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Name of Museum: _Columbus Museum
Phone Number: 706/649-0713
E Mail Address: not yet
Contact Person: Dannell Mastrean, PR Coordinator
How many staff members are involved in your technology planning? 5
How do you acquire your technology?
_____ outside corporation underwriting projects
___X__ individual vendor
_____ mail order
Would you be willing to share name/address/ phone of vendor/corporation?
yes
What type of automation planning have you done? preparing to completely
network
museum and set up e-mail/home web page/improved automation systems within
next
three weeks
Who was involved? Director; PR Coordinator; Dev. Director; Dir. of Ed.;
Business Manager (systems administrator)
How did you proceed? secured bids for general system, sought funding, brought
back bidder for specific package, interviewed critical software companies,
begin installation (where we are now)
What is the status of your technology? Pentium 90 processor; 16mgb RAM, 1gb
hd, svga monitors, multimedia/modem - individual units; Pentium 110 server, 6
gb hd, 25-user system w/ backup system; all Microsoft technology, Blackbaud
or Fundmaster for development; SNAP for collections and Corel Draw for
graphics needs
Does your Museum have a Web Site? no _____________________________
Does Museum Staff have access to Internet? yes - my home system
Is the collection accessible to public? no; need security clearence
Is the membership file accessible to entire staff? no
Do you have interactive computers for visitors? as of 6/96
Is your entire staff networked? as of 5/96
Does the staff have access to accounting data base? to security
levels predetermined
Is your library automated? no _______________________
Do you have Voice Mail? no _
Do you have E-Mail addresses for members? no _
Do you provide on-going training for staff? yes
How much does your Museum budget for technology yearly?
(This figure should not include staff salaries.)
What is the size and annual budget of your Museum? 86,000sf; $2M
Any additional comments or insights you may have that can help us would be
greatly appreciated: more RAM the better; do ample software research; stay
away from
stand alone machines (IBM, etc.) since there is no flexibility in
upgrading/configuring to fit custom systems; get a tech who you can trust and
can see an actual sytem they installed work
May we contact you with further questions? yes
Thanks for your help. Please respond to one of the following E-Mail
addresses:
[log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]
Sandra Moore Kathy Gee
Systems/Network Administrator Photographer
The Toledo Museum of Art The Toledo Museum
of Art
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