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The AMNH Adoption and Adaptation of KE EMu

The AMNH Adoption and Adaptation of KE EMu. A brief history of a continuing saga. AMNH Research Divisions. Vertebrate Zoology (3,500,000 specimens). AMNH Research Divisions. Vertebrate Zoology (3,500,000 specimens). KE EMu. AMNH Research Divisions. Vertebrate Zoology

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The AMNH Adoption and Adaptation of KE EMu

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  1. The AMNH Adoptionand Adaptationof KE EMu A brief history of a continuing saga American Museum of Natural History

  2. AMNH Research Divisions Vertebrate Zoology (3,500,000 specimens) American Museum of Natural History

  3. AMNH Research Divisions Vertebrate Zoology (3,500,000 specimens) KE EMu American Museum of Natural History

  4. AMNH Research Divisions Vertebrate Zoology (3,500,000 specimens) KE EMu Invertebrate Zoology (24,000,000 specimens) American Museum of Natural History

  5. AMNH Research Divisions Vertebrate Zoology (3,500,000 specimens) KE EMu Invertebrate Zoology (24,000,000 specimens) Multi-institution, outside developer (MySQL & PHP) American Museum of Natural History

  6. AMNH Research Divisions Vertebrate Zoology (3,500,000 specimens) KE EMu Invertebrate Zoology (24,000,000 specimens) Multi-institution, outside developer (MySQL & PHP) Paleontology (4,750,000 specimens) American Museum of Natural History

  7. AMNH Research Divisions Vertebrate Zoology (3,500,000 specimens) KE EMu Invertebrate Zoology (24,000,000 specimens) Multi-institution, outside developer (MySQL & PHP) Paleontology (4,750,000 specimens) PaleoCat (outside developer) American Museum of Natural History

  8. AMNH Research Divisions Vertebrate Zoology (3,500,000 specimens) KE EMu Invertebrate Zoology (24,000,000 specimens) Multi-institution, outside developer (MySQL & PHP) Paleontology (4,750,000 specimens) PaleoCat (outside developer) Anthropology (180,000 specimens) American Museum of Natural History

  9. AMNH Research Divisions Vertebrate Zoology (3,500,000 specimens) KE EMu Invertebrate Zoology (24,000,000 specimens) Multi-institution, outside developer (MySQL & PHP) Paleontology (4,750,000 specimens) PaleoCat (outside developer) Anthropology (180,000 specimens) In-house development (Oracle) American Museum of Natural History

  10. AMNH Research Divisions Vertebrate Zoology (3,500,000 specimens) KE EMu Invertebrate Zoology (24,000,000 specimens) Multi-institution, outside developer (MySQL & PHP) Paleontology (4,750,000 specimens) PaleoCat (outside developer) Anthropology (180,000 specimens) In-house development (Oracle) Physical Science (100,000 specimens in EPS) American Museum of Natural History

  11. AMNH Research Divisions Vertebrate Zoology (3,500,000 specimens) KE EMu Invertebrate Zoology (24,000,000 specimens) Multi-institution, outside developer (MySQL & PHP) Paleontology (4,750,000 specimens) PaleoCat (outside developer) Anthropology (180,000 specimens) In-house development (Oracle) Physical Science (100,000 specimens in EPS) Superbase, FileMaker Pro American Museum of Natural History

  12. AMNH Research Divisions Vertebrate Zoology (3,500,000 specimens) KE EMu Even our one division... American Museum of Natural History

  13. AMNH Research Divisions Vertebrate Zoology (3,500,000 specimens) KE EMu Birds Fish Herps Mammals ...required multiple clients American Museum of Natural History

  14. AMNH Research Divisions Vertebrate Zoology (3,500,000 specimens) KE EMu Birds Fish Herps Mammals “The worst of both worlds” American Museum of Natural History

  15. AMNH Research Divisions Vertebrate Zoology (3,500,000 specimens) KE EMu Birds Fish Herps Mammals “The worst of both worlds” - Need to maintain different data models American Museum of Natural History

  16. AMNH Research Divisions Vertebrate Zoology (3,500,000 specimens) KE EMu Birds Fish Herps Mammals “The worst of both worlds” - Need to maintain different data models - No common platform with other departments American Museum of Natural History

  17. AMNH Research Divisions Vertebrate Zoology (3,500,000 specimens) KE EMu Birds Fish Herps Mammals “The worst of both worlds” - Need to maintain different data models - No common platform with other departments - No institution-wide support! American Museum of Natural History

  18. Affiliated Departments • Ambrose Monell Cryo Collection (frozen tissue repository) American Museum of Natural History

  19. Affiliated Departments • Ambrose Monell Cryo Collection (frozen tissue repository) • Freezerworks (and separate web database) American Museum of Natural History

  20. Affiliated Departments • Ambrose Monell Cryo Collection (frozen tissue repository) • Freezerworks (and separate web database) • Registrars Office American Museum of Natural History

  21. Affiliated Departments • Ambrose Monell Cryo Collection (frozen tissue repository) • Freezerworks (and separate web database) • Registrars Office • MS Excel and Word files American Museum of Natural History

  22. Affiliated Departments • Ambrose Monell Cryo Collection (frozen tissue repository) • Freezerworks (and separate web database) • Registrars Office • MS Excel and Word files ...crying out for integration with EMu American Museum of Natural History

  23. Lost Opportunities • Library Archiving projects • Taxonomy Authorities (including synonymies and bibliographies) • Our new “Explorer” iPhone app American Museum of Natural History

  24. “Found” Opportunities • Better integration outside the museum than within • MaNIS, HerpNET, ORNIS American Museum of Natural History

  25. AMNH Design Team • All were collection management staff • Viewed EMu primarily as a collection management tool • Had desire to simplify • Too many cooks? American Museum of Natural History

  26. Modules We “Hid” • Conservation • Events • Insurance • Narratives • Rights American Museum of Natural History

  27. Modules we merged • Collection Events and Sites (together and/or into Catalog) • Condition Checks (into Catalog) • Internal Movements (into Catalog) • Movements (into Transactions) American Museum of Natural History

  28. Modules We Created • Expeditions American Museum of Natural History

  29. Modules We Created • Expeditions Modules We Never Use • Gazetteers • Thesaurus American Museum of Natural History

  30. Our Primary Modifications • Split Catalog into Organism/Lot and Preparations • Originally argued for two modules • Collapsed Collection Events and Sites • Differently for different departments American Museum of Natural History

  31. Our Primary Modifications • Transactions (formerly Loans) • Lots, partial and uncataloged specimens • Deaccessions • Partial or entire, specimens or lots American Museum of Natural History

  32. Our Primary Modifications • Taxonomy • Viewed primarily as tool to support collection management, not research tool • “Simplified” synonymies • Sub-classed too far? American Museum of Natural History

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