1. Collections Information Systems at the Smithsonian Ducky Nguyen Special Assistant for Planning & Project Management Office of the Chief Information Officer The EMu Experiences at the Natural History and American Indian Museums

2. 2 CIS at Smithsonian EMu Conference November 2012 Smithsonian on the National Mall

3. CIS at Smithsonian EMu Conference November 2012 3 Smithsonian Castle, built in 1846

4. CIS at Smithsonian, EMu Conference November 2012 4 19 museums, galleries, and research institutes

5. 5 CIS at Smithsonian EMu Conference November 2012 166 years of questions and answers

6. CIS at Smithsonian EMu Conference November 2012 6 137 M specimens & artifacts 127 M are in Natural History 2 M libraries volumes 136 ft 3 of archival material 7.9 M online records Smithsonian by the numbers

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9. 1980s-1990s2000s1960s-1970s 45 years of collections databasing HEW Computer use in collections management SELGEM First collections information system CIS at Smithsonian EMu Conference November 2012 9

10. 1980s-1990s 2000s 1960s-1970s 45 years of collections databasing SI-NET SI Network www.si.edu SELGEM MISTIC Move System NMAH CIS (MIMSY) ARTCIS (TMS) SIRIS Library Catalog INQUIRE (Second CIS) CIS at Smithsonian EMu Conference November 2012 10

11. 1980s-1990s 2000s 1960s-1970s 45 years of collections databasing SELGEM NMNH RCIS (EMu) INQUIRE NMAI CIS (EMu) CONS RITS Curatorial DB PHOTO Archives CIS at Smithsonian EMu Conference November 2012 11

12. PresentFuture 45 years of collections databasing ARTCIS NMAH CIS SIRIS NMAI CIS NMNH RCIS Collections Websites Digitization Plan Digital Asset Management Plan Smithsonian Collections Search Center Digital Asset Mgnt System Office of Research Information Systems CIS at Smithsonian EMu Conference November 2012 12

13. CIS at Smithsonian EMu Conference November 2012 13 National Museum of Natural History

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15. CIS at Smithsonian EMu Conference November 2012 15 National Museum of the American Indian

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17. CIS at Smithsonian EMu Conference November 2012 17 Success and Failures

18. CIS at Smithsonian EMu Conference November 2012 18 It takes time!

19. CIS at Smithsonian EMu Conference November 2012 19 It takes lots of people working hard together.

20. CIS at Smithsonian EMu Conference November 2012 20 Top down support with people, money, time

21. CIS at Smithsonian EMu Conference November 2012 21 Documentation is the key

22. CIS at Smithsonian EMu Conference November 2012 22 Do things now and plan for the future

23. CIS at Smithsonian EMu Conference November 2012 23 Keep it simple Too much! Good for now

24. CIS at Smithsonian EMu Conference November 2012 24 Success Stories Productivity

25. CIS at Smithsonian EMu Conference November 2012 25 Credits and Other Info Contact: Ducky Nguyen, Special Assistant for Planning & Project Management, OCIO E-mail: NguyenD@si.eduNguyenD@si.edu Content Credit: David Bridge (retired), NMAI and NMNH Michelle Brown, NMNH Beth Gamble, NMNH Ann McMullen, NMAI Thorny Staples, OCIO Images Credit: Google Images Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Collections Online: NMAI Collections Website: http://nmai.si.edu/searchcollections/home.aspxhttp://nmai.si.edu/searchcollections/home.aspx NMNH Collections Website: http://collections.mnh.si.edu/search/http://collections.mnh.si.edu/search/ Smithsonian Collections Search Center: http://www.collections.si.edu/search/http://www.collections.si.edu/search/