KE EMu User Group Meetings

7th European User Group Meeting, Bristol, 3-4 June 2009

The 7th European EMu User Group Meeting was hosted by Bristol Museums Galleries and Archives (BMGA) on 3-4 June 2009, in Bristol, UK.

There were over 45 attendees from several countries.

A wide range of topics were covered including loans management, picture libraries and new projects.

Presentation Topics

Wednesday 3rd June	Presentations
	Laura Phillips, Documentation Assistant Gareth Salway, Documentation Officer Bristol Museums and Archives Making EMu work for multi-disciplinary collections Gareth and Laura showed how EMu is used to manage their multi-disciplinary collections and introduced the Site Archives tabs they designed to manage their site archives.
	James Byrne KE Software Archives and Picture Library James presented the Archives and Picture Library management in EMu.
	Malcolm Chapman, Head of Collections Development The Manchester Museum Improving performance: loans, sampling, repatriation and user support Malcolm presented how the Manchester Museum manages requests and showed their own user support.
	Alex Fell KE Software EMu Development Process Alex explained what's involved in developing new features.
	Nicholas Crofts, Vice chair CIDOC Project leader, Patrimonial asset mgt International Olympic Committee Web 2.0 Myths and Realities Nick discussed and showed some good examples of what works and what doesn't work in the Web 2.0 world.
	Kate Reeder, Curator of Social History Beamish Museum How and why Beamish was founded and how EMu is used to manage this legacy Kate explained how the Beamish Museum was founded and how the collection was formed and their implaction for collection management in EMu.
	Ben Sullivan, Head of European Operations KE Software Case studies and other stuff Ben presented a selections of case studies from EMu users across the world.
	Pauline Webb, Collections Manager Museum of Science and Industry Oral Histories Online: an EMu Narrative-based approach Pauline presented MOSI's oral histories online project. The content of the stories is managed in EMu's Narratives module.
	Dave Smith, Petrology Collections Manager Natural History Museum Latest development on EMu’s Pest Management

Thursday 4th June	Presentations
	John Doolan, CEO KE Software What's new in EMu 3.2.05
	Janice Kamrin, Project Director Hanane Gaber, Head Registrar American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) Migration to KE EMu Janice and Hanane gave us an update on the Egyptian Museum Database Project. They have now migrated to EMu and are using it in their day-to-day work. Janice and Hanane would welcome any advice from other EMu users on how to use effectively the different EMu modules and what information to publish on their public internet site.
	Nick Poole, Chief Executive Collections Trust Into the Cloud: networking museum information The next generation of standards and funding programmes are likely to require museums to open up their Collections Management Systems more than ever before. This presentation addressed current and future funding priorities and looked at the implications for KE users.
	Elizabeth Bruton, Web Officer Museum of the History of Science, Oxford One acronym, one system: using the EMu API to connect your Collections Management System with your Content Management System A look at Content Management Systems and the KE EMu Web interface
	Oliver Watson, Director Museum of Islamic Art – Qatar Museum Authority Museum of Islamic Art Project Oliver introduced the museum and its collections. He would welcome any advice from other EMu users.