My version (2.0) of Access handles images and does whatever I ask it to do.


At 11:04 PM 1/17/96 -0500, you wrote:
>Alex,
>
>I have a fair amount of experience with off the shelf database management
>systems, custom designed collections management systems,  and off the shelf
>collections management systems - the gamit....  I do not like Access, and
>use it everyday.  It has a very high learning curve and it can't handle
>images.  Filemaker pro is easier and more versatile.  And cross platform...
>BUT...
>
>> And, I
>>have a person who can custom develop a package of data programs for them for
>>a moderate price, moderate compared to Multimimsy and EmBark.
>
>Too often the customizer doesn't have a museum background or even a basic
>understanding of the needs of those who use the program.  They are unable
>to provide reasonable documentation (not to mention a data dictionary) and
>they don't have a clue about standards in the field (incorporation of
>authority files, data transmission standards, etc.).  I always recommend
>collections mangement systems rather than database management systems.
>
>Suzanne
>
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>Suzanne Quigley
>Head Registrar, Collections and Exhibitions
>Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
>1071 Fifth Avenue
>New York, NY 10128
>212 423 3568
>fax: 212 423 3650
>email: [log in to unmask]
>
>

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