I believe Pastperfect is used for the art collection at the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore Maryland,At 03:02 PM 04/22/2003 -0400, you wrote: >Hello all--I am writing regarding a current debate over the best >software for our college collections. Since the museum collections are >similar in scope to what one expects to find at a small local history >museum (decorative arts, ephemera, photographs, etc.) I purchased >PastPerfect as our collections management system, and couldn't be >happier with it. The college library is about to commence using it for >the archives, the biology department is using it for our natural history >specimens, but the director of the art gallery is resistant to it. > >Her initial objections came from viewing the cataloguing screen, where >"Objects" is the blanket term used for all items save books, photos, or >archives; she thought that "Art" should be its own category. Although I >showed her that there were specific fields for art objects, she said >that she is hesitant to begin using PastPerfect because she has not been >able to >find any other art museums that use it (I suspect this is primarily >because they don't have the need for the additional fields, not that it >is an unsatisfactory program for this purpose). Can anyone on the list >give me examples of where PastPerfect might be used as the primary >collections management system for an art collection, or give instances >of it meeting the needs of cataloguing art in general collections? > >I am especially eager for us to have all of our collections in one >central searchable database because the big push here--as at many >institutions--is interdisciplinary study, and it seems silly to have >users search two separate databases to make sure they've found >everything they need. > >Many thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide, > >Christian Carr > >-- >Christian Carr >Acting Director >Sweet Briar Museum >Visiting Assistant Professor >Department of Arts Management >Sweet Briar College >434.381.6246 (phone) >434.381.6132 (fax) > >========================================================= >Important Subscriber Information: > >The Museum-L FAQ file is located at >http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed >information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail >message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should >read "help" (without the quotes). > >If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to >[log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read >"Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). Barbara O'Brien Archivist McDaniel College (410) 857-2793 [log in to unmask] ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).