March 2016
Our 100th issue
We’ve now been publishing our quarterly newsletter for 25 years. We hope you find something interesting in each issue. Let us know if there are any topics you’d be keen for us to cover in the future.
Staff News
Leisa Taylor joins Vernon Systems
Leisa Taylor joined us in January as one of our document and training consultants. Leisa has experience as a museum technician for the Museum of Transport and Technology and Auckland War Memorial Museum. She has studied archaeology and heritage management and is keen to help us extend the features of Vernon CMS.
Vernon News
Introducing info.eHive.com
eHive’s Online Help and Information pages have a new home: info.ehive.com. This is the first phase of our project to update the entire eHive.com website. Our development team is currently hard at work, rewriting eHive in newer technology. The end result will be an enhanced website built using a responsive design.
The Australian Ballet Collection Management Program
The Australian Ballet’s collection consists of approximately 30 000 costumes, and scenery and props for a hundred Productions. Vernon CMS was selected as the collection management system to support the management of this collection.
Penrith Regional Art Gallery implements Vernon CMS and eHive
The Vernon Collection Management System, along with the eHive interface, was identified as an asset best suited to the Gallery’s requirements and future aims and objectives.
How to audit your collection with Vernon CMS
It is common for museums to adhere to minimum standards of care and best practice for collection documentation. These are often defined by national agencies and cover legal responsibilities, museum accreditation processes and governance structures. Vernon CMS adheres to all of the processes covered by the SPECTRUM collections management data standard. The SPECTRUM standard includes several processes with specific reference to collection auditing.
Read more about features in Vernon CMS that cover collection audits »
Case Study: Waddesdon Manor – Trade Card Collection
The founder of Waddesdon Manor, Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild acquired a collection of printed paper ephemera relating to commerce in 1891. The collection includes over 700 trade cards (early shop advertisements). This case study looks how Waddesdon Manor made the best use of Vernon CMS to catalogue and share information about this collection.
Current Details
The Vernon Escrow flashdrive for this quarter is in secure storage.
Vernon CMS v9.0
Vernon Browser v3.2
Vernon Systems develops innovative software for cultural organisations to manage and share their collections. We've been dedicated to the cultural sector since 1985.