On April 4, Norma Tovey and Pam Millist were invited to attend the launch of the JHC Collections Online at the Jewish Holocaust Centre (JHC). About 100 people attended to hear the addresses by guest speaker – Professor Andrew Markus – Pratt Foundation Research Professor of Jewish Civilisation and Jayne Josem – Curator and Head of Collections.
This was an opportunity to acknowledge the culmination of about 3 years of collaborative work by the Project Manager together with the Museum Curator, the Archivist and the JHC team with Maxus on the deployment and development of their Presto for DB/TextWorks installation.
You may not have caught up with this recently coined term GLAM which is used to describe the phenomenon of the increasing convergence of the collections of the Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museum (including Historical Societies) sectors. This trend is leading to increasing collaboration and activities to make their combined collections accessible to the world via the internet.
Over many years, Maxus Australia has assisted a significant number of users in the GLAM sectors to catalogue and increase access to the valuable knowledge and resources available using Inmagic software over many years.
They range in size from non-profit local collections mainly run by volunteers to installations supported by, for example, local councils or other better funded bodies, which enable their collection/s to be published and easily searchable using Inmagic’s internet-enabled software such as Web Publisher Pro or Presto.
Inmagic has now released version 4.4 of Presto, which again incorporates some terrific new features and fixes:
• Presto now allows you to include more than one field in a Search box, eg Author, Corporate Author, Statement of Responsibility in the “Authors” box, or Subjects, Descriptors, Abstract in a “Keywords” box
• You can show or hide the Boolean controls (AND/OR/Not) between boxes
• When a new term is added to a Value List, you can provide the option to “Update the list” as you can in TextWorks
• And more … Read More →
The next meeting of the Inmagic Museum User Group will be held at the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum on 2nd December2014. The Museum collection of more than 8,000 items includes the internationally significant Dame Nellie Melba collection and objects reflecting the rich cultural heritage of the Yarra Ranges region. It is a focal point for more than 17 historical societies and heritage groups across the Shire, a gathering space, and a source of professional educational and public programs.
On 5 November 2014 Inmagic announced aspecial offer for the purchase ofPresto for DB/TextWorks andPresto for DB/TextWorks Cloud valid until31 December 2014. View Inmagic’sThe Magic Continues! webinar for information and a live demonstration, or explore the links in this post.
This Service Pack supplies useful new features, such as the ability to include various widgets widely available on the Web (weather, time zone, etc.) in a Presto Home page, improved functionality in searching, editing value lists, viewing RSS feeds, and more. Read More →
The recent release of Presto 4.3 includes great new features and enhancements which “are a direct result of input from [Inmagic] customers”. At Maxus, we look forward to supporting our current Presto and Presto for DB/Text users to take advantage Read More →
A wrap-up of Inmagic software releases in 2013 Text Works v14 Web Publisher Pro v14 Presto and Presto for DB/Text v4.2 Genie v3.6 Genie 3.6 was released in October with some very useful new features:
Inmagic recently held a webinar to reveal details of their new Presto for DB/Text Cloud Service.Presto for DB/Text Cloud Service is a simple, cost-effective way to publish data housed in DB/TextWorks to the Internet without the need for special software, IT support, and additional infrastructure investments. The service is hosted and maintained by Lucidea and is available to any of our DB/TextWorks clients on-demand, for a single, low-cost subscription fee.