KE EMu, the world’s premier collections management software.

A superior collections management system for the world’s largest: Museums Art Galleries Historical Societies Herbaria Botanic Gardens Special Collections KE EMu

KE EMu helps you: Manage your collection Outgoing Loan Incoming Shipment Loan Return Exhibitions Internal Movements Insurance Conservation Outgoing Shipment Incoming Shipment Outgoing Loan Loan Return

KE EMu helps you: Harvesting Back Capture Raw Catalogue Data Collecting Manage your collection Document your objects

Collecting Raw Catalogue Data KE EMu helps you: At a ball at the ducal court of Mantua, the hunchbacked jester Rigoletto mocks the courtiers cuckolded by the profligate Duke, Rigoletto By Giuseppe Verdi Manage your collection Document your objects Enrich your information with Multimedia

Collecting Raw Catalogue Data KE EMu helps you: Narratives Raw Catalogue Data Manage your collection Document your objects Enrich your information with Multimedia Derive new information

Manage your collection Document your objects Enrich your information with Multimedia Derive new information Publish your knowledge Narratives Raw Catalogue Data KE EMu helps you:

Manage your collection Document your objects Enrich your information with Multimedia Derive new information Publish your knowledge Participate in the global museum community Museum Web Portal … Non-KE EMu siteKE EMu site 1KE EMu site 2

KE EMu helps you: Manage your collection Outgoing Loan Incoming Shipment Loan Return Exhibitions Internal Movements Insurance Conservation Outgoing Shipment Incoming Shipment Outgoing Loan Loan Return

10 Central Catalogue Manage Your Collection Locations Internal Movements Events Loans External Movements Conservation/ Condition Check Insurance/ Indemnity Deaccessioning Accession Lots

KE EMu helps you: Harvesting Back Capture Raw Catalogue Data Collecting Manage your collection Document your objects

Central Catalogue Locations Internal Movements Events Loans External Movements Conservation/ Condition Check Insurance/ Indemnity Deaccessioning Accession Lots Catalogue Module Document Your Objects Rights/Copyright Citations & Bibliography Parties Collection Events SitesGazetteer

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

Catalogue Module Rights/Copyright Citations & Bibliography Parties Collection Events Sites Gazetteer Extensible Multidiscipline Catalogue Object Information ArtSocial HistoryAnthropologySculpturesPrintsWorks on Paper

Collecting Raw Catalogue Data KE EMu helps you: Manage your collection Document your objects Enrich your information with Multimedia

16 Multimedia Repository Available within and fully integrated into every module of KE EMu Supports all media types, including: Images, videos, audios Word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations Any on-line or off-line resource Compliant with Dublin Core Metadata Standard

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

KE EMu helps you: Narratives Raw Catalogue Data Manage your collection Document your objects Enrich your information with Multimedia Derive new information

Catalogue Module Rights/Copyright Citations & Bibliography Parties Collection Events Sites Gazetteer Narratives Module Narratives

21 Narratives Module Supports the creation and publication of interpretative information - stories, research papers, interactive exhibits, etc Ties together objects, spatial and temporal data with people, events and multimedia Accessible over the Web Designed to capture the knowledge of the experts within the institution

Manage your collection Document your objects Enrich your information with Multimedia Derive new information Publish your knowledge KE EMu helps you:

23 Internet/Intranet Interfaces Standard Internet and Intranet interfaces to published Catalogue and related data Implemented using PHP Completely configurable on-site Many tools for the development of application- specific Web interfaces for special collections

Standard KE EMu Web Interface

Application-specific Web Interface

KE EMu helps you: Manage your collection Document your objects Enrich your information with Multimedia Derive new information Publish your knowledge Participate in the global museum community Museum Web Portal … Non-KE EMu siteKE EMu site 1KE EMu site 2

28 KE EMu Web Portal Designed to provide a single gateway to a range of KE EMu and non-KE EMu data sources Searches of the KE EMu Web Portal dynamically and concurrently search up to all participating data sources The KE EMu Web Portal then accumulates the results from each data source and dynamically produces a summary of all matching resources Users can “click through” to detailed information on individual objects, if allowed by each institution

KE EMu Web Portal

30 Australia’s Virtual Herbarium Designed to provide a single gateway to all of the herbarium resources of Australia, spread across 8 federal, state and territory institutions Searches of AVH dynamically and concurrently search up to all 8 herbaria AVH then aggregates the results from each herbarium and dynamically produces a browseable map Users can “click through” to detailed information on individual specimens, if allowed by each institution plantnet.rbgsyd.gov.au/avh.html

Australia’s Virtual Herbarium

Some KE EMu Clients National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution American Museum of Natural History, New York Carnegie Museum of Art, PA Winterthur Museum and Garden, DE Walt Disney Imagineering, Burbank, CA National Gallery of Australia Manchester City Art Galleries, UK Whitworth Art Gallery, UK Chicago Institute of Science and Industry, IL Canadian Museum of Civilization National Museum of Science and Technology, Canada Australian Museum

33 Local KE EMu Community KE’s headquarters and development base located in Australia Well over 400 KE EMu users across more than 20 premier sites in Australia (Australian Museum, Museum Victoria, National Gallery of Australia, Powerhouse Museum, etc.) Active KE EMu user group hosting regular meetings and workshops Active user-maintained KE EMu web site and discussion forum

Manage your collection Document your objects Enrich your information with Multimedia Derive new information Publish your knowledge Participate in the global museum community KE EMu helps you: