A ResourceSpace case study The Walters Art Museum resourcespace.comDigital custodians When you’re a museum housing as many as 50,000 works of art spanning around 5,000 years, keeping track of such a diverse collection is no easy feat. Especially when sharing those treasures with a digitally savvy public audience is an important part of your manifesto. This was the challenge facing The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. With around half of its collection now digitalised for public consumption, digital asset management is a key undertaking for Systems Manager for Data and Digital Resources, Kate Blanch. As Kate explains, “What makes our collection challenging from a digital resources point of view is that we have every type of object you could possibly imagine, from Japanese screen

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