>I would very much like to hear from anyone using MS-Access for collection
>management/cataloging of art, history, or visual collections.

Stephen, this was discussed here several months ago. Mixed opinions. I
think that if you have a wizbang Access programmer who is also a good data
dictionary writer - then I say go for it - but I have found that Access has
a very high learning curve and is nearly impossible to cope with (let alone
integrate with non-Microsoft products (Wordperfect for one)). My
recommendation is to go with a smaller off the shelf system.  This way you
will also have a user group and some built in standards.

Suzanne

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