Filemaker is great for collections of any kind (objects, books, etc). You
can create the fields you want, it holds images and can be used easily on
the internet. It is easy to use, search, sort, and create lists and or
other formats (labels, forms, and so forth). It is fully relational. It
is also easy to import data from programs such as excel and can export data
into any format you'd like (work processing, spreadsheet, other database,
etc.).
I use it for everything and highly recommend it over FoxPro, Access, and
dBase.
>List:
>
>While you are making suggestions for collections management software, I have
>a question. I would like to find (if possible) a software package for a
>small museum that does the usual collections things, can include images, and
>(here's the tricky part) can be used to catalogue our art library. Is this
>asking too much?
>
>Jill Chancey, Curator
>Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
>phone: 601-649-6374
>fax: 601-649-6379
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>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "James Tichgelaar" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 11:06 AM
>Subject: Re: collection management
>
>
>> Past Perfect also uses Visual FoxPro as its underlying database. You can
>get a demo from them at
>> http://www.museumsoftware.com
>>
>> It is fairly inexpensive, data conversion should be straightforward, and
>it also handles memberships. Version 3 allows
>> attaching multiple images to object records.
>>
>> [log in to unmask] wrote:
>> >Look into Re:discovery since its underlying program is FoxPro
>> ?
>>
>> James H Tichgelaar
>> Assistant Director
>> Arkansas State University Museum
>> http://museum.astate.edu
>>
>> "Talking about music is like dancing about architecture." (Laurie
>Anderson)
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