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Collections Information Systems at the Smithsonian

Collections Information Systems at the Smithsonian. The EMu Experiences at the Natural History and American Indian Museums. Smithsonian on the National Mall. Smithsonian Castle, built in 1846. 19 museums, galleries, and research institutes. 166 years of questions and answers. Smithsonian

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Collections Information Systems at the Smithsonian

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  1. Collections Information Systems at the Smithsonian The EMu Experiences at the Natural History and American Indian Museums

  2. Smithsonian on the National Mall

  3. Smithsonian Castle, built in 1846

  4. 19 museums, galleries, and research institutes

  5. 166 years of questions and answers

  6. Smithsonian by the numbers • 137 M specimens & artifacts • 7.9 M online records • 127 Mare in Natural History • 136 ft3of archival material • 2 Mlibraries volumes

  7. 45 years of collections databasing • SELGEM • First collections information system • HEW • Computer use in collections management 1960’s-1970’s 1980’s-1990’s 2000’s

  8. 45 years of collections databasing • MISTICMove System • SELGEM • SI-NETSI Network • INQUIRE(Second CIS) 2000’s 1960’s-1970’s 1980’s-1990’s • NMAH CIS(MIMSY) www.si.edu • ARTCIS(TMS) • SIRIS Library Catalog

  9. 45 years of collections databasing • SELGEM • INQUIRE 2000’s 1960’s-1970’s 1980’s-1990’s • NMNH RCIS • (EMu) • PHOTO Archives • NMAI CIS(EMu) • RITS • CONS • Curatorial DB

  10. 45 years of collections databasing • NMAH CIS • SIRIS Digitization Plan • NMNH RCIS • ARTCIS • NMAI CIS Present Future Digital Asset Management Plan • Digital Asset Mgnt System • Office of Research Information Systems Collections Websites Smithsonian Collections Search Center

  11. National Museum of Natural History

  12. National Museum of the American Indian

  13. Success and Failures

  14. It takes time!

  15. It takes lots of people working hard together.

  16. Top down support with people, money, time

  17. Documentation is the key

  18. Do things now and plan for the future

  19. Keep it simple Too much! Good for now

  20. Success Stories Productivity

  21. Credits and Other Info • Contact: • Ducky Nguyen, Special Assistant for Planning & Project Management, OCIO • E-mail: NguyenD@si.edu • Content Credit: • David Bridge (retired), NMAI and NMNH • Michelle Brown, NMNH • Beth Gamble, NMNH • Ann McMullen, NMAI • Thorny Staples, OCIO • Images Credit: • Google Images • Smithsonian Institution • Smithsonian Collections Online: • NMAI Collections Website: http://nmai.si.edu/searchcollections/home.aspx • NMNH Collections Website: http://collections.mnh.si.edu/search/ • Smithsonian Collections Search Center: http://www.collections.si.edu/search/

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