I like your answer.

        Ted Greenberg

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> From:         Janice Klein[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:         Friday, September 03, 1999 2:45 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: Accession Cards
>
> A couple of thoughts.  First, to answer your question, there is nothing
> sacred about a catalogue card layout.  If you can get the same information
> organized in a way that is useful to you, I wouldn't worry about making it
> match previous formats.
>
> Second, why are you keeping pieces of paper in your collections area?
> Generally that kind of paperwork (worksheets) can be put in the accession
> file (in the Registrars Office), if they have information that is
> necessary
> to keep (I alway keep mine).  The number that you physically place on the
> object links it to all its documentation, no matter where it is.  Paper in
> collections can get separated, damaged or insect chewed.
>
> As a strong advocate of Filemaker Pro, I am curious why it would be so
> expensive to create an accession card format on EmBark.  It took me less
> than 10 minutes and little bit of printer adjustment (about 4 tries) to
> make
> a perfect replica of my catalogue cards using Filemaker.   Don't tell me
> those
> "we-can-do-it-so-much-better-than-you-possibly-could-with-a-commerical-dat
> ab
> ase" systems have limitations that a $180 (without academic discount)
> off-the-shelf system doesn't!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amy Miller <[log in to unmask]>
> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.museum-l
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Friday, September 03, 1999 1:49 PM
> Subject: Accession Cards
>
>
> >The Collections Department at The Louisville Science Center is attempting
> to streamline our hard copy filing system of accession records.
> Currently,
> we are filling out hand-written artifact worksheets which stay with the
> items in the Collection cabinets.  Then we type this information,
> including
> a photograph, on an acid-free accession card.  Lastly, we enter the
> research
> into the Embark database for our visitors to view at a kiosk on the museum
> floor.  We would like to print the information directly off of the Embark
> screen to keep as our permanent hard copy, but it will be quite expensive
> to
> format a template similar to our accession cards to do so.  Is anyone else
> in a similar predicament?  What have you done?  Is there any reason why we
> couldn't use the printed information from Embark without formatting it
> like
> an accession card?
> >Thanks,
> >Amy Miller
> >Collections Research Assistant
> >The Louisville Science Center
> >
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