Hello All, We have been developing a feature rich, standards-compliant, web-based open source collections management system for museums and galleries and, after two years, are entering the testing phase. We are looking for volunteer museums or galleries interested in working with us to help test and refine the software. We promise it won't take up too much time, and it can be done in the comfort of your own museum! For those that we partner with, we will offer technical assistance, early access to the finished product, and a reduced rate on the software when it is complete. We are not limiting ourselves geographically, nor by institution's size, though the software is English-only at the moment. If you are interested, send me an email at [log in to unmask] and we can talk specifics. For those that aren't familiar with the term, open source commonly refers to the source code of software that is available to the general public with relaxed or non-existent intellectual property restrictions. This allows users to create software content through incremental individual effort or through collaboration. The browser Firefox or the operating system Linux are great examples of open source software. Wikipedia has an entry on open source software: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software. Cheers, David Alexander ^~^~^~^^~^~^~^~^^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Zero One Design Inc. ^~^~^~^^~^~^~^~^^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Tel: 250.885.8665 Fax: 250.388.0390 Email: [log in to unmask] Web site: http://www.zeroonedesign.com ^~^~^~^^~^~^~^~^^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Celebrating 10 Years in the Cultural Industry! ========================================================= 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).