Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments EMu 4.0.03
(and beyond!) Alex Fell Technical Operations Manager KE Software
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Overview EMu 4.0.03 (11 May 2011) EMu 4.1 (July 2012) And beyond
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4.0.03 Slide 4 Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments
IMu EMu Internet Framework4.0.03 New framework for EMu web
development Open-sourced APIs: PHP Perl .Net Java Focus on
efficient, modern technology Slide 5 Collections Management Museums
EMu New Developments IMu EMu Internet Framework4.0.03 New framework
for EMu web development Open-sourced APIs: PHP Perl .Net Java Focus
on efficient, modern technology (free USB key) Slide 6 Collections
Management Museums EMu New Developments IMu Web Client4.0.03 Web
based interface to collection Modern components (e.g.
auto-complete) Modern look and feel Slide 7 Collections Management
Museums EMu New Developments Slide 8 Collections Management Museums
EMu New Developments IMu Multimedia Service4.0.03 Multimedia module
extension to IMu Provide easy access to Multimedia Derivates
Metadata Dynamic resize and reformat Import multimedia Slide 9
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Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments OAI Web Service
Update4.0.03 Update of existing service to OAI 2.0 Provide Dublin
Core metadata Allows for other metadata formats (e.g. XMP, etc.)
Allow to you connect to any OAI harvester Europeana Culture Grid
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Support For Multiple Groups4.0.03 One user in multiple groups Can
easily switch At login While open Very useful for system
administrators Slide 13 Collections Management Museums EMu New
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Developments Exhibition Objects4.0.03 New module Used to track
object information per exhibition, including: Installation
information Changeovers Maintenance schedule Section details
(location in exhibition) Records are created automatically Track
status of object within exhibition History of object use for
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Developments Field Help Display4.0.03 Displays help text for the
current field Text from Field Help module Help display area
resizable Slide 19 Collections Management Museums EMu New
Developments Schedule Internal Movements4.0.03 Internal movement
type added to Movements module Can be scheduled like external
movements Objects can be relocated automatically when Date Moved
updated E.g. scheduling movements of objects between off-site
storage facilities Slide 20 Collections Management Museums EMu New
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Developments Pest Management Modules4.0.03 Two new modules added:
Traps Type and location of traps used to capture pests Trap Events
What was found in a trap when Comprehensive set of reports Slide 22
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Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Supplementary
Media4.0.03 Associated media stored in Multimedia record Cropped
image for web use An audio/video describing the creation of the
media A transcript of an audio or video Any other supplementary
resource Similar layout to Resolutions tab Not for media important
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Developments Edit Media4.0.03 Edit media in preferred editor Asked
whether to re-import if media altered All resolutions regenerated
All metadata re-extracted Slide 28 Collections Management Museums
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New Developments Attachment Shortcuts4.0.03 Create new associated
linked record Selected or all objects added to new record Used for:
Events -> Conservation, Events -> Loans Loans ->
Conservation, Loans -> Movements Movements -> Conservation
Slide 30 Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments iCal
Support For Notifications4.0.03 Notification system generates
iCalendar (ics) of upcoming dates File can be imported into: Google
Calendar Outlook Apple iCal Lotus Notes Upgrade Metadata
Standards4.0.03 IPTC version 1.1 (July 2009) XMP December 2008
review Slide 31 Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments
Many other additions 4.0.03 Security Certificates / Encryption SSL
encryption between client and server Extra read-only support
System, Group, User support in registry Reverse scheduling of Tasks
Automatically calculate tasks dates based on end date Link from
conservation module to movements Slide 32 Collections Management
Museums EMu New Developments Many other additions 4.0.03 Drag and
drop on Archives tab Easily rearrange and renumber a hierarchy
Allow image quality to be set for JPEG 2000 format images
Automatically run emusecurity No need to run manually on additional
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Developments Password Management4.1 Change password from within EMu
Can be disabled via Registry entry Slide 35 Collections Management
Museums EMu New Developments System Maintenance Improvements4.1 No
need for Lookup List rebuilds Parallel processing of reindexing
Lots of technical improvements Much faster maintenance Slide 36
Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Security
improvements 4.1 Security Update Change the security of a record on
save Field level security Change permissions on a field-by-field
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Security Update support 4.1 Allows record level security to be
changed when records are saved Controlled through EMu registry
Applicable at a User, Group or System level Allows security to be
set based on contents of a field E.g. Set a record to be editable
only by Group Admin when Record Status is set to Retired Slide 38
Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Field Level
security 4.1 Column Access Modifier registry entry Change
permissions of fields on a record-by-record basis Control
permissions on fields based on values of other fields E.g. Make
Current Location read-only when Record Status is set to
Deaccessioned Slide 39 Collections Management Museums EMu New
Developments IMu Mapper Support4.1 Extensions to IMu to provide
spatial data Update open source libraries with spatial API
Integrate mapping with IMu web client Allow IMu web results to be
mapped Slide 40 Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments
And Beyond Slide 41 Collections Management Museums EMu New
Developments Field Selection Improvements New dialogue box Like
report field selection Select fields by Prompt Column name Tab name
Click on field to select it Follow attachments to linked modules
Shortcuts to create New resources (e.g. Report, List Setting) Slide
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Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Double click to
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Global Replace Improvements Global Replace will work like other
resources (e.g. Reports) Global Replaces saved in Registry Field
selection improvements Move data between fields Run in unattended
mode for large updates (e.g. always say Yes) Slide 46 Collections
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Management Museums EMu New Developments Modify Image Metadata
Update metadata in master image EXIF, IPTC, XMP Global Replace
Update Copyright field on a set of records Propagate metadata to
image resolutions Can be managed independently Slide 48 Collections
Management Museums EMu New Developments Alerts Module Monitors all
changes to records Create profiles A profile match will trigger an
alert Email specified user(s) SMS particular people Create a log of
the alert Cause popup notification Do anything else Slide 49
Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Drag/Drop Media
Via Drop Zone Drop zone on desktop for adding Media Allow
right-click in Windows Media ingestion by IMu Many files or just
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Drag/Drop Multiple Documents Multiple media files dropped into EMu
for ingestion Multiple thumbnails dragged around EMu Slide 51
Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Communications
layer An easy way to share data within a trusted network Link
records between organisations Watch records held by others Track
use of your collection data Copy from other institutions, or link
to them as master
