The ETHER Base Collections Management system supports all of the information needs of the heritage institution including inventorisation, documentation and the implementation of the SPECTRUM procedures. ETHER Base also provides support for digital object management in repositories.
ETHER has run the first training workshop in the country specifically dedicated to the development of databases for heritage collections management. This workshop was led by Roger Layton, and was held at the ETHER Training Centre, in Champagne Castle in the Drakensberg. The workshop was attended by delegates from KZN Museum Services, the Barberton museum,…
On 13-14 February 2013 we run the country’s first workshop in SPECTRUM at the Western Cape Archives in Cape Town. Thirty-five delegates attended the two-day workshop and we took them through all 21 SPECTRUM procedures and the associated policies, forms and registers that accompany SPECTRUM.