Hello Tom,
I worked for a historical society in America that produced exhibitions while functioning as a special library. We migrated our data to Collective Access and worked with developers to customize the system. That being said, the two most underestimated parts of the project were time spent refining the data (pre-transfer) and time waiting and/or conversing with the data developers in order to produce the CMS we wanted. Cost, surprisingly wasn't so bad because we locked in a project rate with the developers.
Staff members did the data refinement as well as some volunteers but it was such a crucial step in the process that having volunteers help was limited. Because of restricted vocabularies and the necessity to check original objects from time to time outsourcing this work was not a possibility.
The project took a couple years from the point of needing time to write grants and collect proper funding to the point of project completion.
I would recommend Collective Access simply because it is flexible enough to fit many needs with customization.
I hope this helps.
Best wishes,
Ashley
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On Mar 10, 2014, at 1:43 PM, "Bilson, Tom" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear MCG members
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> The Courtauld Institute of Art is migrating its website to a new CMS.
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> I'm hoping for feedback from those of you who, like me, work with university as well as gallery or museum websites, but all feedback will be welcomed. I'm just trying to gather some general information about software vendors, and how you approached the project.
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> If possible, answers please by end of Wednesday 12 March.
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> 1. If you use a CMS for your site, which one do you use and would you recommend it to us?
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> 2. When you started using a CMS did you do any development and migration work yourselves, or did you use an agency. If the latter, which one, and would you recommend them?
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> 3. Did the CMS work take place as part of a site redesign, or follow a site audit?
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> 4. How long did the project take?
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> Is there any other advice you’d like to offer us?
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> Many thanks for your time!
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> Tom Bilson
> Head of Digital Media
> The Courtauld Institute of Art
> Somerset House
> Strand
> London WC2R 0RN
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