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The Computerisation of theThe Computerisation of the

Croatian Museum NetworkCroatian Museum Network

Višnja Zgaga, museum advisorMirna Šimat, IT specialist

Museum Documentation Centre, Zagreb

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What is MDC ?

Dr Antun Bauer ( 1911 – 2000 )

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Basic information about Croatian Museums in 2006

based on data from the Register of Museums, Galleries and Collections

• 203 museums and galleries

• 939 expert staff employed

• 1,402 museum collections

• 582 documentation fonds

• 5,653,800 museum objects

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Throughout the years, MDC helped museums in their process of computerisation by:

http://www.mdc.hr/main.aspx?id=322

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Organisation of computerisation

Ministry of culturefunds MDC

Museumsget software

Link 2 producessoftware

MDC supervisescataloguing andcoordinates feedback

MDC acquiressoftware

M++

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• Instalation• Basic education• Documentation consulting • Basic adjustment• Granting the permanent licence

2004 - 25 museums

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2005 - 30 + 14 museums

• Instalation of the new version of the software • Secundary documentation

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2006 - 12 museums

• Instalation and education• Documentation consulting

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Continuously and permanently

•User support•Adjustment of the system to meet the user needs•Workshops and seminars

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Workshops and seminars

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September 2004- November 2006

• 54 cities• 83 museums• 345 workstations

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Usage of IT technology in Croatian museums

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IT specialists and documentarists

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documentaristIT specialistsother professional staff

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catalogued using computer9%

catalogued manually37%

not catalogued54%

Museum objects and cataloguing

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M++ characteristics

primarydocumentation

ICOM

tertiarydocumentation

secundarydocumentation

multiple layers ofdata protection

multimediasupport

CDWA, VRA andother standards

since 1998

sophisticated search capabilities

PDF andXML export

used in 84 museums

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Main screen

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Main screen with enlarged image

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Information groups can be repeated

A painting is associated with four depicted subjects:

year 1848. / academic legion (organisation) / Dragojlo Kušan (person) / war of 1848. (event)

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These search results show all objects that belong to the Numismatic collection, that are not made of copper, and whose inventory number is larger than “GMV PO NZ 15”.

Search engine

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Thesaurus: table view

This thesaurus table shows terms used in the Technique field.

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Thesaurus: tree view

This tree view detail shows that lithography is a type of print (grafika) and that there are several types of lithography.

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Object record

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Secondary documentation

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• Donations to the City of Zagreb

http://www.donacijegz.mdc.hr/

• Collection of museum posters

http://www.mdc.hr/plakatoteka_en.aspx

• Egyptian collection

http://www.croato-aegyptica.hr/

Examples of M++ on-line:

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Our final goals are:

• the continuous development of documentation systems that would support museological research, preservation and communication

• to establish continuous preservation of documentation in the digital environment

• to encourage online access to information and knowledge about museum objects