Division of Anthropology, AMNH

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Division of Anthropology disseminates information regarding its collections to as wide and varied an audience as possible through a variety of media. Its Collection Management System available on the Web (section COLLECTIONS ONLINE) provides a hub of information that brings together images, detailed description, photographs, publication and exhibition history of objects through a single interface.

Note: Bi-directional arrows between blocks on the diagram show that information about central entity (Objects) is accessible from another entities (Publications, Photographs, and Exhibitions).
Thus related Objects can be viewed while browsing Exhibitions, Publications, and Photographs [Example], and vice versa: related Exhibitions, Publications, and Photographs can be viewed while browsing Objects [Example].

PLATFORM	STATISTICS
Application Server: Adobe ColdFusion 8 Database Management System: Oracle10g 10.2.0 Web Server: Apache 2.2 Operating System: Windows Server 2003 The images are stored in 24-bit JPEG format in three resolutions: • 1024 x 768 (Full) • 384 x 256 (Preview) • 192 x 128 (Thumbnail). Please refer to the Digital Imaging Project for more information.	Since March 2003 the Division of Anthropology has kept a record of the number of visitors to its online database. Over 85,000 unique visitors from more than 100 countries have accessed the online collections.

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