*Culture Geeks talk : 'eHive - the software revolution reaches the museum
sector'
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*When: *March 25, 2009 at 8:00pm
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Where:*
the Regency Town House <http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/179186>
13 Brunswick Square
Hove, England BN31EH
Culture Geeks is a community based in Brighton, open to everyone who is
interested in using digital technologies in the cultural sector.
*THE TALK*
Jennifer Taylor Moore describes eHive, a new web based collection management
product (CMS) by Vernon Systems. It is the world's first CMS designed to be
solely provided on a subscription basis over the Internet.
The first implementation of eHive was a significant New Zealand project to
redevelop the NZMuseums website using eHive. This website provides a focal
point for all museums in New Zealand and a strong presence on the Internet
for several hundred small mainly voluntary museums.
The underlying eHive product provides collections management functions to
participating museums without an existing CMS, while museums with existing
systems contribute text and images to take advantage of the public access
features.
The content for each museum or collector is stored in secure accounts in the
one underlying system. Individual records and images can be marked as
publicly available. By storing all of the content in a single system it is
possible to create online communities representing geographical or thematic
subsets which cross traditional museum boundaries.
The presentation will go over some of the issues we faced up to this point,
show some of the features of the eHive and NZMuseums websites, and will look
at what the future holds.
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About Jennifer Taylor Moore*
Jennifer is an arts graduate with a post-graduate diploma in museum studies
and over seven years experience working in museums and galleries in New
Zealand. She joined Vernon Systems in 2002 as UK Representative, based in
London, and provides support and training for UK clients as well as
assisting with general development, documentation and marketing.
To book a place, sign-up on
Upcoming<http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/2021242/>or call Val at:
01273 206306
There is no bar, but you can bring your own drinks. So feel free to bring
drinks for yourself and to share!
Val
Culture Geeks
http://www.culturegeeks.org.uk
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