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

2. Catalogue Catalogue Support Modules Object Management Multimedia Repository User Interface Some KE EMu Clients KE EMu Presentation

3. 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

4. Object Types Real Objects Composite Objects Tea Set where components are individually catalogued Drawer of Bees, where individual specimens may or may not be catalogued Virtual Objects Observations of specimens Objects recorded under multiple disciplines

5. Extensible Multidiscipline Catalogue Object Information Natural HistoryCultural History Social HistoryScience & TechAnthropology

6. Extensible Multidiscipline Catalogue Object Information Natural HistoryCultural History PaleontologyBotanyEntomology Invertebrate Zoology Vertebrate Zoology Earth Sciences HerpetologyIchthyologyMammalogyOrnithology

7. Catalogue Catalogue Support Modules Object Management Multimedia Repository User Interface Server Features Some KE EMu Clients KE EMu Presentation

8. Object Information Natural HistoryCultural History PaleontologyBotanyEntomology Invertebrate Zoology Vertebrate Zoology Earth Sciences HerpetologyIchthyologyMammalogyOrnithology Catalogue Narratives Catalogue Module Overview Accession Lots Rights/Copyright Citations & Bibliography Parties Multimedia Collection Events SitesGazetteer Taxonomy

9. Catalogue Catalogue Support Modules Object Management Multimedia Repository User Interface Server Features Some KE EMu Clients KE EMu Presentation

10. 10 CatalogueNarrativesAccession Lots Rights/Copyright Citations & Bibliography Parties Multimedia Collection Events Sites Gazetteer Taxonomy Catalogue Object Management Overview Locations Internal Movements Events Loans External Movements Conservation/ Condition Check Insurance/ Indemnity Deaccessioning Multimedia

11. Catalogue Catalogue Support Modules Object Management Multimedia Repository User Interface Server Features Some KE EMu Clients KE EMu Presentation

12. 12 Multimedia Repository Available within and fully integrated into every module of KE EMu Also available as a stand-alone repository for any multimedia resources

13. 13 Multimedia Repository (cont.) Supports all media types, including: Images, videos, audios Word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations Any on-line or off-line resource Registers all Dublin Core attributes including: object type, source and description specific object attributes e.g. resolution of image restrictions on use

14. 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

15. Multimedia Repository Example

16. Catalogue Catalogue Support Modules Object Management Multimedia Repository User Interface Server Features Some KE EMu Clients KE EMu Presentation

17. User Interface Client/server Windows 95/98/NT/2000 interface for interactive data capture and management operations Full GUI client with drag-and-drop multimedia capture Fully integrated with other desktop software Comprehensive Internet/Intranet interface for querying catalogue and supporting module

18. Client/Server Windows Interface

19. Fully Integrated Multimedia Support

20. Internet/Intranet Interface

21. Catalogue Catalogue Support Modules Object Management Multimedia Repository User Interface Server Features Some KE EMu Clients KE EMu Presentation

22. 22 KE EMu Server Features World’s fastest database engine Object oriented Web enabled Multilingual Open systems

23. KE EMu Server vs Oracle - Query Speed Independent Benchmark conducted by MultiActive Technologies Version NumberKE Texpress 5.0.68Oracle 7.2.3 Hardware PlatformSGI 02 - 256 Mb SGI Challenge L - 256 Mb CPUs1 x MIPS R10000 175 MHz 4 x MIPS R4400 250 MHz Total cost of proposed solution ~US$27,000~US$360,000

24. KE EMu Server vs Oracle - Update Speed Independent Benchmark conducted by MultiActive Technologies Version NumberKE Texpress 5.0.68Oracle 7.2.3 Hardware PlatformSGI 02 - 256 Mb SGI Challenge L - 256 Mb CPUs1 x MIPS R10000 175 MHz 4 x MIPS R4400 250 MHz Total cost of proposed solution ~US$27,000~US$360,000

25. Other KE EMu Server Features Full boolean retrieval (and, or, not operators) Full text retrieval support (word, stems, phonetics, phrases, proximity and wildcards) Interactive data entry & update Batch data loading Multiple languages, including multi-byte character sets, e.g. Japanese and Chinese Support for barcode readers Agent providing selective dissemination of information services Multi-level security system Audit trails

26. Catalogue Catalogue Support Modules Object Management Multimedia Repository User Interface Some KE EMu Clients KE EMu Presentation

27. Some KE EMu Clients National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Chicago Institute of Science and Industry, IL Walt Disney Imagineering, Burbank, CA Canadian Museum of Civilization National Museum of Science and Technology, Canada Australian Museum Museum Victoria, Australia National Gallery of Australia Manchester Museum, UK National Museum of Labour History, UK Museum of Science & Industry Manchester, UK Manchester City Art Galleries, UK

28. Benefits of a KE EMu Solution Supports all disciplines and management requirements Comprehensive natural history support Fully integrated multimedia Customizable with customized versions fully supported Track record with “blue chip” clients KE staff with extensive museum industry experience