Collections Management

Welcome to iMu

EMu’s self guided tours for iPods

Collections Management

What does iMu do?

• Identifies where your selected objects are displayed in the museum

• Determines the best viewing sequence and the shortest path to each object

• Builds a podcast of the selected narratives interleaved with navigation instructions

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Ground Floor

First Floor

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Ground Floor

First Floor

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Ground Floor

First Floor

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The museum needs to …

• Prepare iPod content (video and/or audio) of the narratives of displayed objects

• iPod content can be either or both:– Video – M4V– Audio - MP3 or M4A with embedded still

images (default)

Collections Management

The museum needs to …

• Prepare iPod content for navigation around the museum:– From room to room in sequence– Shortcuts between rooms– To each display location in a room

• These navigation instructions are reusable for any exhibition

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Ground Floor

First Floor

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Ground Floor

First Floor

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Publishing Options

• Self guided tour for iPod (video or nano)

• Playlist for iPod (video or nano)• Printed guided tour• Printed catalog• Extensible structure supports addition

of new publishing options

Collections Management

Still to do

• Save my tour for collection at the museum– Updating an iPod without taking control

• Share my tour– Teachers preparing a tour for their

students