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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 Science & T echnology: www.most.gov.il Culture & Sport www.mcs.gov.il

About MANA & iMus MANA (Collections Management System - תכרעמ לוהינ םיפסוא ) intranet based cataloging & digitizing data warehouse unified platform for Israeli museums MANA is the 1 st phase of the Israeli museums collection management project Targets  T o supply a digital preservation tool (SaaS)  T o supply a unified platform & process  T o 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 2 nd phase of the Israeli museums collection management project Science & T echnology: www.most.gov.il Culture & Sport www.mcs.gov.il

About iMus Targets  T o expose the cultural treasures of Israel to the public  Researchers / Students  Tourists (internal / overseas)  New immigrants (to Israel)  Accessibility challenged  T o supply a web portal for museums, exhibitions, collections & artifacts Data source  Metadata & images imported from MANA  Artifacts: per IP and importance Science & T echnology: www.most.gov.il Culture & Sport www.mcs.gov.il

Search process Museum Artifact search search Europeana iMus iMus Museum Artifact Exhibition Museum page General info Collection Artifact Museum Entire public info website 2 nd phase: Europeana federated search Science & T echnology: www.most.gov.il Culture & Sport www.mcs.gov.il

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 Science & T echnology: www.most.gov.il Culture & Sport www.mcs.gov.il

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 Science & T echnology: www.most.gov.il Culture & Sport www.mcs.gov.il

iMus – Museum Search Search by museum properties e.g. name, type, location Based on google maps Science & T echnology: www.most.gov.il Culture & Sport www.mcs.gov.il

iMus – Museum page Museum info: about, exhibitions, collections, events, location and links Based on dmh.org.il Science & T echnology: www.most.gov.il Culture & Sport www.mcs.gov.il

iMus – Collection page Collection info: name, dates, description origin Science & T echnology: www.most.gov.il Culture & Sport www.mcs.gov.il

iMus – Artifact page Artifact info: name, dates, subjects, description, provider, rights, format, images, videos, location Based on imjnet.org.il Science & T echnology: www.most.gov.il Culture & Sport www.mcs.gov.il

iMus – Europeana search Based on judaica- europeana.eu 2 nd phase: Europeana federated search Science & T echnology: www.most.gov.il Culture & Sport www.mcs.gov.il

Backup Science & T echnology: www.most.gov.il Culture & Sport www.mcs.gov.il

Architecture MCS LAN DMZ WWW Firewall Firewall MANA app MANA User iMus app iMus User MANA DB iMus DB Science & T echnology: www.most.gov.il Culture & Sport www.mcs.gov.il

MANA Science & T echnology: www.most.gov.il Culture & Sport www.mcs.gov.il