Presentation by Robb Detlefs (Gallery Systems, Inc.) at the VRA + ARLIS/NA 2nd Joint Conference in Minneapolis, MN at the Vendor Slam.

1. a gallery systems project eMuseum Network: bringing access to all

2. Overview of presentation What is eMuseum Network? How does it work? Current participants Content, searching, views Data export – TMS, LIDO, CDWA Lite Demonstration Future

3. What is eMuseum Network? A way for museums to share information A tool for the museum community A way to search across museum collections from a single access point Not just search, but a platform for sharing and collaborating A site for the public to use! Coming soon!

4. How does it work? Each participating museum is a ‘node’ One central search point, like Google Standard (keyword) and fielded search methods Summary of results by museums and categories View results in List, Images, and Item views Filter results Jump to source website Create personal collections Export data: CDWA Lite, LIDO and TMS

5. Current Participants

6. Content As of 2/1/2011, there are 1.3 million objects (most have images) International participants Museums, Private Collections, Artist Foundations, University Collections, etc.

7. Searching – Advance SearchFielded with more control

8. Searching – Quick Search

9. Quick Search – operators available Quick Search supports Lucene query terms Fuzzy Search: primary_title:come~ Wildcard with ?: hagedor? Wildcard with multiple characters: k*steiner Proximity searching: "horses tails"~10 NOT operator: "Louisa Starr Canziani" NOT watercolour OR and Parentheses: ("Louisa Starr Canziani" OR "salvador dali") AND "oil on“ And more…

10. Data Terminology Mapping Classification and Geography fields are “broad-mapped” against a distinct set of terms.

11. Filtering Select filter categories Click “x” to remove filter Automatically refreshes

12. Views – List Link back to Institution and local URL Description Pop-out Sort field

13. Views – Images Thumbnail Zoom

14. Views – Item ITEM View

15. Views – Item Display Full Image

16. Views – Item Linked Data – ULAN and Freebase

17. Linked Data – laying the foundation The term Linked Data refers to a set of best practices for publishing and connecting structured data on the Web. Key technologies that support Linked Data are URIs, HTTP, and RDF. eMuseum Network contains building blocks for providing Linked Data URIs for connecting museum data. Source: http://linkeddata.org/faq

18. MyCollections Create your own collection and work collaboratively...

19. Export CDWA Lite, LIDO, TMS Only with proper user credentials Import into TMS and EmbARK

20. Import CDWA Lite into EmbARK

21. LIDO 1.0 XML document example produced by eMuseum Network, see: http://cidoc.icom.museum/WG_Data_Harvesting(en)(E1).xmlfor LIDO 1.0 documentation

22. A Look at eMuseum Network Demo: http://www.emuseum.net

24. Investing in the infrastructure of museums overall, not just one-by-one

25. Sharing our data benefits everyone

27. Future Many more nodes Multi-lingual user interface Multi-lingual thesauri in search engine New profile in development (more data, more images) Dynamic linking of information within local collection and exhibition management systems Virtual Gallerie

28. How do you get involved? Join the eMuseum Network User’s listserv http://listserv.gallerysystems.com/read/all_forums/ Learn how to become a member! emuseumnetwork@gallerysystems.com