The project will see the implementation of a web-based, open-source collections management system called CollectiveAccess (CA) to replace the existing proprietary system used by Yukon museums and First Nation cultural centres as a tool to manage and document their collections. CA is highly customizable and allows for the cataloguing of a variety of collection types, objects, art, archival material, and specimens held in Yukon institutions. CA allows users to create and describe relationships between different record types and construct hierarchical relationships for collections using commonly accepted museum and archival standards. Amongst its many features, CA has nuanced search and browse tools, customized reporting tools, mapping tools for geo-referencing, batch edit and import capabilities and granular access control to specific fields or records by type (controlled by user or group) to enable users to catalogue their collections more effectively ad consistently.
