UPCOMING WEBINAR
One System, Twice the Archive: Modernizing DAM and Collections Management at the Magnes
September 16, 2026 • 1 pm ET / 10 am PT / 6 pm BST
Picture a records search that takes twenty minutes and still might come up empty. That was daily life for the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at the University of California, Berkeley. Its team of eight relied on a legacy CMS requiring VPN access to servers overseas, just to pull a single record.
This setup wasn’t just slow. It limited what the team could take on—a reality many GLAMP institutions know too well.
Then came the real test: a chance to acquire the Roman Vishniac Archive. At 30,000 objects, it would double their collections. Taking it on without adding staff meant modernizing, fast.
In this session, the Magnes team will share how they finally unified their collections and digital asset management. And in the process, built something bigger: a public portal delivering a once-impossible level of access.
Hear the business case they made, the choices they faced, and what changed after go-live.
TAKEAWAYS
What you'll learn by attending
Why legacy systems cap what teams can accomplish
How to build a strong case for modernization
Ways to scale collections without scaling headcount
Tips on unifying collections, digital assets, and public access
What it takes to maintain an active research portal
SPEAKERS
Hear from thought leaders in GLAMP
Dr. Alissa Schapiro
Senior Curator
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
Dr. Alissa Schapiro is Senior Curator at the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life. In her previous role as Curator and Collections Specialist at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, Schapiro oversaw the museum’s collection and curated exhibitions including TORN Project by Susan Lerner, This Light of Ours: Activist Photographers of the Civil Rights Movement, and RECLAIMED: A Family Painting. Schapiro also co-curated Life Magazine and the Power of Photography at the Princeton University Art Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and she has contributed to exhibitions and catalogues for the Art Institute of Chicago, Tate Britain, the Milwaukee Art Museum, and the Terra Foundation for American Art.
She holds a B.A. in Art History from Harvard University, an M.A. in Curatorial Studies from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, and a Ph.D. in Art History from Northwestern University.
Andrea Calderon
Registrar & Collections Manager
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
Andrea Calderon (they/them/theirs) is the Registrar & Collections Manager at the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life. Calderon is responsible for the professional care, preservation, and access to the Magnes's general collection. First holding the role of Assistant Registrar, they joined the Magnes team in 2023. Calderon was a cohort member of the California Inclusive Preservation Program. They earned a B.A. degree in History of Art from the University of California, Berkeley with a concentration in Modern and Contemporary Art. Prior to joining the Magnes, Calderon worked as the Civic Arts Intern with the City of Berkeley.
Tina Kremzner-Hsing
Database & Digital Assets Manager
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
Tina Kremzner-Hsing is the Database & Digital Asset Manager at the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life. She also manages rights and reproductions for the collection. Tina led the search, migration and implementation of Terentia's integrated CMS and DAMS platforms and public-facing portal, Maven Collections Online, for the Magnes.
Kremzner-Hsing holds a Master's degree in Library & Information Science with a certificate in Strategic Management of Digital Assets and Services from San Jose State University, and a B.A. in History of Art from University of California, Berkeley.