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Collections Management
Welcome to iMu
EMu’s self guided tours for iPods
Collections Management
What does iMu do?
• Identifies where your selected objects are displayed in the museum
• Determines the best viewing sequence and the shortest path to each object
• Builds a podcast of the selected narratives interleaved with navigation instructions
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Ground Floor
First Floor
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Ground Floor
First Floor
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Ground Floor
First Floor
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The museum needs to …
• Prepare iPod content (video and/or audio) of the narratives of displayed objects
• iPod content can be either or both:– Video – M4V– Audio - MP3 or M4A with embedded still
images (default)
Collections Management
The museum needs to …
• Prepare iPod content for navigation around the museum:– From room to room in sequence– Shortcuts between rooms– To each display location in a room
• These navigation instructions are reusable for any exhibition
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Ground Floor
First Floor
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Ground Floor
First Floor
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Publishing Options
• Self guided tour for iPod (video or nano)
• Playlist for iPod (video or nano)• Printed guided tour• Printed catalog• Extensible structure supports addition
of new publishing options
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Still to do
• Save my tour for collection at the museum– Updating an iPod without taking control
• Share my tour– Teachers preparing a tour for their
students