In our institution we have continued to maintain catalog cards for our 
museum collection after entering all items into database.  We keep two 
copies, one is filed by object number, the other by category according 
to the Chenhall system.

As database information is updated, we print updated cards which need to 
be filed, a labor intensive process.  We regularly backup the database 
and we have multiple terminals.

I was curious how many institutions have discontinued their cards in 
favor of the computer database?

Joshua K. Blay
Historical Society of Berks County

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