what’s happening? emu activity in europe, the middle east and australasia andrew brown ke software
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What’s Happening?
EMu Activity In Europe, the Middle East and Australasia
Andrew Brown
KE Software
Collections Management
2 September 2005
Collections Management
2 September 2005
The Helsingborg Museums, Sweden
• New EMu customer
• Live since September 2010
• Multi-discipline
• Living collections
• Fine art
• Cultural history
• Translation into Swedish
• Encyclopaedia of Helsingborg
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Living Collections
• Live Animals, including:
• Cows
• Sheep
• Poultry
• Wild Flowers
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Web Publication of Helsingborgs Stadslexikon
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Helsingborgs Stadslexikon
• Encyclopedia consisting of information that Is
significant to the city of Helsingborg
• Each article within the book can consist of:
• Title
• Main Information
• Images
• References to other articles
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Helsingborgs Stadslexikon in EMu
• Each article stored as a Narrative
• Images attached to the article record
• References to other articles achieved using
“Associated Narratives”
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Helsingborgs Stadslexikon on the
Web
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Egypt
• Egyptian Museum (Cairo)• EMu user for 2 years
• Documenting user access to collections
• Applications
• Authorizations
• Material examined
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Egypt (cont.)
• National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
(Cairo)• Managed by UNESCO
• Project underway
• Full Arabic system
• Emphasis on Narrative content
• “Intangible Heritage”
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Egypt (cont.)
• Grand Egyptian Museum (Cairo)• Currently selecting a system
• EMu is front runner for this project
• Other Egyptian collections• Oriental Institute of University of Chicago
• University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology
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Digital Asset Management
• Tyne & Wear Museum (Newcastle UK)• Large local authority
• Multi-discipline catalogue
• St Andrews University Library (Scotland)• Picture Library
• Largest collection of Scottish photographic
history
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Other European Activity
• Direction des musées de France validation
• Fife Museum
• British School at Athens
• Wandsworth Museum
• KE UK employs on-site support staff for
Middle East
• KE UK turns 10!
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KE UK Turns 10
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
• A KE Software customer since 1986
• Using EMu since 1999
• Storing information about their Herbarium
and Botanical Living Collections
• Currently around 190,000 specimens recorded
in EMu
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Trees in the Garden Project
•New online mapping service using KE
EMu Mapper
•View detailed information and stories
about the living tree collections
•Uses high resolution aerial photos• http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/TreesRBG
Domain/
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Search for trees, map their locations
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Zoom in on areas of the Gardens
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Results including location
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Detailed Information
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Exhibition Items
•Te Papa, MV, CMCC
•Module sites between Exhibitions and
Catalogue
•Allows more information to be stored
about an object in a given exhibition
•Records whether object was accepted
or rejected for us in the exhibition
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Other Australian clients
• Redland Art Gallery, Qld
• Moreton Bay Museums, Qld