Comments on: Updates on Online Exhibits, Collections Management Software http://www.purposefultechie.com/updates-on-online-exhibits-collections-management-software/ technology for small museums Sun, 27 Jun 2010 01:42:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Paul Rowe http://www.purposefultechie.com/updates-on-online-exhibits-collections-management-software/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Paul Rowe Sun, 01 Nov 2009 06:55:34 +0000 http://www.purposefultechie.com/?p=131#comment-79 Our company, Vernon Systems, have been develop collection management systems since 1985. Last year we released the world's first CMS built solely as software as a service. It called eHive ( http://ehive.com ) and has a free account for up to 5,000 records. Annual fees are based on the storage used. Public access functions are built in. e.g. Tagging, commenting, different options for searching and exploring the collections. We're working on APIs at present to allow the content to be rebranded on other websites. We've already done this for the NZMuseums portal - a portal for the 400 museums in New Zealand. Our company, Vernon Systems, have been develop collection management systems since 1985. Last year we released the world’s first CMS built solely as software as a service. It called eHive ( http://ehive.com ) and has a free account for up to 5,000 records. Annual fees are based on the storage used.
Public access functions are built in. e.g. Tagging, commenting, different options for searching and exploring the collections. We’re working on APIs at present to allow the content to be rebranded on other websites. We’ve already done this for the NZMuseums portal – a portal for the 400 museums in New Zealand.

]]> By: K Landon http://www.purposefultechie.com/updates-on-online-exhibits-collections-management-software/comment-page-1/#comment-77 K Landon Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:34:44 +0000 http://www.purposefultechie.com/?p=131#comment-77 Hi Lauri, Thanks for chiming in with the updated information. Much of my exploration of Open Museum was several months ago, and perhaps the collections I browsed weren't making full use of the capabilities. -K Hi Lauri,

Thanks for chiming in with the updated information. Much of my exploration of Open Museum was several months ago, and perhaps the collections I browsed weren’t making full use of the capabilities.
-K

]]> By: Lauri Berkenkamp http://www.purposefultechie.com/updates-on-online-exhibits-collections-management-software/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Lauri Berkenkamp Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:38:03 +0000 http://www.purposefultechie.com/?p=131#comment-72 Thanks for the mention of Open Museum! I wanted to correct one thing--we are committed to keeping Open Museum free for both visitors and museums. Our FAQs were a little outdated, but are now revised to reflect that change. Also, we are actually quite different from Flickr in that we allow people to create what we call "thick" objects--objects that can have several different kinds of information about them, including video, audio, slideshows, still images, and text. Curators can add to or edit those objects at any time, making their objects thicker and more interesting as more information about them becomes available. In addition, Open Museum encourages discussion between visitors and curators, so that real dialogue can happen between all museum stakeholders. So rather than simply offering a site where people can display single images (like Flickr), Open Museum provides museums and visitors with ways to interact with each other on an ongoing basis--an extended conversation, if you will. Thanks for the mention of Open Museum! I wanted to correct one thing–we are committed to keeping Open Museum free for both visitors and museums. Our FAQs were a little outdated, but are now revised to reflect that change. Also, we are actually quite different from Flickr in that we allow people to create what we call “thick” objects–objects that can have several different kinds of information about them, including video, audio, slideshows, still images, and text. Curators can add to or edit those objects at any time, making their objects thicker and more interesting as more information about them becomes available. In addition, Open Museum encourages discussion between visitors and curators, so that real dialogue can happen between all museum stakeholders.
So rather than simply offering a site where people can display single images (like Flickr), Open Museum provides museums and visitors with ways to interact with each other on an ongoing basis–an extended conversation, if you will.

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