's attractive enough to have caught the attention of private equity companies.
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Collections management may be unsexy, but it's attractive enough to have caught the attention of private equity companies.
Physical security isn’t the only way museums, galleries, and theaters need to protect their precious assets.
The British Library has started restoring its online catalog, which was disrupted by a cyberattack. Roly Keating, the library's CEO, stated that the majority of physical items will be discoverable and usable again, but access will be slower and more manual. The library expects a full recovery to take several more months. Similar attacks on other cultural institutions have caused outages and disruptions. Despite the catalog being searchable online, researchers will need to visit the library in person for offline specialist catalogs.
Hackers targeted a popular software widely used by museums to handle sensitive information and display their online collections.
The Gallery Systems software used by many cultural institutions has been breached, limiting online access for both museum employees and the general public