I use an application called Picfolio. It is shareware and very
inexpensive to register. It imports a variety of filetypes and builds a
"thumbnail" catalog that you can add key words and descriptive
information to. In addition you can build separate catalogs for
individual groupings (or books).
It is free to try and easy to use if the photos are already digital.
otherwise you will have to get a scanner. i use the Easyphoto drivr. it
fits right in my computer and scans up to a 5" x 7" image, perfect for
35mm prints.

Good luck

Bart

Margaret Hayon wrote:
>
> Can anyone recommend software for starting a computer photo archive? I
> have several hundred colour photos of Ethiopian Jewish manuscript pages
> (I photographed several complete manuscripts) and other photomaterial
> that I would like to scan and computerise.  At the moment it's just my
> own private collection; but I'd like to arrange it properly in a form
> that could maybe later be transferred to a museum archive (hopefully to
> the as-yet-nonexistent Museum of Ethiopian Jewish Heritage!)
>
> Thanks,
> Margaret Hayon
> Student of Museology, University of Haifa, Israel
> and researcher of Ethiopian Jewish tradition