If you are entering oblects, and you already have the information available
in another form (object card, donor forms, etc...) you can do 80-100 records
in a day depending on the amount of detail that you are including. If a
great deal of the info is the same (multiple objects from one donor) you can
set your default fields and therefore increase the numbers of entries...this
is all dependant on how well you know the program, how fast you can input
data, and if everyone around you will leave you alone ;-)
I have worked with volunteers who could input at about the same rate, and
others who could only achieve 10-20 records per day, depending on how
computer savey they were.
This is only from my own experience, but it seems to pretty much be on track
with what the last response was.
Hope this helps
Rick
>From: Sharon Koomler <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Data Entry Time Estimates for PastPerfect
>Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 13:38:42 EST
>
>Hello,
>
>I will be happy to hear the same information as we are also working on a
>grant that includes the same.
>
>I will say that when I have been able to sit down with accession cards in
>front of me, without the phone ringing or people asking me questions (a
>snow day
>last winter) I was able to input BASIC information for about 85 objects in
>a
>day - or about 10 an hour. I should also say that I am familiar with the
>object
>collection and the history of the institution, collectors/donors, and
>objects
>which was helpful. I have trained volunteers to do the same type of entry
>and
>have found that they were able to do about 5-6/hour. Did not include
>imaging
>or any contact with the objects being input into the system, hence only the
>basic but not complete information.
>
>Good luck, and I hope to hear from others as well.
>
>Sharon Duane Koomler
>Curator
>Shaker Museum and Library
>Old Chatham and New Lebanon, New York
>
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