SPECTRUM Portuguese Translation Science Museum of the University of Coimbra

& Sistemas do Futuro, Ltd

Alexandre Matos

• Head of Research and training at SF

• Phd student (scholarship from FCT) – Museum Studies department – Porto University

• Master in Museology - Oporto University

• Interessted in museum documentation, collections management, use of collections, social web and museum accreditation

• Author at www.mouseion.me

• alexandre@sistemasfuturo.pt

Get set, ready, go!

• Finished my master degree about the relation of museum accreditation and collections management in Portugal

• Participation at the SPECTRUM - A UK Standard and its Internationalisation workshop

• Ideia “We must have SPECTRUM translated and adapted to the portuguese context!”

SPECTRUM Portuguese project

The Science Museum of the University of Coimbra is an interactive science museum that aims to provide visitors

of all ages an entertaining environment in which to discover science. The Museum presents the University’s

collections of scientific objects and instruments as well as a series of exciting exhibits and hands-on experiments.

Anthropology Botany

Medicine

Zoology Mineralogy Geology

Physics

Chemistry Physics

Chemistry

Pharmacy

Mathematics

Astronomy

UC Scientific colletions

Collections digitization status

Instruments 88% Ethnography 71% Natural History 4%

CMS with photo

CMS

Missing

SPECTRUM project - SF

• Project financial supporter;

• Use SPECTRUM as a reference to create our products;

• Make part of Collections Trust SPECTRUM Partners after the formal testing process.

Using SPECTRUM

•Object entry

•Acquisition

•Location and movement control

•Cataloguing

•Object exit

•Laons in

•Loans out

•Retrospective documentation

•...

SPECTRUM Procedures

•Mapping SPECTRUM

•Create non existing fields or information groups

•Create a test version of the CMS

Sistemas do Futuro

•Test the new version of CMS according to SPECTRUM procedures

•Test SPECTRUM implementation

•Policies and legal context

Science Museum

•CMS corrections if needed

•New tutorial and help

•Deployment to the production DB

Sistemas do Futuro

SPECTRUM portuguese translation

Timeline

2008 |

CIDOC Annual

Conference Athens

First Contacts

with FLUP (November)

2009 |

First positive response

from FLUP (January)

2008

Exchanging info and

detais with Collections

Trust

...

... |

Started to arrange financial

partners for the project

The Crisis

2010

2011 |

Second response

from FLUP NEGATIVE (February)

New Partner Science

Museum Coimbra

(July)

2011

2011 |

First raw translation made by a translation company

(November)

First translation revision - Review

Committee (May)

2012

2012 |

End of Phd (September)

Formal presentation (November?)

2012

... |

Never ending work (Promotion

of SPECTRUM)

SPECTRUM 4.0

(Thanks CT!)

SPECTRUM PT

First Portuguese Translation of SPECTRUM and website launch

November 2012

Future Work

• Portuguese legislation and museum policies • Portuguese website to promote SPECTRUM

– Tutorials – SPECTRUM resources translation – Advice and recomendations – Museum case studies – Museum professionals experiences – Discussion and networking

• Trainning (partnership with Museum Studies Department at Oporto University)

Expectations

• Reference standard for portuguese speaking museum community

• SPECTRUM as an official standard for Museum Documentation in Portugal

• SPECTRUM as reference about museum documentation for Portuguese Museum Accreditation Scheme

• Facilitate and promote the catalogue, documentation and management of collections

• Promote the digitization of portuguese museum collections

Thank you Obrigado