I DO like the title of this stream...I thought I was the only museum "sot"
around!

Harry Needham
Special Advisor - Programme Development
Canadian War Museum
330 Sussex Drive,
Ottawa, Canada
K1A 0M8
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> From:         Michael Cooper[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To:     Museum discussion list
> Sent:         Thursday, March 04, 1999 9:03 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: Sotware for museums
>
> I daresay there will be a chorus of horror at the idea of throwing away
> original paper records, and that therefore my voice will be just one of
> many. However, I do think it is worth saying: "DON'T DO IT!!!!!!!!!!"
>
> In fact that felt so good I'm very tempted to say it again.
>
> I am hoping that the people making this inane suggestion are software
> people rather than curatorial people. If they are the former then
> perhaps it's understandable, if not exactly forgivable, since software
> people in general have very little understanding of what museum
> documentation is all about. If it's curatorial people then you're in
> deep trouble...
>
> There are plenty of sources of good information on the Web about
> collections software and related documentation issues. A search with
> Alta Vista for keywords will probably get you a few pages of very useful
> hits. You could do worse than trying the UK's Museums Documentation
> Association's website at http://www.mda.org.uk/index_r.htm. Another
> potentially useful site is Leonard Wills'
> http://www.willpower.demon.co.uk/index.htm. These should get you
> started.
>
> Mick
>
> PS Liked the typo in the subject line. Interesting idea.
>
> Michael P. Cooper
> Registrar, Nottingham Museums & Galleries
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Veronica B|rger [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 1:35 PM
> > To:   [log in to unmask]
> > Subject:      Sotware for museums
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> >     I work in a museum that's beginning to introduce a software to
> > handle it's collection this year. The guys in charge of this activity
> > think that the old records of collection, which are on paper, should
> > be
> > thrown away, and from now on we should rely on the database of the new
> > system.
> >     I'm afraid that this could cause some inconveniences in the
> > future.
> > Did somebody else in this list experience this kind of situation ?
> >
> >     Is there some texts talking about the use of software systems to
> > handle a museum's collection in the net, or in some magazine or book ?
> >
> >     Thanks for any information ....
> >
> >     Bye,
> >     Armando
>