KE EMu User Group Meetings

5th Australasian User Group Meeting, Canberra, 6-7 September 2006

The 5th Australasian EMu User Group Meeting was held in Canberra, Australia on 6-7 September at the National Museum of Australia (NMA). Sixty EMu users were registered, with several more unregistered (but nonetheless welcome) attendees present on both days. Consensus is that this was another successful EMu meeting. The program and topics, presentations, and the venue itself drew particularly favourable feedback. Day Two commenced with the ever popular Q&A session, an opportunity for users to pose any EMu related question to KE. As there never seems to be sufficient time to answer all questions, the time allocated to this session will be increased at future meetings in an effort to bridge the gap.

Two guest speakers made presentations at the Meeting. Kylie Bower, a Crystal Reports consultant, spoke on the "Power of Reporting" and Emily Hudson, a Research Fellow at the Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia (IPRIA) discussed "Directions in Copyright".

On both days, following the formal sessions, attendees were invited to participate in tours of local institutions of national importance: the National Gallery of Australia (NGA), National Museum of Australia (NMA), National Portrait Gallery (NPG), the Old Parliament House and Parliament House. Judging from the feedback, these tours were the highlight of the Meeting.

Thanks to all who attended and contributed to this successful Meeting. 

Wednesday 6 September

Presenter	Presentation
Bernard Marshall Chief Technology Officer KE Software	EMu New Features
Philip Edgar Manager, Collections Information Department Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa	EMu at Te Papa... One year on
Adrian Kingston Collection Information Manager - Digital Assets & Development Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa	Thesaurus Module
Emily Hudson Research Fellow, Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia	Directions in Copyright
Craig Churchill Alex Chubaty Museum Victoria	The Caught and Coloured website
Seb Chan Manager, Web Services Lynne McNairn Powerhouse Museum	Powerhouse Museum website
Ree Kent Old Parliament House Doug Rogan International Conservation Services	Interactive building plan
Catherine Belcher National Museum of Australia	National Museum of Australia website

Thursday 7 September

Presenter	Presentation
Dianne Bray Museum Victoria	Extinct frogs near Canberra - Bioacoustic Project
Dermott Henry Museum Victoria	Gold Nugget Replica Collection - Data Enhancement Project
Lance Wilkie EMu Unit Manager Australian Museum	Experiences with implementing EMu at the Australian Museum
Douglas Elford National Museum of Australia	Marketing Metadata
Kylie Bower Consultant, Crystal Reports	Power of reporting
Gill Raymond National Portrait Gallery	Page View
Bernard Marshall Chief Technology Officer KE Software	Upcoming EMu Developments
Ian Turnbull Chief Operating Officer KE Software	The EMu Community