iMus Israeli Museums SystemPublic web portalwww.iMus.mcs.gov.ilEVA/Minerva 2011 15 Nov. 2011 Eran Carmon CIO

www.mcs.gov.il Culture & Sport Science & Technology: www.most.gov.ilwww.mcs.gov.il Culture & Sport Science & Technology: www.most.gov.ilMANA (Collections Management System - )intranet based cataloging & digitizing data warehouse unified platform for Israeli museumsMANA is the 1st phase of the Israeli museums collection management projectTargetsTo supply a digital preservation tool (SaaS)To supply a unified platform & processTo enable better artifacts accessibilityMain entities & propertiesArtifacts (musial / archival) e.g name, images/videos, description, artist/creator, dates, locationCollections / Exhibitions e.g. name, location, duration, artifactsMuseums e.g. name, about, location, contacts, pictures

iMus is the public frontend (web portal) of MANAiMus is the 2nd phase of the Israeli museums collection management projectAbout MANA & iMuswww.mcs.gov.il Culture & Sport Science & Technology: www.most.gov.il2 : : http://www.mcs.gov.il : http://www.most.gov.ilAbout iMusTargetsTo expose the cultural treasures of Israel to the publicResearchers / StudentsTourists (internal / overseas)New immigrants (to Israel)Accessibility challengedTo supply a web portal for museums, exhibitions, collections & artifactsData sourceMetadata & images imported from MANAArtifacts: per IP and importancewww.mcs.gov.il Culture & Sport Science & Technology: www.most.gov.ilSearch processArtifact searchEuropeanaiMusArtifactGeneral infoArtifactEntire public info

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MuseumExhibitionCollection2nd phase: Europeana federated searchwww.mcs.gov.il Culture & Sport Science & Technology: www.most.gov.ilWhats in it forGeneral public(Researcher, student, tourist, accessibility challenged)AccessibilityData warehouse, multilingual, global & Israeli (Europeana & iMus)StandardizationAppearance, searchable, thesaurusSimplicitySearching, planning, visualizationwww.mcs.gov.il Culture & Sport Science & Technology: www.most.gov.ilWhats in it forMuseumsAccessibilityKnown administration interface (MANA)UsabilityAll data (museums, exhibitions, collections, artifacts) is imported from MANAWeb service for data extractionStandardizationDatabase, user/admin interface, properties, imagesPublic relationsWeb portal, landing pages, Search engine optimizationwww.mcs.gov.il Culture & Sport Science & Technology: www.most.gov.iliMus Museum SearchSearch by museum properties e.g. name, type, location

Based ongoogle maps

www.mcs.gov.il Culture & Sport Science & Technology: www.most.gov.iliMus Museum pageMuseum info:about, exhibitions, collections, events, location and links

Based on dmh.org.il

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Collection info:name, dates, description originwww.mcs.gov.il Culture & Sport Science & Technology: www.most.gov.iliMus Artifact pageArtifact info:name, dates, subjects, description, provider, rights, format, images, videos, location

Based on imjnet.org.il

www.mcs.gov.il Culture & Sport Science & Technology: www.most.gov.iliMus Europeana search

Based on judaica-europeana.eu

2nd phase: Europeana federated searchwww.mcs.gov.il Culture & Sport Science & Technology: www.most.gov.ilBackupwww.mcs.gov.il Culture & Sport Science & Technology: www.most.gov.ilArchitecture

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