Professional Exchange

A resource that enables Canadian museum heritage professionals to excel.

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Canada's network of museums that engage their audiences through the use of innovative technologies.

CHIN’s Professional Exchange

Heritage professionals who are interested in technologies will find, in the Professional Exchange, a vast number of learning and reference tools, such as Artefacts Canada. Join this group to share knowledge, take part in communities of practice and gain access to experts through audio and video clips, workshops and webinars. Discover the resource par excellence in the field of technology for heritage professionals.

Metadata Standards for Museum Cataloguing

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Metadata Standards for Museum Cataloguing

Metadata standards are used to define the units of information needed to document and manage museum collections.

Digital Preservation—Best Practices for Museums

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Digital Preservation—Best Practices for Museums

This paper covers a wide range of digital preservation best practices. It includes information for managers about project planning.

The Cataloguing Guide for New Media Collections

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The Cataloguing Guide for New Media Collections

The Cataloguing Guide for New Media Collections

Introduction to Standards

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Introduction to Standards

Efficient standards are key to making museum collections data accessible; CHIN�s Introduction to Standards can help.

Data Standards Organizations

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Data Standards Organizations

Many data standards organizations work to improve data standards. This resource provides information on these organizations and their roles in standards development and implementation.

Standards Research

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Standards Research

CHIN participation in the CIMI Metadata Testbed.

Media Art and Museums: guidelines and case studies

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Media Art and Museums: guidelines and case studies

Media Art and Museums: guidelines and case studies

CHIN Data Dictionary for Archaeological Sites

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CHIN Data Dictionary for Archaeological Sites

Search the 82-field CHIN Data Dictionary for Archaeological Sites to standardize the information you record about archaeological sites.

Data Format Standards

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Data Format Standards

This resource lists data format standards that museums can use to guide their data entry, resulting in consistent collections documentation.

Current Research

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Current Research

Learn about current and ongoing CHIN Standards Research.

Social Computing from the McCord Museum’s Website

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Social Computing from the McCord Museum’s Website

This paper focuses on the implementation of various social computing features on the McCord Museum�s website. It reviews the added features, the justification for adding them, the management process used, perceived risks, financing, ongoing maintenance, and the impact, to-date, of these features.

Interchange Standards

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Interchange Standards

This resource explains several interchange standards that have been developed to ease the exchange of data in complex information environments.

Collections Management Standards

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Collections Management Standards

Efficient standards are a key to the smooth flow of information at your museum; CHIN�s Introduction to Standards can help.

Introduction to Vocabulary and Classification

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Introduction to Vocabulary and Classification

This resource deals with vocabulary and classification standards that can help museums with both cataloguing and retrieval.

CHIN Data Dictionary for Natural Sciences

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CHIN Data Dictionary for Natural Sciences

Search the 544-field CHIN Data Dictionary for Natural Sciences to standardize your collections management and documentation.

CHIN Data Dictionary for Humanities

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CHIN Data Dictionary for Humanities

Search the 641-field CHIN Data Dictionary for Humanities to standardize your collections management and documentation.

CHIN Symposium 2010 logo

ACCESS TO ARCHIVES
CHIN’s Digital Heritage Symposium
February 4th and 5th, 2010

Video of the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, presenting the renewed virtualmuseum.ca.