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