EVA 2006 Moscow, Culture and Information Society Technologies. Century XXI

1. The Computerisation of the Croatian Museum Network Višnja Zgaga, museum advisor Mirna Šimat, IT specialist Museum Documentation Centre, Zagreb EVA 2006 Moscow, Culture and Information Society Technologies. Century XXI

2. Dr Antun Bauer ( 1911 – 2000 ) What is MDC ?

3. Basic information about Croatian Museums in 2006 based on data from the Register of Museums, Galleries and Collections • 203 museums and galleries • 939 expert staff employed • 1,402 museum collections • 582 documentation fonds • 5,653,800 museum objects

4. Throughout the years, MDC helped museums in their process of computerisation by: http://www.mdc.hr/main.aspx?id=322

5. Organisation of computerisation Ministry of culture funds MDC MDC supervises cataloguing and coordinates feedback MDC acquires software M++ Link 2 produces software Museums get software

6. 2004 - 25 museums • Instalation • Basic education • Documentation consulting • Basic adjustment • Granting the permanent • licence EVA 2006 Moscow, Culture and Information Society Technologies. Century XXI

7. 2005 - 30 + 14 museums • Instalation of the new • version of the software • Secundary documentation EVA 2006 Moscow, Culture and Information Society Technologies. Century XXI

8. 2006 - 12 museums • Instalation and education • Documentation consulting EVA 2006 Moscow, Culture and Information Society Technologies. Century XXI

9. Continuously and permanently • User support • Adjustment of the system to • meet the user needs • Workshops and seminars EVA 2006 Moscow, Culture and Information Society Technologies. Century XXI

10. Workshops and seminars

14. September 2004- November 2006 • 54 cities • 83 museums • 345 workstations EVA 2006 Moscow, Culture and Information Society Technologies. Century XXI

15. Cataloguing and collections

16. Usage of IT technology in Croatian museums

17. IT specialists and documentarists

18. Museum objects and cataloguing

19. M++ characteristics used in 84 museums PDF and XML export secundary documentation multimedia support ICOM since 1998 sophisticated search capabilities primary documentation CDWA, VRA and other standards tertiary documentation multiple layers of data protection

20. Main screen

21. Main screen with enlarged image

22. Information groups can be repeated A painting is associated with four depicted subjects: year 1848. / academic legion (organisation) / Dragojlo Kušan (person) / war of 1848. (event)

23. Search engine These search results show all objects that belong to the Numismatic collection, that are not made of copper, and whose inventory number is larger than “GMV PO NZ 15”.

24. Thesaurus: table view This thesaurus table shows terms used in the Technique field.

25. Thesaurus: tree view This tree view detail shows that lithography is a type of print (grafika) and that there are several types of lithography.

26. Object record

27. Secondary documentation

28. Examples of M++ on-line: • Donations to the City of Zagreb http://www.donacijegz.mdc.hr/ • Collection of museum posters http://www.mdc.hr/plakatoteka_en.aspx • Egyptian collection http://www.croato-aegyptica.hr/

37. Our final goals are: • the continuous development of documentation systems that would support museological research, preservation and communication • to establish continuous preservation of documentation in the digital environment • to encourage online access to information and knowledge about museum objects