Pardon my bluntness, but why hire a consultant to select collections
management software? Doesn't the museum staff -- especially the curators,
registrars, collection managers -- know more about this than any consultant?

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> From: Bonni-Dara Michaels <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 12:03:10 -0400
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: description of database consultant
>
> I am on a committee which must draft a description of the background,
> knowledge and qualifications of a consultant who will help us select a
> museum collections management program.  This description will be used by
> people who will be doing the hiring, and have no museum experience, so I
> need to be very specific, professional and museum-oriented. Does anyone out
> there have a sample description I could follow?
>
> Thank you,
> Bonni-Dara Michaels
> Collections Curator
> Yeshiva University Museum
> [log in to unmask]
> 15 West 16th Street
> New York, New York 10011
>
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