Dear Rebecca, for switching from one program to another, your management for certain will have good reasons. To switch from one program to another is a common and sometimes quite expensive procedure here. I would guess that nearly 50 percent of the German museums did so in the past. Here in Germany, the new _provider _normally manages the import of data from old data bases and gives an _introduction _to all interested museum professionals, _before _the buying decision and _at the moment of introduction as well.__His import has to be controlled by the museum. _ By the way: For security reasons, public access should not be made to the core database, but to a reduced mirrored database which does not allow to access the defined "secret levels". Best Christian Author of "Inventarisierung. Theorie und Praxis musealer Dokumentation." Am 15.03.2017 um 16:12 schrieb Rebecca Hoback: > Hello All, > > The museum I work at is considering making a move from PastPerfect to Re:discovery for a collections management software. We were wondering if anyone has had any experience with the Re:discovery's program Proficio? Or anyone who has made the switch from PastPerfect to Re:discovery? Is it an easy program to learn? > > We maintain a small historical collection and would like to provide public access to our collection information while still using it as a collections management program. > Thanks in advance! > > Rebecca Hoback > Collections Assistant ========================================================= 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).