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NGA MOVEMENT
REQUEST SYSTEM
Overview
i. The needii. Existing systemiii. EMu Client Solutioniv. Assessing Optionsv. IMUvi. Opportunitiesvii. What’s Next
the need Request/tasks management
Image source: 1.bp.blogspot.com
DECREASE in RESOURCESINCREASE in WORKLOAD
the need: Dedicated Art Handlers
Christopher LANGTON Sugar the pill, 1995/2009
Installation2009.894.81
The Ambum stone, 3500 years ago
greywacke stone77.637
Jan NELSON Walking in tall grass, Carter, 2001
Painting2004.102
paintings & objects
the need: Dedicated Art Handlers
paintings & objects
Pakistan Wedding shirt [guj], c. 1910
Textile2011.1001
textiles
Christian LACROIX Dress and sleeves, 1988
Costume88.1655.A-C
Child's skirt cloth [kain sarong]Indonesia late 19th-early 20th century
Textile87.345
the need: Dedicated Art Handlers
Christian TOMPSON Untitled #3 [grey gum], 2008
Photography2009.2.3
works on paper
REKS Chickenpox, 2003-2004
Artist Book2010.545.49
paintings & objectstextiles
the need works with parts
Example: work with 8 independently movable parts
Lin ONUS (1948 - 1996) AustralianTitle: Dingoes
Created: Australia 1989Credit Line: Purchased 1990
Medium: synthetic polymer paint on fibreglass, wire and metal
Technique: an installation containing five unitsAccession No: 90.1085.A-H
existing system - CSRS
Assessing option existing system - CSRS
• In-house bespoke system• Primarily an Imaging Services Request System• SQL Server back-end• Access front-end• Connects with EMu’s standard libraries (APIs)• Not compatible with NGAs SOE• Reports printed straight to printer not screen• Requester can’t search or review requests• Too expensive to upgrade• CSRS is not a viable option• Options are: use EMu, or build another external system
EMu client solutionAn EMu client solution would be good because:• Admins already understand it• users understand it
– (some of them, anyway)• Cheaper?• Quicker to build/implement?
PRISM (1981)Not titled [Howard devil].Australia 2004Gordon Darling Australia Pacific Print Fund 2007stencil, printed in black ink, from one stencil2007.69.2
better the devil you know?
Assessing option EMu as the solution?
TASKS tab
So close, but…• Spread across different modules, ono single list of tasksono ability to relate task to each other or an
over-arching project (exhibition)• Not in all modules• Would need serious customising
Assessing options EMu as the solution?
Scheduled Internal Movements (New EMu feature)Close but…
• All works on the one movement must have the same destination
• Our requestors would have to split works into requests for each destination (not very practical)
• All works on the one movement will be updated at the same time (no partial completions)
EMu client solution are we being honest?
DRUNK POSTERSTruth rules ok - Counter ideology on the street.Australia 1984Gift of the Canberra Contemporary Art Space 1993screenprint, printed in colour, from four stencils93.1743
An EMu client solution won’t be perfect because:• most users don’t understand EMu, and so• most users don’t “love” EMu• CSRS is not an amazing interface – but it has colour!• CSRS was purpose built – limited functionality, less
overwhelming, seen as “easy” to use.
Result: An EMu Requests Module might workbut probably not perfect.
IMU brave new world
IMu:- from gallery toursto full web interface:• potential for IMU to provide a
simpler, task-specific layer over standard EMu client functionality
• Project was back on the radar• March 2012
Max DUPAIN (1911 - 1992)Brave New World
1935Purchased 1982
gelatin silver photograph82.1072
What other opportunities?• Wireless roaming, tablet interface• Facilitate the management of NGAs workflows• Manage competing priorities• Track progress
the result: new requests module
the result: web interface
What’s next? Expanding the Movement Requests
• Request movement of Other object Types
And then what? other web interfaces
• Conservationo Condition checkso Pest checkso Pest Trapping records
• Cataloguing• Stocktake• External Movements• ID photography• Installation (instructions, photography)• Travelling Exhibitionso All of the above – so long as you have network access!
The long term goal? workflow management• Critical Path
• New acquisitions• Permanent Gallery changeover• Internal exhibition
• Outward Loan– Requested: record in Emu– Movement to Conservation– Condition Assessment– Movement to Imaging– Photographed– Mountcutting? Framing? Packing?– External Movement– Arrival– Condition assessment
• These could all be subrequests, each with their own IMU interfaces.
Contact• See us at the Showcase Your System session• Contact us
– Mark Bradley• [email protected]• 02 6240 6539
– Jennifer Drysdale• [email protected]• 02 6240 6568
