I am the COllections Manager and Registrar for a house museum in Salem,
Mass, and have chosen PastPerfect. It has become more versatile with every
update, includes options for entering multiple images, screens for archives,
library, objects, etc, fields for conservation history as well as
cataloguing info... But best of all, it is incredibly easy to use. If your
institution would be using interns and volunteers for data entry, it will
allow you to focus your training on proper terminology and object handling,
and not get bogged down in command codes. THe admin can set security levels
with great detail, and their tech help is quick and friendly.
That said, we are just starting to catalogue, so I don't have extensive
experience with it yet -- but I suggest tracking down someone with longer
experience becasue so far I'm quite happy. (Compare this to my experience
with ARGUS and EmbARK... shudder...)
Juliette Rogers
Stepehn Phillips Trust House
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From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of Huntley Project Museum
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 12:27 PM
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Subject: Historic House catalog
I have a client, a historic house museum, that's ready to move onto an
electronic catalog. I'm wondering what software programs similar
institutions might recommend. I'm particularly interested in any program
that allows describing/searching with both history museum nomenclature and
art and architecture terminology. Since much of the cataloging is done by
(well trained)volunteers, the program should have a simple interface and
enforce term and entry consistency as much as possible. As a historic house
museum their collection is fairly finite so the database does not have to be
large or necessarily expandable.
I know this question has come up many times but after searching the list
archives I came up empty in terms of this specific context.
Thank you,
Anne L. Foster, CA (certified archivist)
Archives, Library, and Museum Consultant
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