At 11:53 AM 2/19/97 -0800, Jeffrey Grimes wrote:

>I work for a small military history museum and am wondering if there is a
>defacto standard for inventory and administration of museums.  I've talked
>to two other museums in the area and they both use different software
>programs to control inventory, etc.

There is no de facto standard and there can be no such standard -- even
while standards are being used for terminology control and data
dictionaries all over.  Each museum must define its needs in terms of how
much cataloging and what kinds of management utilities are required.

A good consultant will be able to determine in discussion with museum staff
and by inspection of museum records what kind of object management package
is best suited for a particular institution.




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Robert A. Baron
Museum Computer Consultant
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Larchmont, NY 10538 (USA)
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