Name of Museum:  _Columbus Museum
Phone Number:       706/649-0713
E Mail Address:      not yet
Contact Person:     Dannell Mastrean, PR Coordinator

How many staff members are involved in your technology planning? 5

How do you acquire your technology?
                _____  outside corporation underwriting projects
                ___X__  individual vendor
                _____  mail order

Would you be willing to share name/address/ phone of  vendor/corporation?
yes

What type of automation planning have you done? preparing to completely
network
museum and set up e-mail/home web page/improved automation systems within
next
three weeks

Who was involved? Director; PR Coordinator; Dev. Director; Dir. of Ed.;
Business Manager (systems administrator)

How did you proceed? secured bids for general system, sought funding, brought
back bidder for specific package, interviewed critical software companies,
begin installation (where we are now)

What is the status of your technology? Pentium 90 processor; 16mgb RAM, 1gb
hd, svga monitors, multimedia/modem - individual units; Pentium 110 server, 6
gb hd, 25-user system w/ backup system; all Microsoft technology, Blackbaud
or Fundmaster for development; SNAP for collections and Corel Draw for
graphics needs

        Does your Museum have a Web Site? no _____________________________
        Does Museum Staff have access to Internet? yes - my home system
        Is the collection accessible to public? no; need security clearence
        Is the membership file accessible to entire staff? no
        Do you have interactive computers for visitors? as of 6/96
        Is your entire staff networked? as of 5/96
        Does the staff have access to accounting data base? to security
levels predetermined
        Is your library automated? no _______________________
        Do you have Voice Mail?  no _
        Do you have E-Mail addresses for members? no _


Do you provide on-going training for staff? yes

How much does your Museum budget for technology yearly?
        (This figure should not include staff salaries.)

What is the size and annual budget of your Museum? 86,000sf; $2M

Any additional comments or insights you may have that can help us would be
greatly appreciated: more RAM the better; do ample software research; stay
away from
stand alone machines (IBM, etc.) since there is no flexibility in
upgrading/configuring to fit custom systems; get a tech who you can trust and
can see an actual sytem they installed work

May we contact you with further questions? yes

Thanks for your help.  Please respond to one of the following E-Mail
addresses:

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Sandra Moore                                    Kathy Gee
Systems/Network Administrator                   Photographer
The Toledo Museum of Art                                The Toledo Museum
of Art