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Col l ect i ons Caret hr ough vi sual ai ds

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Collections Care through visual aids

Storage

House-

keeping

Handling

&

Use

Emergency

Prep

Environment

Surrogates

Conservation

Policy &

Procedures

…plus more

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Collections Care through visual aids

…storage - crates

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Collections Care through visual aids

…storage - maps

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Collections Care through visual aids

…housekeeping – pests

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Collections Care through visual aids

…handling & use – exhibitions and events

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Collections Care through visual aids

…handling & use – parts management

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Collections Care through visual aids

Organism Certhidea olivacea Gould, 1837

Warbler Finch

Collector Darwin, Charles Robert

Preparations skull

skeleton

study skin

eggs (4)

nest

tissue sample

…handling & use – preparations & registers

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Collections Care through visual aids

…environmental monitoring and control

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Collections Care through visual aids

…conservation – mobile devices & images

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Photograph (Analogue Original)

Medium res JPEG2 (Derivative)

Magazine (Usage)

Catalogue (Usage)

Medium res TIFF (Derivative)

High res TIFF (Digital Original)

Low res JPEG (Derivative)

Web site (Usage)

Magazine (Usage)

High res TIFF Crop (Digital Original)

High res DNG (Derivative)

Collections Care through visual aids

…surrogates – digital assets

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Collections Care through visual aids

…surrogates – digital assets

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Collections Care through visual aids

…emergency prep

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Collections Care through visual aids

…policy and procedures – schedules

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Collections Care through visual aids

…policy and procedures – statistics

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Collections Care through visual aids

…policy and procedures – statistics

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Other visual stuff

…content publishing

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Other visual stuff

…mapping

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Other visual stuff

…public access visual tools

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Presentation

Tier

Presentation

Devices

Programmer

Tier OpenLayers

Other visual stuff

…technical layers

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Case Study

Visual tools for Pest Management

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The Situation

• Collections contain fur,

feathers, dried skin, dried

plants, paper.

• Susceptible to damage by

certain insects.

• 3 depts independently

monitoring pest

distributions and

managing infestations.

• Banning of Dichlorvos

(vapona) insecticide in

2004.

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• Collections contain fur,

feathers, dried skin, dried

plants, paper.

• Susceptible to damage by

certain insects.

• 3 depts independantly

monitoring pest

distributions and

managing infestations.

• Banning of Dichlorvos

(vapona) insecticide in

2004.

The Situation

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The Vision

• Co-ordinated

monitoring of ALL

collection spaces.

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The Vision

• Standardisation of

monitoring data.

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The Vision

• Risk management

approach

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The Vision

• Integration of IPM activity

using GIS software to

visualise pest distributions.

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The Solution

• KE to the rescue..!!

• Already using EMu.

• Generic development.

• Adopt available

standards.

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Before and after

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Zones

Anthrenus sarnicus

Anthrenus sp.

Attagenus smirnovi

Attagenus sp.

Reesa vespula

Stegobium paniceum

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The benefits of EMu

• Single repository for pest

management data.

• Remove dept-centric boundaries.

• Familiarity with interface.

• Close association with

specimen/collections information.

• Inform senior management based

on evidence.

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The benefits of Mapper

• Spatial context; quickly observe

trends and patterns – proactive

measures.

• Effectively monitor overall situation

• Prioritise resources in reacting to

situations.

• More effective communication tool.

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More Information

• Dave Smith,

Natural History Museum

[email protected]

• KE Software @ stand E4


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