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Collections Information Systems at the Smithsonian Ducky Nguyen Special Assistant for Planning & Project Management Office of the Chief Information Officer The EMu Experiences at the Natural History and American Indian Museums
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Collections Information Systems at the Smithsonian. The EMu Experiences at the Natural History and American Indian Museums. Smithsonian on the National Mall. Smithsonian Castle, built in 1846. 19 museums, galleries, and research institutes. 166 years of questions and answers. Smithsonian - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Collections Information Systems at the Smithsonian
Ducky NguyenSpecial Assistant for Planning & Project Management
Office of the Chief Information Officer
The EMu Experiences at the Natural History and American Indian Museums
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Smithsonian on the National Mall
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Smithsonian Castle, built in 1846
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19 museums, galleries,
and research institutes
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166 years of questions and answers
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137 M specimens & artifacts
127 M
are in Natural History
2 M
libraries volumes
136 ft3 of archival material
7.9 M online
records
Smithsonianby thenumbers
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1980’s-1990’s2000’s1960’s-1970’s
45 years of collections databasing
HEWComputer use in
collections management
SELGEMFirst collections
information system
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1980’s-1990’s2000’s1960’s-1970’s
45 years of collections databasing
SI-NETSI
Network
www.si.edu
SELGEM
MISTICMove
System
NMAH CIS
(MIMSY)
ARTCIS(TMS)SIRIS
Library Catalog
INQUIRE(Second
CIS)
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1980’s-1990’s2000’s1960’s-1970’s
45 years of collections databasing
SELGEM
NMNH RCIS
(EMu)
INQUIRE
NMAI CIS
(EMu)CONSRITS
Curatorial DB
PHOTO Archives
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Present Future45 years of collections databasing
ARTCIS
NMAH CIS
SIRIS
NMAI CIS
NMNH RCIS
Collections Websites
Digitization Plan
Digital Asset Management
Plan
Smithsonian Collections
Search Center
Digital Asset Mgnt
System
Office of Research
Information Systems
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National Museum of Natural History
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National Museum of the American
Indian
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Success and Failures
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It takes time!
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It takes lots of people working hard together.
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Top down support with people, money, time
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Documentation is the key
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Do things now and plan for the future
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Keep it simple
Too much!
Good for now
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Success Stories
Productivity
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Credits and Other InfoContact:Ducky Nguyen, Special Assistant for Planning & Project Management, OCIOE-mail: [email protected]
Content Credit:• David Bridge (retired), NMAI and NMNH• Michelle Brown, NMNH• Beth Gamble, NMNH• Ann McMullen, NMAI• Thorny Staples, OCIO
Images Credit:• Google Images• Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Collections Online:NMAI Collections Website: http://nmai.si.edu/searchcollections/home.aspx NMNH Collections Website: http://collections.mnh.si.edu/search/ Smithsonian Collections Search Center: http://www.collections.si.edu/search/
