Repatriation in EMu

Kara LewisCollections Information Program

Manager

NMAI Project OverviewOriginal plan: implement in Phase II, Fall

2006

Stymied by…

Other priorities

A complicated history

Miscommunication

Hurt feelings

NMAI Project Overview

February 2009, the planets aligned…

Collections Search online!

Repatriation focused on

getting files in order

Better communication

Meetings one-on-one

What we focused on

The basics

What do other people need to know?

What is the process?

How to complement

other efforts?

What items are under claim?

Common threads?

What are EMu’s

strengths?

Why not customize?

Keep it simple

Our tendency to over-design

Usefulness of already existing

structure

Understand needs

better after use

Events

Conceived to hold projects

Can link to objects to “flag” them

Can add dates and people

Can link to related Events

With other projects that limit

objects’ use

Lumping vs. Splitting

Create one Event per stage

Keeps snapshot

Points out discrepancies

Allows for more detail

Can trigger icons

Better searching

“Stages” of a Claim1. Claimed – Pending

Research

2. Approved Declined

3. Appealed Case Resolution

4. Repatriated Returned

1. Claimed – Active Research1. Claimed – Complete Research

Start with the old

Final Report

= 1: Claimed – Complete Research

Proposed Deaccession

= 2: Approved or Declined

Receipt and Release

= 4: Repatriated

Details…

From the Catalog module

Reconciling data

Two examples of data problems

Extension discrepanciesMissing documents

12345612/3456

123456.000123456.001123456.002

Next stepsAttaching scanned documents

Work one-on-one on entering current cases

Help with data

Check statuses

Add additional identifications and affiliations

Enter traditional and sensitive care

information

Kara LewisCollections Information Program Managerlewiskm@si.edu