RE: Query - Collections Management Programs

Hello,
I work at the Henry Ford Museum and I will tell you that Argus is terrible. It locks up and fails all of the time. I hate it, especially when we compile lists for hundreds of artifacts at a time. Plus if conservation is an issue to you, the company has not installed that part of the program in our computers yet.

Hope I could help,
Holly Hartlerode
Collections Management

-----Original Message-----
From:   Bonni-Dara Michaels [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Friday, May 31, 2002 1:52 PM
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Subject:        Query - Collections Management Programs

We are in the final phase of the selection process for a new collections
management program. As part of the evaluation process, we would like the
opinions of our colleagues regarding the actual day-to-day working of the
four programs still under consideration: KE's EMu; Gallery Systems' The
Museum System; Questor's Argus; and Willoughby's Multi MIMSY 2000.

If you have a few minutes, please help out us completing the following
questionnaire, and returning it to me. Your help is greatly appreciated.

Please excuse any cross-postings.

Thank you,

Bonni-Dara Michaels
Collections Curator
Yeshiva University Museum
15 West 16th Street
New York, New York 10011
Tel: 212-294-8330 x 8815
Fax: 212-294-8335
Email: [log in to unmask]

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
EVALUATION FORM

Name__________________________ Title_________________________

Institution________________________________________________________

Program we use : __ The Museum System __EMu __Argus __Multi MIMSY 2000

Number of years using it: _____

Is this the first program you used? __Y __N

If not, what program did you use before? ____________________

Many keystrokes are needed to perform tasks __ y __ n

Help desk/customer service is __very responsive __responsive __not
responsive

Response time for help desk/customer service is __quick __medium
__slow

Vendor works to resolve problems __most problems are resolved
quickly
__most problems are resolved sooner or later __it can take
a long time to resolve problems

If you don't interact with the help desk, please provide
contact information for the individual
who does ______________________Tel:
________Email:_____________

Handles well Handles adequately Doesn't handle Easy to
execute Medium
difficulty Difficult to execute
Accessioning
Inventory control
Location & movement control

Cataloguing
Conservation management
Rights and Reproductions

Risk Management
Insurance management
Exhibition management
Despatch
Loans (incoming & outgoing)

Conservation
Valuation
Deaccession & disposal
System Administration
Media management

Handles well Handles adequately Doesn't handle Easy to
execute Medium
difficulty Difficult to execute

Help features
Reports
Import & export
Vocabulary
Query/Find/search
Find & replace
Define and add new fields to records

Authority and thesaural utilities allow user to incorporate and
use local thesauri and authorities within the system

"Search and replace" function can be used during data entry and updating

System allows all fields to be searched

System allows users to write custom reports

System allows reports to be displayed, saved, and printed

System allows reports to be incorporated into other applications

System allows text and images associated with an object to be printed in
report
User can go back and forth between modules without having to sequentially
step through
each open module

Good Interface Poor interface
Public Access module

Overall, how would you rate this program?

High ________ it meets most of my Museum needs

Medium ______ it meets some of my Museum needs

Poor ________ it meets few of my Museum needs

If you have any additional comments or suggestions, please feel free to add
them below.

Thank you for taking the time to complete this questionnaire.

Bonni-Dara Michaels
Collections Curator
Yeshiva University Museum
Tel: 212-294-8330 x 8815
Fax: 212-294-8335
Email: [log in to unmask]

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