A superior collections management system for the world’s largest:
• Museums
• Art Galleries
• Historical Societies
• Herbaria
• Botanic Gardens
KE EMu
• Catalogue• Catalogue Support Modules• Object Management• Multimedia Repository• User Interface
• Some KE EMu Clients
KE EMu Presentation
Cataloguing
• Incorporates a configurable catalogue
• Multiple disciplines can be supported with their own distinct fields in the one heterogeneous catalogue
• The catalogue is extensible
• Multi-discipline querying is supported
• Display is automatically adjusted based on the object’s discipline
Object Types
• Real Objects
• Composite Objects
• Tea Set where components are individually catalogued
• Drawer of Bees, where individual specimens may or may not be catalogued
• Virtual Objects
• Observations of specimens
• Objects recorded under multiple disciplines
Extensible Multidiscipline Catalogue
Object Information
Natural HistoryCultural History
Social HistoryScience & TechAnthropology
Extensible Multidiscipline Catalogue
Object Information
Natural HistoryCultural History
Paleontology Botany Entomology Invertebrate Zoology
Vertebrate Zoology
Earth Sciences
Herpetology Ichthyology Mammalogy Ornithology
Object Information
Natural HistoryCultural History
Paleontology Botany Entomology Invertebrate Zoology
Vertebrate Zoology
Earth Sciences
Herpetology Ichthyology Mammalogy Ornithology
Catalogue
ObjectInformation
Natural HistoryCultural History
Paleontology Botany Entomology InvertebrateZoology
VertebrateZoology
EarthSciences
Herpetology Ichthyology Mammalogy Ornithology
Narratives
Catalogue Module Overview
Accession Lots
Rights/Copyright
Citations & Bibliography
Parties
Multimedia
Collection Events
Sites
Gazetteer
Taxonomy
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Catalogue
ObjectInformation
Natural HistoryCultural History
Paleontology Botany Entomology InvertebrateZoology
VertebrateZoology
EarthSciences
Herpetology Ichthyology Mammalogy Ornithology
NarrativesAccession Lots
Rights/Copyright
Citations & Bibliography
Parties
Multimedia
Collection Events
Sites
Gazetteer
Taxonomy
CatalogueCatalogue
ObjectInformation
Natural HistoryCultural History
P a l e o n t o l o g y B o t a n y E n t o m o l o g y I n v e r t e b r a t e
Z o o l o g y
V e r t e b r a t e
Z o o l o g y
E a r t h
S c i e n c e s
H e r p e t o l o g y I c h t h y o l o g y M a m m a l o g y O r n i t h o l o g y
Accession Lots
Rights/Copyright
Citations &Bibliography
Parties
Multimedia
Collection Events
Sites
Gazetteer
Taxonomy
Object Management Overview
LocationsInternal
Movements
Events
Loans
External Movements
Conservation/ Condition Check
Insurance/ Indemnity
Deaccessioning
Multimedia
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Multimedia Repository
• Available within and fully integrated into every module of KE EMu
• Also available as a stand-alone repository for any multimedia resources
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Multimedia Repository (cont.)
• Supports all media types, including:
• Images, videos, audios
• Word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations
• Any on-line or off-line resource
• Registers all Dublin Core attributes including:
• object type, source and description
• specific object attributes e.g. resolution of image
• restrictions on use
Multimedia Repository (cont.)
• Documents deposited in the multimedia repository are automatically converted to HTML and fully indexed
• HTML versions of documents can be published on the Intranet and/or Internet
• Original documents can be downloaded and viewed in the software used to create them
Multimedia Repository Example
User Interface
• Client/server Windows 95/98/NT/2000 interface for interactive data capture and management operations
• Full GUI client with drag-and-drop multimedia capture
• Fully integrated with other desktop software
• Comprehensive Internet/Intranet interface for querying catalogue and supporting module
Client/Server Windows Interface
Fully Integrated Multimedia Support
Internet/Intranet Interface
Some KE EMu Clients• National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian
Institution
• Chicago Institute of Science and Industry, IL
• Walt Disney Imagineering, Burbank, CA
• Canadian Museum of Civilization
• National Museum of Science and Technology, Canada
• Australian Museum
• Museum Victoria, Australia
• National Gallery of Australia
• Manchester Museum, UK
• National Museum of Labour History, UK
• Museum of Science & Industry Manchester, UK
• Manchester City Art Galleries, UK
Benefits of a KE EMu Solution• Supports all disciplines and management
requirements
• Comprehensive natural history support
• Fully integrated multimedia
• Customizable with customized versions fully supported
• Track record with “blue chip” clients
• KE staff with extensive museum industry experience
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