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iMus – Israeli Museums System Public web portal www.iMus.mcs.gov.il
EVA/Minerva 2011 15 Nov. 2011 Eran Carmon – CIO
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MANA (Collections Management System - תכרעמ לוהינ םיפסוא) intranet based cataloging & digitizing data warehouse unified platform for Israeli museums MANA is the 1st phase of the Israeli museums collection management project Targets
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- supply a digital preservation tool (SaaS)
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- supply a unified platform & process
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- enable better artifacts accessibility
Main entities & properties
Artifacts (musial / archival…) e.g name, images/videos, description,
artist/creator, dates, location
Collections / Exhibitions e.g. name, location, duration, artifacts Museums e.g. name, about, location, contacts, pictures
iMus is the public frontend (web portal) of MANA iMus is the 2nd phase of the Israeli museums collection management project
About MANA & iMus
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About iMus
Targets
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- expose the cultural treasures of Israel to the public
Researchers / Students Tourists (internal / overseas) New immigrants (to Israel) Accessibility challenged
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- supply a web portal for museums, exhibitions,
collections & artifacts Data source
Metadata & images imported from MANA Artifacts: per IP and importance
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Search process
Artifact search Europeana iMus Artifact General info Artifact Entire public info Museum search iMus Museum website Museum page Museum Exhibition Collection 2nd phase: Europeana federated search
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What’s in it for…
General public
(Researcher, student, tourist, accessibility challenged…)
Accessibility
Data warehouse, multilingual, global & Israeli (Europeana & iMus)
Standardization
Appearance, searchable, thesaurus
Simplicity
Searching, planning, visualization
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What’s in it for…
Museums
Accessibility
Known administration interface (MANA)
Usability
All data (museums, exhibitions, collections, artifacts) is imported from MANA Web service for data extraction
Standardization
Database, user/admin interface, properties, images
Public relations
Web portal, landing pages, Search engine optimization
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iMus – Museum Search
Search by museum properties e.g. name, type, location Based on google maps
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iMus – Museum page
Museum info: about, exhibitions, collections, events, location and links Based on dmh.org.il
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iMus – Collection page
Collection info: name, dates, description
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iMus – Artifact page
Artifact info: name, dates, subjects, description, provider, rights, format, images, videos, location Based on imjnet.org.il
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iMus – Europeana search
Based on judaica- europeana.eu 2nd phase: Europeana federated search
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Backup
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Architecture Firewall Firewall
MCS LAN DMZ WWW iMus User MANA User MANA app MANA DB iMus DB iMus app
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MANA
