A constellation of enterprising ideas about art and artifact collections.
Though this information creates a glut of value for the user, we should take a moment to consider risks associated with how the attainment of the information affects our institutions.
Network connectivity creates a tiny crack in the foundation as data breaches become a possibility anytime something connects to the internet. Such a fissure – though extremely unlikely – will allow a malicious third party access to the whereabouts of your objects.
This perfectly exemplifies the “preparation paradox” wherein through careful and thorough preparation one prevents a problem and, consequently, creates the sense that the intense preparation was actually an overreaction. This phenomenon readily reflects the risk mitigation efforts of professionals who steward the world’s cultural heritage.
In May of this year, New York City will join a small group of states including Colorado, California, Connecticut, Maryland, Rhode Island, and Washington requiring that all job listings post a salary range.
Outsourcing jobs to cheaper countries in similar time zones
Museum studies degrees will begin to lose their gloss as work specializes to accommodate remote workers (for example, someone to just work remotely on the database)
Once you embrace remote you will look to hire the best anywhere and foster more specialization. Curator of Asian Art for a US museum but based in Asia? Or, outsourcing more exhibitions to traveling exhibition companies. Companies that just manage museum databases in India?
