1. KE Software presentation at: Icelandic Institute of Natural History 9 September 2005

2. 2 September 20059 September 2005 KE EMu Presentation to IINH KE EMu A superior collections management system for the world’s largest Museums Art Galleries Herbaria Botanic Gardens Historical Societies Special Collections

3. 2 September 20059 September 2005 KE EMu Presentation to IINH KE EMu helps you Manage your collections Outgoing Loan Incoming Shipment Loan Return Outgoing Loan Incoming Shipment Loan Return Exhibitions Internal Movements Insurance Conservation Outgoing Shipment Incoming Shipment Outgoing Loan Loan Return

4. 2 September 20059 September 2005 KE EMu Presentation to IINH KE EMu helps you Manage your collections Document your objects Harvesting Back Capture Observations Raw Catalogue Data Collecting

5. 2 September 20059 September 2005 KE EMu Presentation to IINH KE EMu helps you Manage your collections Document your objects Enrich your information with multimedia Collecting Raw Catalogue Data Tiger skeletons are common throughout India and the Asian continent. The tiger's skull is fore-shortened for crushing leverage of Tiger Skulls By P.J. Wordsmith

6. 2 September 20059 September 2005 KE EMu Presentation to IINH KE EMu helps you Manage your collections Document your objects Enrich your information with multimedia Manage associated info. Collecting Raw Catalogue Data Attributed Data Narratives Raw Catalogue Data

7. Attributed Data Narratives Raw Catalogue Data 2 September 20059 September 2005 KE EMu Presentation to IINH KE EMu helps you Manage your collections Document your objects Enrich your information with multimedia Manage associated info. Publish your knowledge

8. 2 September 20059 September 2005 KE EMu Presentation to IINH KE EMu helps you Manage your collections Document your objects Enrich your information with multimedia Manage associated info. Publish your knowledge Participate in the global museum community Museum Web Portal KE EMu site 1 … Non-KE EMu siteKE EMu site 2

9. 2 September 20059 September 2005 KE EMu Presentation to IINH Manage your collections Central Catalogue Locations Internal Movements Events Loans External Movements Conservation/ Condition Check Insurance/ Indemnity Deaccessioning Accession Lots

10. 2 September 20059 September 2005 KE EMu Presentation to IINH “It has empowered our curators to enhance the Fish Collection in ways not possible before” Dr. Darrell J. Siebert – Fish Group The Natural History Museum, UK

11. 2 September 20059 September 2005 KE EMu Presentation to IINH Document your objects Central Catalogue Locations Internal Movements Events Loans External Movements Conservation/ Condition Check Insurance/ Indemnity Deaccessioning Accession Lots Catalogue Module Rights/Copyright Citations & Bibliography Parties Collection Events SitesGazetteer

12. 2 September 20059 September 2005 KE EMu Presentation to IINH Document your objects Object Information Natural HistoryCultural History PaleontologyBotanyEntomology Invertebrate Zoology Vertebrate Zoology Earth Sciences HerpetologyIchthyologyMammalogyOrnithology

13. 2 September 20059 September 2005 KE EMu Presentation to IINH “Data entry staff were inputting new records into EMu faster than the old system within three weeks of going live'” Larry Gall – Head, Computer Systems Office Peobody Museum of Natural History – Yale University, USA

14. 2 September 20059 September 2005 KE EMu Presentation to IINH Enrich your information with multimedia

15. 2 September 20059 September 2005 KE EMu Presentation to IINH Manage associated information - Taxonomy Complete taxonomic hierarchy Comprehensive support for synonymy Extensive attributes describing each taxon Automatic generation of scientific name, encompassing distinctions between zoological and botanic taxa Cross references type specimens Can be published on the Internet directly Catalogue Module Citations & Bibliography Parties Taxonomy

16. 2 September 20059 September 2005 KE EMu Presentation to IINH Manage associated information - Narratives 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

17. 2 September 20059 September 2005 KE EMu Presentation to IINH “Community-based Narratives has reconnected the Museum and its collections to source communities and users around the world” Malcolm Chapman – Collection Manager Manchester Museum, UK

18. 2 September 20059 September 2005 KE EMu Presentation to IINH Publish your knowledge Standard Internet and Intranet interfaces to published Narratives, Catalogue, Taxonomy and other related information Implemented using commonly used web technologies Completely configurable on-site Many tools for the development of project-specific Web interfaces

19. 2 September 20059 September 2005 KE EMu Presentation to IINH Publish your knowledge

20. 2 September 20059 September 2005 KE EMu Presentation to IINH Participate in the global museum community A single gateway to a range of KE EMu and non-KE EMu data sources Dynamic and concurrent searching of live data sets The KE EMu Web Portal accumulates the results from each data source and dynamically produces a summary of all matching resources KE EMu is a GBIF DiGIR provider Standard Darwin Core fields incorporated in all Natural History catalogues for ease of data sharing Flexible XML reporting functionality

21. 2 September 20059 September 2005 KE EMu Presentation to IINH On-line Zoological Catalogues of Australian Museums - OZCAM 22 Data sources that can be selected Users can request results to be returned as mapped points or as data The KE EMu Web Portal accumulates the results from all the sources Common name and scientific name searching Map overlays, zooming, panning, etc Data exported in a variety of formats including DiGIR

22. 2 September 20059 September 2005 KE EMu Presentation to IINH KE EMu new and ongoing developments KE EMu Stand Alone PDA interfaces and applications Object Locator mapping RFID, infrared & wireless technologies Web applications Mapping technologies Workflow management Continuous enhancement program

23. 2 September 20059 September 2005 KE EMu Presentation to IINH “KE Software’s commitment to the continual improvement of their product is one of their most endearing qualities!” Barbara M. Thiers, Ph.D. – Director of Herbarium The New York Botanical Garden, USA

24. 2 September 20059 September 2005 KE EMu Presentation to IINH Some of KE’s Natural History Community National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution American Museum of Natural History, New York Natural History Museum, London Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago New York Botanical Gardens Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale USA Manchester Museum, UK Australian Museum Museum Victoria, Melbourne Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney South Australian Museum OZCAM, Australia

25. 2 September 20059 September 2005 KE EMu Presentation to IINH Worldwide KE EMu User Community Australasia Successful meetings in Sydney (2002), Melbourne (2003) & Sydney (2004) United Kingdom Annual user group meeting hosted in Manchester or London North American First official meeting to be held in Chicago, October 2005 The “Big Five” NMNH, AMNH, NHM, NYBG, Field Held first meeting in May 2004, next meeting October 2005

26. 2 September 20059 September 2005 KE EMu Presentation to IINH “KE Software have proven excellent to deal with. We have found them reliable and straight forward in their approach to our requirements” Lynne McNairn – User Systems Administrator Powerhouse Museum, Australia