ke emu, the world’s premier collections management software

KE EMu, the world’s premier collections management software.

www.kesoftware.com

A superior collections management system for the world’s largest:

• Museums

• Art Galleries

• Historical Societies

• Herbaria

• Botanic Gardens

• Special Collections

KE EMu

KE EMu helps you:

• Manage your

collection

Outgoing Loan

Incoming Shipment

Loan Return

Exhibitions

InternalMovements

Insurance

Conservation

Outgoing Shipment

Incoming Shipment

Outgoing Loan

Loan Return

KE EMu helps you:

Harvesting

Back CaptureRaw

Catalogue Data

Collecting

• Manage your collection• Document your

objects

Collecting

RawCatalogue

Data

KE EMu helps you:

At a ball at the ducal court of Mantua, the hunchbacked jester Rigoletto mocks the courtiers cuckolded by the profligate Duke,

RigolettoBy Giuseppe Verdi

• Manage your collection• Document your objects• Enrich your

information with Multimedia

Collecting

RawCatalogue

Data

KE EMu helps you:

NarrativesRaw

Catalogue Data

• Manage your collection• Document your objects• Enrich your information

with Multimedia• Derive new

information

• Manage your collection• Document your objects• Enrich your information

with Multimedia• Derive new information• Publish your

knowledge

NarrativesRaw

Catalogue Data

KE EMu helps you:

KE EMu helps you:

• Manage your collection• Document your objects• Enrich your information

with Multimedia• Derive new information• Publish your knowledge• Participate in the

global museum community

Museum Web Portal

…Non-KE EMu siteKE EMu site 1 KE EMu site 2

KE EMu helps you:

• Manage your

collection

Outgoing Loan

Incoming Shipment

Loan Return

Exhibitions

InternalMovements

Insurance

Conservation

Outgoing Shipment

Incoming Shipment

Outgoing Loan

Loan Return

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Central Catalogue

Manage Your Collection

LocationsInternal

Movements

Events

Loans

External Movements

Conservation/ Condition Check

Insurance/ Indemnity

Deaccessioning

Accession Lots

KE EMu helps you:

Harvesting

Back CaptureRaw

Catalogue Data

Collecting

• Manage your collection• Document your

objects

Central Catalogue

LocationsInternal

Movements

Events

Loans

External Movements

Conservation/ Condition Check

Insurance/ Indemnity

Deaccessioning

Accession LotsCatalogue Module

Document Your Objects

Rights/Copyright

Citations & Bibliography

Parties

Collection Events

Sites

Gazetteer

Cataloguing

• Incorporates a configurable catalogue

• Multiple disciplines can be supported with their own distinct fields in the one heterogeneous catalogue

• The catalogue is extensible

• Multi-discipline querying is supported

• Display is automatically adjusted based on the object’s discipline

Catalogue Module

Rights/Copyright

Citations & Bibliography

Parties

Collection Events

Sites

Gazetteer

Extensible Multidiscipline Catalogue

Object Information

ArtSocial HistoryAnthropology

SculpturesPrintsWorks on Paper

Collecting

RawCatalogue

Data

KE EMu helps you:

• Manage your collection• Document your objects• Enrich your

information with Multimedia

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Multimedia Repository

• Available within and fully integrated into every module of KE EMu

• Supports all media types, including:

• Images, videos, audios

• Word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations

• Any on-line or off-line resource

• Compliant with Dublin Core Metadata Standard

Multimedia Repository (cont.)

• Documents deposited in the multimedia repository are automatically converted to HTML and fully indexed

• HTML versions of documents can be published on the Intranet and/or Internet

• Original documents can be downloaded and viewed in the software used to create them

Multimedia Repository Example

KE EMu helps you:

NarrativesRaw

Catalogue Data

• Manage your collection• Document your objects• Enrich your information

with Multimedia• Derive new

information

Catalogue Module

Rights/Copyright

Citations & Bibliography

Parties

Collection Events

Sites

Gazetteer

Narratives Module

Narratives

Catalogue Module

Rights/Copyright

Citations & Bibliography

Parties

Collection Events

Sites

Gazetteer

Catalogue ModuleCatalogue Module

Rights/CopyrightRights/CopyrightRights/Copyright

Citations & BibliographyCitations &

BibliographyCitations &

BibliographyPartiesPartiesParties

Collection EventsCollection EventsCollection Events

SitesSitesSites

GazetteerGazetteerGazetteer

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Narratives Module

• Supports the creation and publication of interpretative information - stories, research papers, interactive exhibits, etc

• Ties together objects, spatial and temporal data with people, events and multimedia

• Accessible over the Web

• Designed to capture the knowledge of the experts within the institution

• Manage your collection• Document your objects• Enrich your information

with Multimedia• Derive new information• Publish your

knowledge

KE EMu helps you:

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Internet/Intranet Interfaces

• Standard Internet and Intranet interfaces to published Catalogue and related data

• Implemented using PHP

• Completely configurable on-site

• Many tools for the development of application-specific Web interfaces for special collections

Standard KE EMu Web Interface

Application-specific Web Interface

Application-specific Web Interface

KE EMu helps you:

• Manage your collection• Document your objects• Enrich your information

with Multimedia• Derive new information• Publish your knowledge• Participate in the

global museum community

Museum Web Portal

…Non-KE EMu siteKE EMu site 1 KE EMu site 2

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KE EMu Web Portal• Designed to provide a single gateway to a

range of KE EMu and non-KE EMu data sources

• Searches of the KE EMu Web Portal dynamically and concurrently search up to all participating data sources

• The KE EMu Web Portal then accumulates the results from each data source and dynamically produces a summary of all matching resources

• Users can “click through” to detailed information on individual objects, if allowed by each institution

KE EMu Web Portal

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Australia’s Virtual Herbarium• Designed to provide a single gateway to all of the

herbarium resources of Australia, spread across 8 federal, state and territory institutions

• Searches of AVH dynamically and concurrently search up to all 8 herbaria

• AVH then aggregates the results from each herbarium and dynamically produces a browseable map

• Users can “click through” to detailed information on individual specimens, if allowed by each institution

plantnet.rbgsyd.gov.au/avh.html

Australia’s Virtual Herbarium

Some KE EMu Clients• National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian

Institution

• American Museum of Natural History, New York

• Carnegie Museum of Art, PA

• Winterthur Museum and Garden, DE

• Walt Disney Imagineering, Burbank, CA

• National Gallery of Australia

• Manchester City Art Galleries, UK

• Whitworth Art Gallery, UK

• Chicago Institute of Science and Industry, IL

• Canadian Museum of Civilization

• National Museum of Science and Technology, Canada

• Australian Museum

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Local KE EMu Community• KE’s headquarters and development base

located in Australia

• Well over 400 KE EMu users across more than 20 premier sites in Australia (Australian Museum, Museum Victoria, National Gallery of Australia, Powerhouse Museum, etc.)

• Active KE EMu user group hosting regular meetings and workshops

• Active user-maintained KE EMu web site and discussion forum

• Manage your collection• Document your objects• Enrich your information with

Multimedia• Derive new information• Publish your knowledge• Participate in the global museum

community

KE EMu helps you: