EMu provides fully integrated support for a wide range of multimedia resources, including images, video, audio, word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, in fact, any online or off-line resource.

Multimedia resources are registered with the Multimedia manager, which collects information such as:

• Type of resource (image, audio, video, etc.)
• Format of the resource (GIF, JPEG, AU, WAV, MPEG, etc.)
• Source
• Description
• Creators and other contributors
• Restrictions on the use of the resource

Actually, the complete Dublin Core attribute set can be recorded for each multimedia resource.

Image of Fluorite specimens shown with multimedia metadata.

Fluorite image shown in full screen.
 
Video playing within EMu of Lampsilis perovalis specimen.

EMu can automatically generate derivative versions of an image to satisfy different requirements. For instance, EMu can create a thumbnail JPEG for browsing, an 800x600 PNG image for publication on the web, whilst maintaining the image in its original format and resolution.

View of different derived resolutions of an image of an emerald.

EMu not only supports basic multimedia types (images, audio and video), but complex objects also (Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, etc.). Its multimedia support is also extensible: an external viewer can be associated with a multimedia type so that adding a new media format is as easy as installing the appropriate viewing application on your workstation.

If the multimedia resource is textual (and a suitable viewer is defined), the content of the document is fully indexed, thus enabling full text retrieval.

The EMu Multimedia manager is a separate EMu module referenced by all other modules, including the Catalogue. For example, a Microsoft Word research document about an object in the Catalogue and a digital image of the object can be stored in the Multimedia module and associated with the object’s record in the Catalogue. Similarly, a copy of a loan document in Microsoft Word format, and a scanned image of the document signatures, for verification purposes, can be associated directly with a loan. There is no limit to the number of multimedia resources that can be included with a record in any EMu module, nor the type of those resources. When the object or loan information is viewed, all associated multimedia resources are also available.

Taxonomy record for Lampsilis perovalis with four images and a video.

EMu’s Multimedia repository can also be used to store multimedia resources that aren’t specifically related to any collection record (e.g. minutes of meetings, planning papers).

EMu can also support the management of museum digital assets, their various derivatives and use.

Read on for details about how EMu can assist you to:

• Manage Your Collections
• Document Your Objects
• Enrich Your Information With Multimedia
• Derive New Knowledge
• Publish Your Knowledge
• Participate in the Global Museum Community
• Connect to the World

See Also

• User Interface
• Customising EMu
• Other Features

More Information

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Instructions for downloading the EMu Help (which includes screen shots and demonstrations, and comprehensive details about EMu functionality) can be found under More Information.

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