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On October 6, the CollectionSpace project team announced the 0.2 release of the community source collection management system.  As the news item states, this release:

allows users to login to the system, create a new intake record, and auto-fill intake and object identification numbers. Information groups within data entry screens can be collapsed and expanded to maximize screen efficiency (use the plus/minus signs to the left of the information group name; e.g. object identification information). Updates to the object, create new main page, and find/edit main page are also incorporated into this release.

Equally important, this release demonstrates that the project team is gaining momentum towards the version 1 release in June 2010.  The next release is intended to continue accelerating the pace of development and will include:

an expansion of the ID service to include a choice of sequential identification numbers; the first version of the vocabulary service, which will provide access to controlled lists; and support for acquisition.

Also tantalizing, the UCB services team is working on some of the important schema customization and multi-tenancy capabilities for the system.

Join project Principal Investigator Carl Goodman and Project Manager Megan Forbes at the MCN 2009 Conference in Portland, OR from November 11-14. On Thursday, November 12th, Carl will take part in the session "Doing More with Less: A Community-Software-Based Technology Strategy Roundtable," along with Christopher Mackie, Associate Program Officer, Research in Information Technology, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Alison Gilchrest, Program Associate, Museums and Art Conservation, The Andrew W.

The CollectionSpace project team is pleased to announce the release of CollectionSpace 0.2, which allows users to login to the system, create a new intake record, and auto-fill intake and object identification numbers. Information groups within data entry screens can be collapsed and expanded to maximize screen efficiency (use the plus/minus signs to the left of the information group name; e.g. object identification information). Updates to the object, create new main page, and find/edit main page are also incorporated into this release.

The CollectionSpace October 2009 status report has been posted on the project wiki.

The CollectionSpace September 2009 status report has been posted on the project wiki.

The CollectionSpace August 2009 status report has been posted on the project wiki.

The CollectionSpace project team has released version 0.1 of its open-source collection management system for museums. This Hello World release focuses on tying the technology layers together around the function of basic object entry. Those interested in collections are encouraged to experiment with the Hello World release and provide feedback to the project team. CollectionSpace is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.  Read the iNews article for more information:

http://inews.berkeley.edu/articles/Aug2009/CollectionSpace

Also worth noting, Carl Goodman and Megan Forbes (of Museum of the Moving Image) recently visited the Getty Research Institute (Los Angeles) and the the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.  Their presentations are hosted on the CollectionSpace wiki and provide a great overview of where CollectionSpace is right now.  Here’s a link to the Getty presentation:

http://wiki.collectionspace.org/display/collectionspace/Getty+Presentation+July+2009

It’s great to see this first version which focuses on technical integration.  IST will work closely with the CollectionSpace project team, as well as with campus museums, to ensure that this solution will be one that helps us manage, study, and share the world-class collections for which UC Berkeley is responsible.

Our first demonstration release, CollectionSpace 0.1, aka 'Hello World,' is now available online. Release 0.1 allows users to create a new object record, view and edit existing records, and save any changes.

While modest in functionality and outward appearance, 'Hello World' and its imminent successor, er, 'Hello Moon', constitute a major milestone for CollectionSpace as we put our systems architecture in place by binding together the user interface, application, and 'services' layers, heretofore developed on parallel tracks.

The CollectionSpace July 2009 status report has been posted on the project wiki.

The CollectionSpace June 2009 status report has been posted on the project wiki.