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AC/E Digital Culture Annual Report 2015205clients and mobile app access to incoming and outgoing calls and voice mail. Web content for tour applications are locally cached to limit download times.Significantly, the museum has run a high speed fiber network to The University of Southern California and has joined the Los Nettos Regional Network. Our gigabit speed network to Los Nettos provides high speed internet access via their dual 10GB public internet connection as well as connections networks such as the state regional network CalREN (Califor- nia Research and Education Network) to which the vast majority of the state’s K-20 educational institutions are connected, and institutions and industry research networks such as Internet2, high-speed networks in Mexico and the Associa- tion of Pacific Rim Universities Networks.Security and Visitor managementOur security system with over 125 indoorand outdoor cameras also takes advantageof the advanced network and transmits and stores digital video and audio on digital video recorders (DVR) providing real time detection and documentation. Our DVRs allow video searches by motion, time, date and camera include video analytics software which enable motion detection, “virtual alarms on objects” and even the detection of abandoned bags in the museum via “lack of motion detection”. Storage systems automatically compresses video based on the desired quality of playback and the desired length of storage. The system automatically clears old video to make room for the newest video ona first in-first out schedule. Secure remote access is available over the internet. Additional sensors record events like breaking glass, key card access, open doors, panic buttons, motion and thermal imaging. Special systems will track entry and exit motion using thermal imaging and give us accurate real time counts of visitor attendance by gallery and staff in the museum.Digital Asset ManagementDigital Asset Management Systems (DAMS) include computer software and hardware systems that aid in the management tasks and decisions surrounding the ingestion, annotation, cataloguing, storage, retrieval and distribution of digital assets like digital photographs, videos and other digital media. Once deployed our system will integrate with collection management,web based collection access, mobile platforms, learning platforms, digital signage, e-paper systems and DAM marketing and communica- tion workflow needs.Learning Management SystemsThe Broad is developing an online Learning Management System (LMS) training tool for gallery guides and front-of-house staff. Our goal is to build a robust, core training environment that will support training at least 100 individu- als with diverse background and experiences in service, hospitality, contemporary art, and muse- um education to be the front line staff of the museum. As we ramp up to open the museum the first stage of the LMS rollout would be toRich Cherry