Open Source Solutions in the Museum and Archive Worlds
In the Museum and Archives worlds, the Collection or Archive Management System used impacts everything from the day-to-day business processes... Continue reading →
Archives now and forever!
Last week Meg and I went along to the 2022 opening event for the Western Australian branch of the Australian... Continue reading →
PROV are Archive and kicking
A long running project we have been working on is with Public Record Office Victoria (PROV), getting them up and... Continue reading →
CHIN Collection Management System review: our summary
Back in 2017 the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) embarked on a vendor survey of Collection Management System software capabilities... Continue reading →
Managing archives with PROV
Over the last few months we have been working with the Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) to migrate their archival management... Continue reading →
CSIRO steps ahead with CollectiveAccess
This is pretty exciting news for us, and we think for the whole Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museum (GLAM) community.... Continue reading →
The Disadvantages of Open Source
(Yes, this is a clickbait title) I heard a phrase recently which was really upsetting: “What are the disadvantages of... Continue reading →
When Collections become GLAM
I’m just back from a short trip to Sydney last week where Barbara Reed (Recordkeeping Innovation), James Bullen (Hudson Molonglo)... Continue reading →
Western Australian History Goes Online
Last night we officially rolled out the new Royal Western Australian Historical Society (RWAHS) website, collections portal and online shop at their... Continue reading →
Behind the scenes at the Western Australian Museum
Alex, Morgan and I were lucky enough to recently do a tour of the Western Australian Museum’s new wet store... Continue reading →
Western Australian history going online
The Royal Western Australian Historical Society Inc. (RWAHS) is a not-for-profit organisation whose Vision is that: “present and future generations... Continue reading →
CSIRO pilots CollectiveAccess
Over the past few months, our Collections team at Gaia Resources have been working with a multi-disciplinary team from CSIRO... Continue reading →
Adding Australian National Species List names to CollectiveAccess
We recently added a plugin to CollectiveAccess to reference names from the Australian National Species Lists.
A milestone at the WA Museum!
Since our last blog in May, Ben, Kehan and myself have been working with the team at the Western Australian... Continue reading →
A view from the trenches of Collection Management
When I started Gaia Resources, one of my biggest projects was supporting the Western Australian Museum’s collections databases. This work... Continue reading →