Hello Aaron,

I'm a librarian, working with CA State Parks, at their Museum Resource
Center.  I've been going through a similar situation for the past few
months.  I would suggest contacting the MLIS programs at  UCLA and San Jose
State university and ask to set up a student project or practicum.

I agree with an earlier responder in that you'll need to decide whether a
volume is an artifact or a reference item and handle them differently.

There is to much to dicuss in an email but if you'd like to contact me
directly please do so.


On 4/10/06, Aaron Micallef <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>
> We are a relatively young museum that would like to get a handle on our
> book collection.  Past curators have focused exclusively on objects and not
> library materials.  Personally, my experience is with artifacts and not
> books.  I have at least 3000 volumes that need to be cataloged.  We use
> PastPerfect for our object collection.  Has anyone used PastPerfect for
> their library collection?  Do you find it useful?  If not, do you suggest
> another cataloging program?  Although ours is a non-circulating collection,
> one benefit I see to Past Perfect is that I can launch the collection online
> with the additional software they sell and not have to worry to much about
> exporting the data.  Are they any good books out there about how to start a
> museum library.  I plan on trying to rope in some retired librarians to help
> me on this, if I can find them.  I really don't know where to begin.  Any
> help is greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.
>
> Aaron
>
> Aaron Micallef
> Curator and Collections Manager
> Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
> 113 Harbor Way, Ste. 190
> Santa Barbara, CA 93109
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