Hi Armando
Don't destroy the old records although the written information may have
been transferred the records may carry other information such as
previous curators hand writing which may be of use to future
researchers.

Alan Bentley
mda Outreach Manager

In article <[log in to unmask]>, Veronica
B|rger <[log in to unmask]> writes
>Hi,
>
>    I work in a museum that's beginning to introduce a software to
>handle it's collection this year. The guys in charge of this activity
>think that the old records of collection, which are on paper, should be
>thrown away, and from now on we should rely on the database of the new
>system.
>    I'm afraid that this could cause some inconveniences in the future.
>Did somebody else in this list experience this kind of situation ?
>
>    Is there some texts talking about the use of software systems to
>handle a museum's collection in the net, or in some magazine or book ?
>
>    Thanks for any information ....
>
>    Bye,
>    Armando
>

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