Got news for you....go to museum -l and you will find all kinds of museums
using Past Perfect worldwide. It has it bad points but you can easily
program it to adjust to your particular needs and if you have a problem call
Past perfect, Brian there has always helped me when i was in need
----- Original Message -----
From: "ccarr" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 3:02 PM
Subject: Collections Management Systems for Art


> Hello all--I am writing regarding a current debate over the best
> software for our college collections. Since the museum collections are
> similar in scope to what one expects to find at a small local history
> museum (decorative arts, ephemera, photographs, etc.) I purchased
> PastPerfect as our collections management system, and couldn't be
> happier with it.  The college library is about to commence using it for
> the archives, the biology department is using it for our natural history
> specimens, but the director of the art gallery is resistant to it.
>
> Her initial objections came from viewing the cataloguing screen, where
> "Objects" is the blanket term used for all items save books, photos, or
> archives; she thought that "Art" should be its own category.  Although I
> showed her that there were specific fields for art objects, she said
> that she is hesitant to begin using PastPerfect because she has not been
> able to
> find any other art museums that use it (I suspect this is primarily
> because they don't have the need for the additional fields, not that it
> is an unsatisfactory program for this purpose). Can anyone on the list
> give me examples of where PastPerfect might be used as the primary
> collections management system for an art collection, or give instances
> of it meeting the needs of cataloguing art in general collections?
>
> I am especially eager for us to have all of our collections in one
> central searchable database because the big push here--as at many
> institutions--is interdisciplinary study, and it seems silly to have
> users search two separate databases to make sure they've found
> everything they need.
>
> Many thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide,
>
> Christian Carr
>
> --
> Christian Carr
> Acting Director
> Sweet Briar Museum
> Visiting Assistant Professor
> Department of Arts Management
> Sweet Briar College
> 434.381.6246 (phone)
> 434.381.6132 (fax)
>
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