In my experience, the answer would be "it depends."  What collection are you
using PastPerfect for?  Who uses the collection, how many are there, and
what do they do with it?  Are you part of Columbia University, or just
affliated with it?

On the one hand, Past Perfect won't have the "look" of Columbia's WebPAC
(online public access catalog), and won't be searchable in exactly the same
ways. The cataloger's screens will look different, too.  This is primarily
because Columbia's catalog was designed for libraries (and lots of public
users) while PastPerfect was designed for museums, with different cataloging
standards and a relatively limited number of public users.  One is an apple
and the other is an orange.

On the other hand, PastPerfect exports into MARC format, which is what
Columbia (and most other libraries) use for their cataloging.  This means
that PastPerfect can share information with the university.

If you have more details, I'd be happy to weigh in with my opinion!

Katie Wadell

> From: Marion Sumerianlibrarian <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:48:04 -0700
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Past Perfect
>
> I've just joined the list, so please forgive my ignorance of any previous
> posts regarding this
> topic.
>
> I am curious if, in your experience, the Past Perfect cataloging database is
> compatible with other
> research level institutions--such as Columbia University, etc.
>
> Thanks,
> Marion
>
> --- glyn <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Hi Deb and Rose
>>
>> Keep everything! - but everything! And store off
>> site as many backups as you can! You can never have
>> too many!
>>
>> Nice jibe, Deb ;-)
>>
>> Glyn
>>
>> Deb Fuller wrote:
>>
>>> --- "Hoschette, Rosemary" <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>>> We are in the process of entering data into Past
>> Perfect.  There is
>>>> discussion as to whether you keep the hard
>>>> copy from which you are working and if you
>> continue to keep hard copies
>>>> in the future?  I have my ideas on this and
>> wonder what other professionals
>>> think?  Thank you.
>
>
>
>
>
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