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7th European User Group Meeting, Bristol, 3-4 June 2009 |
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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.
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| Day 1 - 3 June | Presentations |
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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.
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James Byrne
KE Software
Archives and Picture Library
James presented the Archives and Picture Library management in EMu.
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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.
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Alex Fell
KE Software
EMu Development Process
Alex explained what's involved in developing new features.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Dave Smith
Petrology Collections Manager
Natural History Museum
Latest development on EMu’s Pest Management
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| Day 2 - 4 June | Presentations |
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John Doolan
CEO
KE Software
What's new in EMu 3.2.05
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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.
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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. |
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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
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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.
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User Group Meeting Photos
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