REGIS from Museum Research Associates, 11 Spring St., Hallowell, ME 04347, is ba
sed
on R:Base, which is a highly-competent relational database program (if not as bi
g a
seller as it used to be).  It is a good program, reasonably priced with excellen
t
support.  It can be customized for use with artifact, archival and library
collections.  I'm sure there are others, too.


[log in to unmask] wrote:
>Forgive me if someone has asked this before, but WHY doesn't some
>vendor build a collections management system using one of the major
>relational databases? That way, when the company dies because the
>museum market is too small to support more than one company, the
>database and support for it will still be there. <snip>
>Pat Galloway
>MS Dept. of Archives and History


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