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Egyptian Museum Database Project
Migration to KE EMu
Janice Kamrin, Project Director • Hanane Gaber, Head Registrar
KE Emu Users’ Conference, Bristol • June 3-4, 2009
Egyptian Museum Database Project
Principal Goal: Build a new database for the Egyptian Museum, Cairo as the principal tool for a full collections management system
Begun in 2005 with Filemaker Pro
Egyptian Museum Database Project
Mellon Planning Grant
August-December 2006: Planning Grant from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Team chose KE EMu
Egyptian Museum Database Project
Mellon Implementation GrantImplementation grant awarded in April 2008 to:
Purchase EMu and 2 years of maintenance
Hire personnel to assist with building of database
Egyptian Museum Database and Egyptian Museum
Registrar Training Projects
CMS carried out and new database managed by the Egyptian Museum’s new Registration, Collections Management, and Documentation Department (RCMDD).
The RCMDD
January 2007: ARCE-USAID Egyptian Museum Registrar Training Project begins (scheduled to run to October 2010).
The RCMDDJuly 2007: The Registration, Collections Management, and Documentation Department becomes official, with 4 registrars and 3 trainers.
The RCMDD
Today: the RCMDD consists of 9 registrars, led by a Head of Documentation and a Head Registrar, supported by 7 trainers.
The RCMDD:Responsible for most aspects of documentation and collections management:
Object Information
Object Tracking (Movement)
Accessioning
Inventory
Traveling Loans
In-house Exhibitions
Outside Requests
The EM Database TeamThe RCMDD staff (9 registrars, permanent employees of the Supreme Council of Antiquities)
The ARCE-USAID team (the Egyptian Museum Registrar Training Project - 4 trainers)
The ARCE-Mellon team (the Egyptian Museum Database Project - 3 database personnel)
Migration to EMuMarch and April, 2008: Migration schedule organized
April through August, 2008: Field mapping and tab design
August, 2008: Preliminary training in Manchester
September 9, 2009: First test loaded, testing begins
February 19, 2009: Legacy database frozen
March, 2009: On-site training
March 18, 2009: Go-live
Migration to EMu
Major issues that affected the migration:
The Internet connection (or lack thereof) at the Egyptian Museum
The complex numbering system of the Egyptian Museum
Migration to EMu
The RCMDD-ARCE team is using the database successfully in their day-to-day work.
Advice Please!
Issues to address:
Exploring the modules
Internet
Exploring the Modules
Parent-Child Relationships
How do other museums use this effectively?
External Movements
How do other museums use this effectively?
Are there other really helpful modules or tabs we should be exploring?
Internet
How have you successfully built a public internet site?
What fields do you publish?
How have you set up your interface?
Contact Us!
emcregistrars@gmail.com
hgaber00@gmail.com
jkamrin@gmail.com