1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - collections databasing at the Australian Museum Dr Penny Berents – Head of Natural Science Collections 2011 Global EMu Users Meeting, 11 -14 th Oct

3. Australian Museum Collections

4. Example of picture positioning, full page

7. 11 different collection databases 7 servers 10 in Texpress 1 in Dataease varied data standards and formats Collection databases - 2000

8. >18 million specimens estimate 3.9 million Catalogue records currently 1.67 million Catalogue records Collection databases - 2011

9. 100% = Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Fish, Marine Invertebrates, Arachnology 30% = Entomology, Malacology 13% = Mineralogy, Palaeontology Collection databases - 2011

10. 1.Data access 2.Efficient collection management 3.Collection development Opportunities

16. OZCAM records CollectionRecords Australian Museum895,113 Museum Victoria519,351 CSIRO210,040 Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery41,717 Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery10,534 Museum and Gallery of Northern Territory192,310 South Australian Museum164,385 Western Australian Museum262,123 Queensland Museum26,589 OZCAM TOTAL2,322,091

21. 1.Data access 2.Efficient collection management 3.Collection development Opportunities

22. 1997 - 2003

24. Example of picture positioning

25. 1.Data access 2.Efficient collection management 3.Collection development Opportunities

26. Geographic gaps

27. Distribution of records

28. Australian Alps

29. Inland NSW

30. 1.Data capture 2.Auditors 3.Internal tensions Challenges

32. 1.Data capture 2.Auditors 3.Internal tensions Challenges

33. 1.Data capture 2.Auditors 3.Internal tensions Challenges

34. Acknowledgments Dr Sandy Ingleby - Collection Manager, Mammalogy Mark McGrouther – Collection Manager, Ichthyology Collection Informatics Unit – Paul Flemons, Dr Mick Ashcroft

35. Thank you www.australianmuseum.com.au penny.berents@austmus.gov.au