Meeting: EMu-hour - 9 May 2023

[rondlg]

Agenda: Monthly EMu User Meeting

Imaging Scratch Space

• Reminder to clean up / check if already in EMu.

NetX - May 12 (this Friday)

• If all clear/no red flags by May 12, opening access/account requests to rest of museum
• All Multimedia that is set to publish on the Intranet (& which contains a file / not a URL) is copied from EMu to NetX

NYBG microscope slide digitization

• Kim Watson at NYBG is planning a microscope slide digitization project and would like workflows, equipment and references from anyone who is/has done one.
• Workflow docs will be shared on github.com/fieldmuseum/EMu-Documentation [if ok to share]

A different Action Center!

• National Academy Report: Biological Collections: Ensuring Critical Research and Education for the 21st Century
• Recommend that collections folks read this and reach out to Matt vonKonrat and/or John Bates about an upcoming meeting at the Field Museum.
• https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/biological-collections-their-past-present-and-future-contributions-and-options-for-sustaining-them

SPNHC

• In San Francisco + virtual - May 28 - June 2, 2023
• • https://spnhc.org/events/event/spnhc-38th-annual-meeting-taking-the-long-view/
• • https://www.calacademy.org/spnhc-2023

Training sign-up

training sign-up if needed

Department by Department

Anthro: [JK, LH, EC, ]

Imaging Scratch folder: \Conservation

• (e.g. ‘CN0015’ directory & older)
• Collection managers are getting netX training.

Botany: [WG]

Imaging Scratch folder: \Botany\Seed_Plants
Imaging Scratch folder: \Botany\Pteridophytes\Ferns 2019 DNGs [Ready for EMu]
All good!

Geology:

Fossil Invertebrates [PM]

• Will have 5 interns requesting training on June 6th for them. (training sign-up if needed)
• They will be working through the images that are in Imaging scratch to import them over the summer.

Paleobotany [MD]

Imaging Scratch folder: \Geology\Paleobotany

• Batch uploading instructions

Fossil Verts [WS]

Imaging Scratch folder: \Geology\Fossil_Vertebrates

• Triaging the list of candidates for the data position and will start scheduling interviews soon. Will use the 4D mapping as the start of their training.
• Position will be hybrid.

Physical Geology [no one]

Imaging Scratch folder: \Geology\Physical_Geology

Zoology:

Birds: [no one]

Imaging Scratch folder: \Zoology\Birds\PLUME
Imaging Scratch folder: \Zoology\oVert\defTransfer

Herps: [JM]

Imaging Scratch folder: \Zoology\AmphRep\CT_Scans

Fishes: [KS, SM]

IZ: [KGJ, RDP]

• Checking imaging_scratch
• New Collection Manager should be in house by the next EMu-user group (training sign-up)

Insects: [RS]

Imaging Scratch folder: \Zoology\Insects
(deletable? “Horse Flies Hazel Fricke\Uploaded to EMu” ) deleted 8 May 2023

Mammals: [LJ, AF]

• Adam says “Everything is great!”

Photo Archives: [RW, NC]

• Needs space on serenity to be able to continue with the Weinstein drives.

Action: [ZK]

• These appear to be in EMu (ZD #43727) - deletion in progress (yell if need IT):
  Imaging Scratch folder: \Action\ConservationTools\RRC
• We have a few people interested in NetX training.
• Wildlife Insights images uploaded. Working with Adam F. on workflows and standards for uploading and downloading
  Rapid Inventory 31 public facing page on Wildlife Insights. To see/download the data you need to create an account and sign in.

Exhibitions: [MG]

• Bloodsuckers uploads are complete
• Environments tab data for First Kings is the next set of data to be uploaded for traveling and archiving purposes.

Repatriation [no one]

IT

• Imaging Scratch Space…again/just repeating:

• Imaging_scratch folders above contain 100+GB that haven’t moved ~1yr

• Need to either import & delete or move off imaging_scratch

• Update status in EMu Events + corresponding Helpdesk ticket.

• Reminder: MorphoSource – please review download requests if you receive them
  https://www.morphosource.org/dashboard/my/request_manager

• Analytics alternatives to Google Analytics: Matomo? Other GDPR compliant software?

Standing Agenda Items

Training

Data Cleanup and Standards

ecatalogue Working Group Part 2

• Github Discussion from Part 1
• Github Discussion from Part 2
• DECISION: Changing logic for Measurements Taken vs Kind wrt ExhibitObjects
• Still Remaining for discussion:
• Other Indicator logic
• Other # Source (Catalog Tab)
• Field Help Definition
  spreadsheet from Group Testing

efmnhtransactions Working Group

• Workflow for incoming loans (single record)
• Homework: Review the document. Make sure the workflow covers any issues that have been raised (counting both directions in a calendar year for instance.)
• Add comments to the document for any questions or concerns.

esites Working Group

• Meeting today at 3pm Agenda is here: MEETING: esites Working group - 9 May 2023: 15:00 – 16:30 #811

[rondlg]

• Question 55: How best do we deal with the issue of bottom depth with regards to georeferencing marine sites? [IZ - KJ, RDLP, JD] GITHUB #829
• Question 56: Multimedia annotations and note kind. [NS] github #830
• Question 57: Should ‘reef’ be a rank in Class: Aquatic waterbody details? [kj-iz] github #831
• Question 58: What is the difference between the “Region” field and “Special Geographic Region” field in the sites module? [IZ] github #832
• Question 59: Is Anthro switching to use Meas Kind + Taken like Exhibitions? [MG] github #833