View
1
Download
0
Category
Preview:
Citation preview
SPECTRUM Portuguese Translation Science Museum of the University of Coimbra
& Sistemas do Futuro, Ltd
Alexandre Matos
• Head of Research and training at SF
• Phd student (scholarship from FCT) – Museum Studies department – Porto University
• Master in Museology - Oporto University
• Interessted in museum documentation, collections management, use of collections, social web and museum accreditation
• Author at www.mouseion.me
• alexandre@sistemasfuturo.pt
Get set, ready, go!
• Finished my master degree about the relation of museum accreditation and collections management in Portugal
• Participation at the SPECTRUM - A UK Standard and its Internationalisation workshop
• Ideia “We must have SPECTRUM translated and adapted to the portuguese context!”
SPECTRUM Portuguese project
The Science Museum of the University of Coimbra is an interactive science museum that aims to provide visitors
of all ages an entertaining environment in which to discover science. The Museum presents the University’s
collections of scientific objects and instruments as well as a series of exciting exhibits and hands-on experiments.
Anthropology Botany
Medicine
Zoology Mineralogy Geology
Physics
Chemistry Physics
Chemistry
Pharmacy
Mathematics
Astronomy
UC Scientific colletions
Collections digitization status
Instruments 88% Ethnography 71% Natural History 4%
CMS with photo
CMS
Missing
SPECTRUM project - SF
• Project financial supporter;
• Use SPECTRUM as a reference to create our products;
• Make part of Collections Trust SPECTRUM Partners after the formal testing process.
Using SPECTRUM
•Object entry
•Acquisition
•Location and movement control
•Cataloguing
•Object exit
•Laons in
•Loans out
•Retrospective documentation
•...
SPECTRUM Procedures
•Mapping SPECTRUM
•Create non existing fields or information groups
•Create a test version of the CMS
Sistemas do Futuro
•Test the new version of CMS according to SPECTRUM procedures
•Test SPECTRUM implementation
•Policies and legal context
Science Museum
•CMS corrections if needed
•New tutorial and help
•Deployment to the production DB
Sistemas do Futuro
SPECTRUM portuguese translation
Timeline
2008 |
CIDOC Annual
Conference Athens
First Contacts
with FLUP (November)
2009 |
First positive response
from FLUP (January)
2008
Exchanging info and
detais with Collections
Trust
...
... |
Started to arrange financial
partners for the project
The Crisis
2010
2011 |
Second response
from FLUP NEGATIVE (February)
New Partner Science
Museum Coimbra
(July)
2011
2011 |
First raw translation made by a translation company
(November)
First translation revision - Review
Committee (May)
2012
2012 |
End of Phd (September)
Formal presentation (November?)
2012
... |
Never ending work (Promotion
of SPECTRUM)
SPECTRUM 4.0
(Thanks CT!)
SPECTRUM PT
First Portuguese Translation of SPECTRUM and website launch
November 2012
Future Work
• Portuguese legislation and museum policies • Portuguese website to promote SPECTRUM
– Tutorials – SPECTRUM resources translation – Advice and recomendations – Museum case studies – Museum professionals experiences – Discussion and networking
• Trainning (partnership with Museum Studies Department at Oporto University)
Expectations
• Reference standard for portuguese speaking museum community
• SPECTRUM as an official standard for Museum Documentation in Portugal
• SPECTRUM as reference about museum documentation for Portuguese Museum Accreditation Scheme
• Facilitate and promote the catalogue, documentation and management of collections
• Promote the digitization of portuguese museum collections
Thank you Obrigado
Recommended