A presentation from Museums and the Web 2009. Paul Rowe, Vernon Systems, New Zealand Wallis Barnicoat, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand http://www.nzmuseums.co.nz The NZMuseums Web site provides a focal point for all museums in New Zealand. A major redevelopment of the site set out to provide a strong presence on the Internet for several hundred small mainly voluntary museums. Challenges included developing a process for museums with only basic knowledge of technology to contribute, generating momentum in the sector for the project, data quality issues, and a long list of desirable functionality. The redeveloped Web site was launched on 17 September 2008. Every museum has its own profile page on the Web site and each can catalogue highlights of the collection for a global audience. The new Web site is the result of a collaboration between National Services Te Paerangi at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and Vernon Systems Ltd, the solution provider for NZMuseums and creator of eHive, the underlying CMS. Session: Building and Using On-line Collections [Institutional]

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3. National Services Te Paerangi The team on the Our Space map at Te Papa www.nationalservices.tepapa.govt.nz

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5. Training and professional development Marae based workshops Workshops for museums at regional and national level

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24. Case Study: Raglan Museum “ Using the NZMuseums website as motivation, we narrowed our selection down to 100 artefacts, took the digital photographs, and researched what we could in the time available.” “ We have found the NZMuseums web site to be very useful, and a great way to display our collections to a much wider audience. Local people have shown more interest since having seen their museum on the Internet, and tourists are able to access it ahead of their stay.“ Roslyn Miles, Administrator, Raglan Museum, wrote about her experience with the project: Raglan Museum’s profile page on NZMuseums