Curated Conversations Presents: “Museums and Digital Asset Management”
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Join JHU's MA in Museum Studies program lecturer and digital curation expert Alexandra Kron-Daleo as she welcomes Nelly Cancilla, Digital Asset Manager at the Detroit Institute of Arts, for a deep dive into the world of stewarding digital assets while improving user experience across the museum field.
Whether you are expert in managing digital assets, or only now shifting from a card catalog, this Curated Conversation will enlighten, inform, and spark curiosity.
Alexandra Kron-Daleo, who holds her MA in Museum Studies and a certificate in Digital Curation from JHU, completed her digital curation internship at the Balboa Park Online Collaborative, a non-profit tech consultancy in San Diego, California. There she researched how cultural institutions in Balboa Park were leveraging accessibility and the monetization of their digital assets and transitioned into a full-time position at BPOC, working with cultural institutions to develop digital strategies, data governance, and digital preservation plans. She also worked to support the implementation of collections management, content management, and digital asset management systems and provide recommendations for system and process improvement. Kron-Daleo now works as the Community Manager for Terentia, a platform for digital asset and collection management, where she develops and facilitates educational resources and learning opportunities for the GLAMP community. She joined JHU as a digital preservation instructor in Spring 2022.
Nelly Cancilla, as the Digital Asset Manager at the Detroit Institute of Arts, provides oversight of the DIA’s digital asset management software, trains stakeholders, manages governance, and supports staff enterprise-wide.
Cancilla holds a BA in English from Oakland University and a Master of Information from the University of Toronto. In addition to their experience in digital asset management, they have held positions as Scholarly Communications and Copyright Librarian, Communications Librarian, and Digital Scholarship and Liaison Librarian, with specializations in copyright, scholarly publishing, and instruction.
Learn more about JHU’s MA in Museum Studies program.