i have been using artsystems collections software (this has all you could ever need for a small museum collection) for a large private collection and i have no complaints. great people in tech support too! www.artsystems.com -- Jennifer Uhrhane [log in to unmask] www.detailphoto.com On May 19, 2004, at 3:37 PM, Rachel Hawthorn wrote: > Hello All, > I am interning at a small history museum in Idaho Springs, Colorado. > One of > my first tasks for the summer is to find a reasonably priced, easy to > navigate, desktop/hard drive based collection management software for > their > collection, which consists of approximately 3000 photos/glass > negatives, > approximately 50 textile pieces, the archive from the town paper, the > archive of the city records, miscellaneous minerals, and mining and ski > industry equipment. They do not have a server or network capabilities, > so > this will have to be a system that can operate on a single laptop > computer > to be transported between their visitor center museum and the living > history > museum downtown, without multiple licensing agreements, and ease of > use for > the mostly volunteer staff to transfer all their paper accession > records to. > > I would love to hear your suggestions! > > Thanks, > Rachel Hawthorn > Idaho Springs Historical Society > > ========================================================= > 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). > ========================================================= 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).