Collections Care Through Visual Aids
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Speakers: Ben Sullivan, Head of European Operations, KE Software and Mr David Smith, Collections Manager (Petrology, Ocean Bottom Deposits andBuilding Stones) and Departmental Loans Manager, Mineralogy Department,Natural History MuseumThis presentation shows how collection data can be presented visually so that staffand management can monitor the ongoing care of the collections. The visual aids helpjustify to management and funding bodies about the need for good collectionscare practices.
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Collections Carethrough visual aids
Collections Care through visual aids
Storage
House-keeping
Handling &
Use
EmergencyPrep
Environment
Surrogates
Conservation
Policy &Procedures
…plus more
Collections Care through visual aids
…storage - crates
Collections Care through visual aids
…storage - maps
Collections Care through visual aids
…housekeeping – pests
Collections Care through visual aids
…handling & use – exhibitions and events
Collections Care through visual aids
…handling & use – parts management
Collections Care through visual aids
Organism Certhidea olivacea Gould, 1837Warbler Finch
Collector Darwin, Charles RobertPreparations skull
skeletonstudy skineggs (4)nesttissue sample
…handling & use – preparations & registers
Collections Care through visual aids
…environmental monitoring and control
Planned Development
Collections Care through visual aids
…conservation – mobile devices & images
Photograph (Analogue Original)
Medium res JPEG2 (Derivative)
Magazine (Usage)
Catalogue (Usage)
Medium res TIFF (Derivative)
High res TIFF (Digital Original)
Low res JPEG (Derivative)
Web site (Usage)
Magazine (Usage)
High res TIFF Crop (Digital Original)
High res DNG (Derivative)
Collections Care through visual aids
…surrogates – digital assets
Collections Care through visual aids
…surrogates – digital assets
Collections Care through visual aids
…emergency prep
Collections Care through visual aids
…policy and procedures – schedules
Collections Care through visual aids
…policy and procedures – statistics
Collections Care through visual aids
…policy and procedures – statistics
Other visual stuff
…content publishing
Other visual stuff
…mapping
Other visual stuff
…public access visual tools
Presentation Tier
Presentation Devices
Programmer Tier OpenLayers
Other visual stuff
…technical layers
Case Study
Visual tools for Pest Management
The Situation
• Collections contain fur, feathers, dried skin, dried plants, paper.
• Susceptible to damage by certain insects.
• 3 depts independently monitoring pest distributions and managing infestations.
• Banning of Dichlorvos (vapona) insecticide in 2004.
• Collections contain fur, feathers, dried skin, dried plants, paper.
• Susceptible to damage by certain insects.
• 3 depts independantly monitoring pest distributions and managing infestations.
• Banning of Dichlorvos (vapona) insecticide in 2004.
The Situation
The Vision
• Co-ordinated monitoring of ALL collection spaces.
The Vision
• Standardisation of monitoring data.
The Vision
• Risk management approach
The Vision
• Integration of IPM activity using GIS software to visualise pest distributions.
The Solution
• KE to the rescue..!!• Already using EMu.• Generic development.• Adopt available
standards.
Before and after
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Anthrenus sarnicus
Anthrenus sp.
Attagenus smirnovi
Attagenus sp.
Reesa vespula
Stegobium paniceum
The benefits of EMu
• Single repository for pest management data.
• Remove dept-centric boundaries.• Familiarity with interface.• Close association with
specimen/collections information.• Inform senior management based
on evidence.
The benefits of Mapper
• Spatial context; quickly observe trends and patterns – proactive measures.
• Effectively monitor overall situation• Prioritise resources in reacting to
situations.• More effective communication tool.
