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Deploying CollectionSpace for the UC Botanical Garden Innovations for Museums & Research Collections Chris Hoffman UC Berkeley – Research IT UCCSC 2013
Deploying CollectionSpace for the UC Botanical Garden
Innovations for Museums & Research Collections Chris Hoffman UC
Berkeley Research IT UCCSC 2013
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Overview Just what is a collection management system?
CollectionSpace An open source collection management system for Art
to Zoology The UC Botanical Garden A living research collection
Customizing CollectionSpace for the Botanical Garden (UI, data,
workflows)
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Research collections at UC Berkeley Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology University & Jepson Herbaria UC Botanical Garden
BAM/PFA (PFA Library CineFiles) Essig Museum of Entomology UC
Museum of Paleontology Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Human Evolution
Research Center History of Art Visual Resource Collection College
of Environmental Design Visual Resource Center Plus Bancroft
Special Collections and many others
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UC Botanical Garden 2013 by The Regents of the University of
California
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Museums manage a complex data universe
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So whats the problem? Too many legacy systems Too many
technology platforms Not enough funding Too much risk!
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The core of a scholarly information ecosystem Controlled
Vocabularies Data Sharing Digital Assets & Digitization
Repositories and Preservation Education Outreach Mapping and
Visualization Exhibitions Field Data Collection Archives and
Libraries a platform for research, education, and public
service
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CollectionSpace is an open-source, web-based software
application for the description, management, and dissemination of
museum collections information from artifacts to images, from Art
History to Zoology Initial development funded by the Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation
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Technology and architecture Open source web-oriented technology
stack HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Open source: Java, PostgreSQL,
Tomcat, jQuery Web services (REST) and plug-in architecture: Enable
data sharing and interoperability Accessible: Works great with
keyboard and assistive technologies ECM as a platform
CollectionSpace-as-a-Service: Hosting models
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Innovation and sustainability Technology and architecture
Multi-tenancy Schema extensions and customization Enterprise
content management Hosting options Organization Open source
Community-based An organizational home (to be announced soon)
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Schema model for a customized service deployment Schema
extension model
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The UC Botanical Garden
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Customizing CollectionSpace for the Botanical Garden Basic
customizations User interface and names New procedures Deeper level
programming (contributed to back to open source project) Reporting
Data migration Project methodology and collaboration
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Talend Open Studio for data migration
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JasperSoft for reports
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Garden labels UC Botanical Garden 2013 by The Regents of the
University of California
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Pot tags
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Web apps
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UC Berkeley deployments Launched University and Jepson Herbaria
(June 2012) Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology (July 2012) UC
Botanical Garden (April 2013) In progress CineFiles - Berkeley Art
Museum/Pacific Film Archive (estimated February 2014)
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Next steps at Berkeley Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
CineFiles www.mip.berkeley.edu/cinefiles/
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Next steps for CollectionSpace More museums adopting the
platform Community contributing code to the open source project
Project finding its organizational home Hosting options will
include CollectionSpace- in-the-Cloud
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How to learn more CollectionSpace wiki
http://wiki.collectionspace.org CollectionSpace Deployments wiki
http://wiki.collectionspace.org/display/deploy/UC+Botanical+Garden
CollectionSpace code https://github.com/collectionspace Deployment
code https://github.com/cspace-deployment My contact information:
[email protected]