This year’s Australian VUG will be held at MONA in Hobart, Tasmania on Wed 4th and Thurs 5th of October.
Using Topic in the Activities module in Auckland Museum’s Pou Maumahara Gallery
Topic records can go through draft, approval and publication stages, with carefully authored text and subject referencing being retained as an archive for future publication. Auckland Museum has employed the use of the Topic file to collate stories around medal groups, using the system to pull together object data, Cenotaph biographies, photos and narratives.
Making recent visitor comments easier to find on Nelson Provincial Museum’s website
If comments are more accessible they gain more attention and greater engagement. Since the website redesign was launched in December 2016 there has been a 60% increase in comments posted on objects.
Gold Coast City Gallery acquires Vernon CMS
In 2016 the Gallery introduced Vernon Collection Management System which has greatly assisted its preparation for the new facility due 2020. To date, Vernon CMS has facilitated the standardisation, monitoring, and digitisation of a variety of policy and procedures.
Museum Survey 2017
Half of the museums planning to publish their collection online in 2016 have done it…… Did the other half give up? Vernon Systems asked New Zealand and Australian Museums how they
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