Transcript Migration to KE EMu

Egyptian Museum Database Project
Migration to KE EMu
Janice Kamrin, Project Director • Hanane Gaber, Head Registrar
KE Emu Users’ Conference, Bristol • June 3-4, 2009
Egyptian Museum Database
Project
Principal Goal: Build a new database for
the Egyptian Museum, Cairo as the
principal tool for a full collections
management system
Begun in 2005 with Filemaker Pro
Egyptian Museum Database
Project
Mellon Planning Grant
August-December 2006: Planning Grant
from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Team chose KE EMu
Egyptian Museum Database
Project
Mellon Implementation Grant
Implementation grant awarded in April
2008 to:
Purchase EMu and 2 years of
maintenance
Hire personnel to assist with building
of database
Egyptian Museum Database and
Egyptian Museum
Registrar Training Projects
CMS carried out and new database
managed by the Egyptian Museum’s
new Registration, Collections
Management, and Documentation
Department (RCMDD).
The RCMDD
January 2007: ARCE-USAID Egyptian
Museum Registrar Training Project
begins (scheduled to run to October
2010).
The RCMDD
July 2007: The Registration, Collections
Management, and Documentation Department
becomes official, with 4 registrars and 3 trainers.
The RCMDD
Today: the RCMDD consists of 9
registrars, led by a Head of
Documentation and a Head Registrar,
supported by 7 trainers.
The RCMDD:
Responsible for most aspects of documentation and
collections management:
Object Information
Object Tracking (Movement)
Accessioning
Inventory
Traveling Loans
In-house Exhibitions
Outside Requests
The EM Database Team
The RCMDD staff (9 registrars,
permanent employees of the Supreme
Council of Antiquities)
The ARCE-USAID team (the Egyptian
Museum Registrar Training Project - 4
trainers)
The ARCE-Mellon team (the Egyptian
Museum Database Project - 3 database
personnel)
Migration
to
EMu
March and April, 2008: Migration schedule
organized
April through August, 2008: Field mapping and
tab design
August, 2008: Preliminary training in
Manchester
September 9, 2009: First test loaded, testing
begins
February 19, 2009: Legacy database frozen
March, 2009: On-site training
March 18, 2009: Go-live
Migration to EMu
Major issues that affected the migration:
The Internet connection (or lack
thereof) at the Egyptian Museum
The complex numbering system of
the Egyptian Museum
Migration to EMu
The RCMDD-ARCE team is using the
database successfully in their day-to-day
work.
Advice Please!
Issues to address:
Exploring the modules
Internet
Exploring the Modules
Parent-Child Relationships
How do other museums use this
effectively?
External Movements
How do other museums use this
effectively?
Are there other really helpful modules or
tabs we should be exploring?
Internet
How have you successfully built a
public internet site?
What fields do you publish?
How have you set up your interface?
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