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)
>
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