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Enhancing Access to Natural Science Collections at Museum Victoria through Musenet

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This presentation highlights the development and features of the online collection system, Musenet, at Museum Victoria. Showcasing over 385,000 records, it emphasizes data preparation, search functionality, and user engagement. The talk discusses recent advancements such as keyword and advanced searches, tagging, and mapping features. It also covers public access strategies, digital preservation, and the incorporation of Google technology to improve user interaction. This project aims to raise awareness of Museum Victoria's vast scientific collections and enhance public familiarity with biodiversity.

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  1. Bringing Science to the World Museum VictoriaNatural Science Collections Online 2008 EMu Users’ Meeting, Wellington, New Zealand Alex Chubaty, Collection Information Systems

  2. Introduction • 2006 – collections on Intranet (‘Musenet’) • History and Technology collection • Data preparation • Field mapping • Features: • Keyword and Advanced Searches • Tagging • Recently viewed images • Search filters • Related records based on Classification, • Subjects/Keywords, Collection Name • Over 385,000 records

  3. Natural Sciences on Musenet • Field Mapping • Search and Display • Fields and Records • Data preparation • Consistency (Taxonomy module) • Format standardisation • Data validation • Common names • Basic Features • Keyword and Advanced Searches • Tagging • Recently viewed images

  4. Advanced Search interface (partial) for MV Natural Sciences collections on ‘Musenet’

  5. Search returns and display • Individual records plus links via scientific name • Custom made ‘summary data’ • Search filters • Taxonomy • Locality • Mapping facility • Species • Specimen

  6. Mapping Functionality • Google Maps vs KE Maps • Installation and support • Public familiarity • Google technology improvements • Google Earth/Google Maps

  7. Natural Sciences live on the web • On Musenet - Oct 2007 • Live from MV website – Nov 2007 • 11 disciplines • Over 883,000 records • Example searches

  8. Later Features Added • Mapping at single specimen level • Browse function – 3 broad levels • Vernacular names added • Search engine optimisation • Improved search speed and search matching

  9. Features To Be Released or Tested • Species level results as first results • Location based searches • Display vernacular names more frequently • Image browser

  10. Statistics from Google Analytics1 Jan – 30 Aug 2008 • 27,427 visits from 147 countries • 21,408 visitors • 4.77 pages per visit • Average of 2.04 minutes spent • Popular keywords: • kunatite • paxillosida: luidiidae • austronomia

  11. Source of Traffic • Google – 80% • Referring sites – 10% • Direct traffic – 10%

  12. Conclusions • Genuine interest in MV’s scientific collections • Increased public awareness of MV as a holder and custodian of legacy data sets • Increased public awareness of the scope and size of our collections

  13. The Future • History and Technology’s ‘Web Readiness’ project • Indigenous Cultures discussing strategies • Major part of MV’s online strategy • Digitisation • Public access • Storage

  14. Where? • http://collections.museumvictoria.com.au • http://museumvictoria.com.au/ • http://www.collectionsaustralia.net • http://www.google.com

  15. Acknowledgements • Craig Churchill • Collection System Specialist • Online Development • Ken Walker • Deputy Head Sciences (Terrestrial Zoology)