KE EMu

Derive New Knowledge 

KE firmly believes that a collection management system isn’t just for recording objects and for that reason EMu has been designed to hold all of the information, knowledge and history that a museum generates about its objects. Museum specialists constantly create and record knowledge and we believe that it belongs in the collection management system itself.

Narratives

EMu’s Narratives module supports the creation and publication of narratives, research papers, interactive exhibits, interpretative information, etc.

Narratives, which tie together objects, spatial and temporal data with people, events and multimedia, are automatically accessible over the Web and include:

• Title
• Author
• Brief description or abstract
• The content of the story, in HTML
• References to a range of EMu records

Narratives are designed to capture and publish the knowledge of the experts. They provide a way of presenting a Museum’s collection within a cultural, historical or scientific context. 

Narrative describing the history of the Hope Diamond.

As Narrative content is fully indexed, the general public is able to perform free text searches across all narratives you choose to publish online.

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Taxonomy

EMu has extensive support for scientific information about specimens and other resources. Chief amongst this is the Taxonomy module, which is used to record detailed information about taxa relating to a collection and which incorporates the full taxonomic hierarchy. Other recorded details include information about the author and year of publication of the taxon, the protologue publication, and a range of other bibliographic references to the taxon. The Taxonomy module supports hybrids, synonyms and homonyms, common names, conservation status and description.

Taxa can be recorded at any level, from as broad as Kingdom to as narrow as Subspecies (Zoology) or Form and Variety (Botany). With its support for the complex rules relating to the synonymy of taxa, this module makes it simple to search for a taxonomic concept under any of its names.

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

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

See Also

• User Interface
• Customising EMu
• Other Features  

More Information

To contact us for more information about KE EMu, please email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Telephone contact details can be found on the Contact page. 

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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