Colleagues -

The Smart Museum of Art would like to dramatically re-vamp its collections
management database system (currently FileMaker Pro) and re-design its web
interface, which allows the database to be searchable on-line.  We are looking
for a person/company in the Chicago area to bring in as a consultant to help us
achieve this - the person/company should have experience with databases in
general (FileMaker Pro in particular) and with web design, and it would be
wonderful if s/he has worked with museums on similar projects to best understand
our needs.  Can anyone out there recommend such a person/company?  I know
FileMaker Pro is very customizable and easy to use, but we're really looking for
someone to take the burden of this project off of the museum staff and also
strategize about the web interface to make our on-line database more usable.
The Smart Museum uses Apple computers and we're not prepared to switch just yet,
although we would be open to the idea of a totally new, Mac-compatible database
system.  If anyone can recommend a person/company that fits this description,
please contact me off-list ([log in to unmask]).  Thank you very much in
advance for all of your suggestions!

- Jennifer Widman


Jennifer Widman Moyer, Registrar
The Smart Museum of Art
The University of Chicago
5550 South Greenwood Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637-1506
Telephone: 773-702-0175
Fax: 773-702-3121
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu
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