KE EMu User Group Meetings

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, September 2008

The 7th Australasian EMu User Group Meeting was held at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa from 9-10 September 2008 in Wellington, New Zealand. There were over 30 attendees, which included at least one representative from most of the Australian Museums/Art Galleries. After a very interesting welcoming ceremony, a wide range of topics was covered, with a great deal of emphasis on the web. As always, there was ample opportunity for questions and socialising, providing attendees with an opportunity to share their experiences, and to seek help and advice. Of the tours organised by Te Papa, the Taonga Maori collection proved most popular.
Tuesday 9 September, 2008
	Adrian Kingston (Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa) Te Papa Update and Future Plans Adrian provided an update about Te Papa and discussed what the future holds for the musuem.
	John Doolan (KE Software) iMu Part 1 iMu Part 2 John demonstrated an iPod interface for EMu enabling visitors to build their own tour of a museum’s collection. This exciting new product is an EMu add-on recently released by KE.
	Michael Elliot (Australian Museum) Using Access 2007 with EMu as an alternative to Crystal Reports Michael spoke about using an alternative to Crystal for creating reports in EMu.
	Alex Chubaty (Museum Victoria, Melbourne) Bringing Science to the World: Museum Victoria Natural Science Collections Online An in-depth look at the history behind the MV online collection, how it has evolved and why it was designed the way it is.
	Nick Margiolakis (KE Software, Melbourne) EMu Web and Case Study Nick spoke about the Web (with some interesting statistics) and what can be achieved with EMuWeb (including a brief discussion and look at the Hull Museum website).
	Giselle Stanton (Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa) Alcohol Managment Project at Te Papa No, it has nothing to do with a drinking problem!!! Giselle discussed a recent Alcohol Management project at Te Papa and how EMu was used in this process.
	Bernard Marshall (KE Software) EMu New Developments Bern explained the new features available in the latest versions of EMu and introduced those coming in EMu 3.2.05: audit roll back, improved drag and drop options, etc.
Wednesday 10 September, 2008
	Dianne Bray (Museum Victoria, Melbourne) MV Transactions Module The Transactions module is a new module currently being implemented by MV. Di provided an in-depth look at what it is and how it will be used at the museum.
	Victoria Leachman (Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa) Managing Rights at Te Papa Victoria provided an insight into how Te Papa manages its Rights using EMu.
	Alan Brooks (KE Software) EMu Developments in North America Alan went through some of the current projects that KE's North American customers are implementing.
	Lynne McNairn (Powerhouse Museum) Image Management, Conservation and Narratives Lynne discussed how the Powerhouse Museum manages it image collection within EMu and how it uses the Conservation and Narratives modules.
	SGT Anthony Goninan (Army History Unit) Army History Unit and how they use EMu Tony showed us the various Army History Unit sites that use EMu and discussed how multiple sites connect to a central server to upload their information.