and AMOL begot CAN''

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and AMOL begot CAN..

• The redevelopment of Australian Museums and
  Galleries On line (AMOL) to Collections Australia
  Network (CAN)
• Mark Clayton
• National Project Manager, Collections Australia
  Network.

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The AMOL project

• Australian Museums and Galleries On Line (AMOL)
  is a portal providing access to and information
  about workers in Australian museums, galleries
  and historic societies.
• Operating since 1997 AMOL has been technically
  and architecturally redesigned four times. The
  most significant began in January 2004, when the
  Powerhouse Museum, KE Software and Social Change
  Online started work.
• Currently accessed by between 3,000 and 4,000
  unique users a day AMOLs audience and brief have
  over the last 8 years diversified. Whilst at the
  same time the heritage sectors use of the WWW
  has significantly changed.

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AMOL site visits
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AMOL site visits
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Deakin University - Key Needs Study (May 2002)
The Deakin University study investigated the
needs, both current and future, of the heritage
collections held by museums, galleries, archives,
museums libraries and in Australia. A number of
key needs emerged from this study Uniform
system of cataloguing to maximise access to
heritage collections and to allow for greater
sector wide integration of documentation systems.
Digitisation of collections - The creation of
digital image libraries to link to the WWW to
provide remote access to our heritage
collections. A high and progressively increasing
and sophisticated level of usage of the Internet
and email by staff in heritage collecting
institutions was identified. Particularly for
cultural tourism promotion. Not surprisingly
Small Museums Collecting institutions (SMCs) were
singled out in the study, as those at greatest
risk of missing out on the benefits of collection
digitisation, electronic promotion and
documentation standardisation.
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Where are we and where do we want to be?
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SMC Collections Survey (Oct 2003)

• SMCs with computers
  85
• SMCs with computer and network connection 71
• SMCs with software based CMS 52

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Focus on Small/Medium Regional Collections
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Focus on Small/Medium Regional Collections
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Ensuring the sustainability of CAN