Welcome to THE BUZZ where we highlight new features and news from the eHive community.

User Analytics

Silver plans and above can now see how many page views they have.

Go to the settings menu and choose Visitor analytics

Choose your dates and then see your visitor numbers and your top 10 most visited pages.

Comments moderation

eHive now provides options for moderating comments. New comments are now automatically flagged for moderation if they contain profanity, and optionally your can set your account to have all comments go through moderation. Comments are also now blocked if they contain links, as this has become a prevalent with spam postings.

You can change these options in the Settings menu and choose Record and File Settings.

Comments can be accessed from the Comments section on the main dashboard. The Comments page now has new tabs for approved, rejected, deleted, and pending comments.

A free trial to contribute to Trove

Join over 900 Partner Institutions from around Australia

Trove brings together amazing collections from Australian libraries, universities, museums, galleries, and archives. It’s free and available online all day, every day. It is a collaboration between the National Library of Australia and hundreds of Partner organisations around Australia.

If eHive members sign up for a trial with Trove before 1 June 2022, they will not have to pay the joining fees.

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Welcome to THE BUZZ where we highlight new features and news from the eHive community.

Thank you

It has been over 2 months since we have relaunched eHive with support for multi-user accounts. We are very happy with how responsive eHive Users have been. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to update your login details.

If you are having any problems Log in with email address instead of eHive ID then this guide will help.

Quite a few eHive collections have now signed up multiple users. We have been in touch with some of these teams but if you have been working on any interesting projects, we would love to hear about them.

Your eHive visitor analytics

Silver plans and above can now see how many page views they have.

Go to the settings menu and choose Visitor analytics

Choose your dates and then see your visitor numbers and your top 10 most visited pages.

Five cataloguing tips

In April 2021, our eHive team member Leisa Taylor worked with Te Hikoi museum to help catalogue their collection in eHive with Project Ark. Although the week sped by very quickly, Leisa had a few cataloguing tips she could share with the team.

The Museum of East Anglian Life – Search for the Stars

CASE STUDY

The desire behind Search for the Stars will be shared by many museums: to transfer all object records from handwritten index cards into a digital catalogue that can be shared online.

Spotlight on the Health Museum of South Australia collection

Collection Description:

The web-based Health Museum is the first stage towards developing a physical museum. It is designed to showcase health objects and collections held within South Australia, initially focusing on the institutions within Central Adelaide Local Health Network: Royal Adelaide Hospital, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA Dental, SA Pathology and Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre.

Object of Interest:

Name/Title
Equipment: Corporal Coles Prosthetic Hand

About this object
Whale bone prosthetic hand.

Welcome to THE BUZZ where we highlight new features and news from the eHive community.

Get ready for multi-user! Release in mid-March

Email sign in

We are swapping eHive ID for email address sign in. This means that instead of typing an eHive ID to sign into eHive you will use your email address. You can still have different people sign into eHive using the same email address and password.

Curator and Viewer roles

For Silver (Level 2) and upwards plans you can add more users to your account. Each user can have their own sign in details.

You can add a Viewer user or a Curator user:
Viewer users are read only and see all information in a record (private records included). This user role could be for sponsors, researchers, or other volunteers.
Curator users are the cataloguers. They can create, edit, or delete records, but can’t change the public profile or admin settings.

You will also have Admin users which is what you are doing in eHive now

Pricing and storage changes

eHive pricing and storage will be changing with Multi-user. You can see these changes on our pricing page.

Most plan levels will at least double their storage limits (except for starter plans). Record and user profile limits will be introduced. User profile limits will still allow multiple people to sign in under the same user profile.

If you have any questions about these changes, contact us at info@ehive.com

Spotlight on the US Military Cap Insignia collection

A collection of United States uniformed services visor cap devices. The collection is focused on variations of devices by different makers and areas of production.

The time period of the collection is from the late 1890’s to 1980’s.

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December 2020

Welcome to THE BUZZ newsletter.

Every few months we will be sharing some updates on eHive and interesting things that we have come across in the wider world of museums and collections.

Multi-user access to eHive is coming early 2021

We are always making improvements to eHive, but in 2021 we have some big changes that we are excited to share with you. We know that a lot of you have been waiting for multi-user accounts in eHive. And now your wait is over. You will soon be able to create multiple users for Silver eHive plans and above.

As part of this upgrade we’re changing to email address sign in and we’re updating our pricing structure to include user licences and increased storage. Read on for more details.

Features

• Create additional users using three access levels:
  • Admin (full access to account settings and user management)
  • Curator (cataloguing features)
  • Viewer (read-only access to all records)
• Switch between eHive accounts with the same user email address
• Increased storage for paid accounts

Changes

We introducing new eHive plans to cover multi-user access and the increased storage. You will remain on your current plan until this expires.

You can see our new pricing plans on our website.

eHive sign in will change. You will no longer use your eHive ID after confirming your email address. Instead, each user will sign in with their email address and password

What’s next

You can get ready for these changes by making sure your email address is correct in eHive. Sign into eHive and go to Account Settings > Your Details to check your email address.

Once the multi-user features are released you will be asked to confirm your email address. This will create the first user for your account. When multi-user features are released there will be online help to guide you through the process.

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Matt Harbison spent 5 years stitching together detailed images of the night sky.  You can zoom in and see the details of gas clouds, zoom in to a dark area only to discover endless stars. Space is truly beautiful

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A team of artists, makers, activists, and scientists have turned the famous digital timepiece in new york city’s union square into a visual deadline depicting how long the world has left to take decisive action on climate change.

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Working during the Covid-19 pandemic

Vernon Systems staff are currently working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic. We’re still here to help you and we can give you tips on working from home.

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Howick Historical Village – Migrating from PastPerfect to eHive

Like many museums, the team found that after many years, management of the collection needed some attention. A lot of time and effort had been invested in these databases, but none were complete.

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eHive collections

Here are some collections that are currently working hard adding new records to their eHive collections.

Goat Island

Sydney Harbour National Park. Goat Island has long been a significant place in Port Jackson. The island, known as Me-mel by the local Cadigal people, was once inhabited by Bennelong and Barangaroo.

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OMSAA Historical Artefacts

The Otago Medical School Alumnus Association curates a marvellous collection of old medical instruments housed in the Otago Medical School and display cases are placed throughout the Dunedin Public Hospital and show a variety of surgical instruments and medical equipment, along with historic memorabilia and military displays.

Go to the collection …

Owaka Museum and Catlins Information Centre Wahi Kahuika

A community museum in the picturesque Catlins. Owaka Museum and Catlins Information Centre are under the one roof. This is a new, quality museum and information centre in the heart of Owaka.

Go to the collection …

Port Macquarie Museum

The multi-award winning Port Macquarie Museum is a great place to explore Port Macquarie’s rich and unique cultural heritage.

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The American River Historic Collection

American River is a small township of approximately 250 residents on Kangaroo Island, which lies to the south of South Australia.

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Popular on our Facebook and Twitter pages.

These are recent popular posts on our social media channels.

How To See Germs Spread (Coronavirus) with Mark Rober

This video science experiment by Mark Rober is an excellent demonstration to see germs spread. He added a powder called Glo Germ to the hands of just one teacher and one student, and then searched their classroom with a blacklight to see where the “germs” had spread.

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What now for art businesses? Thoughts from an art lawyer in a time of crisis

Failure to take proportionate action to protect employees could expose the business to negligence- or health and safety-related claims, and could invalidate insurance policies.

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Pierre et le loup, a stunning, typography-filled animated story

Take a minute for Pierre et le loup. A stunning, typography-filled animated story

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