Chris Goodlett schrieb:
> Hi Candace! It's always good to see other Murray State grads and/or
> students on the list.
>
> As per your question, there are many software programs that can be used
> for museum collections.  Some of the best I have worked with are the
> Accessions program for the Mac and Snap 1-2-3.  Both of these are
> specifically designed for museum collections.  Since you are from with a
> smaller museum, you may want to look into less cost.  Microsoft Access
> is a good program that can store collections information very
> adequately.
>
> Hope this helps.

Dear Friends,
As far as I know, MS does not tell users that it is confined to about 30.000
objects. The more objects are stored, the slowly it will work. For larger
museums MS Access does not seems to be a good idea. A real data base is better.
Or am I wrong?

Christian Muelle-Straten


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> >I am looking for information about software for collections management.
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