Powerhouse Museum EMu Developments. Image Management.

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Powerhouse Museum EMu Developments

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Powerhouse Museum

EMu Developments

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Image Management

Image Management

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All PHM images currently in EMuAll PHM images currently in EMu

• Image Services

•Preservation

•Projects and Happy Snaps

•Over 200,000 images!

• Image Services

•Preservation

•Projects and Happy Snaps

•Over 200,000 images!

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Image Services Department

Image Services Department

•67,000 images converted from FirstFoto database

•Standard 7 meg jpgs

•67,000 images converted from FirstFoto database

•Standard 7 meg jpgs

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Preservation Department Preservation Department

•20,000 images

•Loaded using Excel spreadsheet which we had externally data entered from hand written register

•Max size 7 meg jpgs

•20,000 images

•Loaded using Excel spreadsheet which we had externally data entered from hand written register

•Max size 7 meg jpgs

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Happy Snaps & Misc projects

Happy Snaps & Misc projects

• Max size 1 meg

• Reference shots taken in stores

• Scans of old B&W images

• Other projects eg a large coin project

• Over 70,000 images

• Max size 1 meg

• Reference shots taken in stores

• Scans of old B&W images

• Other projects eg a large coin project

• Over 70,000 images

IBM 3/10 Computer

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Much work still to doMuch work still to do

• Many problems with duplication. EMu and FirstFoto ran in parallel for 2 years

• Many issues from data conversion

• Huge backlog of Conservation images not attached to catalogue records

• Many problems with duplication. EMu and FirstFoto ran in parallel for 2 years

• Many issues from data conversion

• Huge backlog of Conservation images not attached to catalogue records

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How we use EMu NowHow we use EMu Now

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Photography RequestsPhotography Requests

•Usually a formal request - often a report from EMu

•Metadata added by photographers in Photoshop

Image description (Reg No & Object statement- Photographer- Source- Copyright notice

•Usually a formal request - often a report from EMu

•Metadata added by photographers in Photoshop

Image description (Reg No & Object statement- Photographer- Source- Copyright notice

Queen Victoria’s bootsQueen Victoria’s boots

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Batch loading To MM ModuleBatch loading To MM Module

• Image Services by completed job

• Preservation approx. every fortnight

• Bulk load harvests the image description metadata so that all images are ‘findable’ as soon as they are loaded

• Image Services by completed job

• Preservation approx. every fortnight

• Bulk load harvests the image description metadata so that all images are ‘findable’ as soon as they are loaded

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Manual attachment to:Manual attachment to:

•Catalogue

•Conservation

•Narratives

•Most non object images stay within MM module

• Images also turned on for the Web

•Catalogue

•Conservation

•Narratives

•Most non object images stay within MM module

• Images also turned on for the Web

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Image cataloguingImage cataloguing

•PHM does most cataloguing against the Object in the Catalogue Module

•Keep cataloguing in MM module as simple as possible

•PHM does most cataloguing against the Object in the Catalogue Module

•Keep cataloguing in MM module as simple as possible

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Image CataloguingImage Cataloguing

•Use the MM Title field for Web captions“Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip on the end platform of the Governor-General's carriage”

•MM Description field not public

•We need further changes to the module- Description field for Public access- Rights status field

•Use the MM Title field for Web captions“Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip on the end platform of the Governor-General's carriage”

•MM Description field not public

•We need further changes to the module- Description field for Public access- Rights status field

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Image storageImage storage

•EMu server- 400 gig

• Image storage - 2 terabytes

•Currently 26% capacity

•Nobody EVER wants to delete anything!

•EMu server- 400 gig

• Image storage - 2 terabytes

•Currently 26% capacity

•Nobody EVER wants to delete anything!

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Functionality issues Resolutions Tab

Functionality issues Resolutions Tab

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Wish ListWish List• Ability to write as well as

read metadata – all fields not calculated by the camera

• Bulk export of images - we love import tool

• Bulk resizing of images eg for PowerPoint presentations

• Ability to search for images with no object attached

• File sizes expressed in megs etc rather than bytes

• Ability to write as well as read metadata – all fields not calculated by the camera

• Bulk export of images - we love import tool

• Bulk resizing of images eg for PowerPoint presentations

• Ability to search for images with no object attached

• File sizes expressed in megs etc rather than bytes

Liberty Opera Cape

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ConclusionConclusion

• Collections based EMu users love having all images available in EMu

• Non collections based users are not so happy

• PHM is likely to purchase a separate IMS

• Interface between the two systems must be carefully planned and co-ordinated

• Collections based EMu users love having all images available in EMu

• Non collections based users are not so happy

• PHM is likely to purchase a separate IMS

• Interface between the two systems must be carefully planned and co-ordinated The Sydney Cup, 1950