On July 28, Kate Desulis wrote:

> Have you looked at the idea of hiring a work-study student from a local
> college or university?  Work-study students are inexpensive to hire because
> a large percentage of their salary is paid by the university.  You probably
> won't get a "free" staffer, but you might get someone who's interested and
> enthusiastic about having a job (museums always make fun places to work!)
> and willing to work for a minimal salary.
>
> Good luck!
Good luck....
 ... I'll say! I've had the most horrible luck you can imagine with
"interested and enthusiastic" work study students and data entry
projects. If you do this, make sure your software has enough built-in
controls to enable you to figure out exactly who did what, when they
did it, and how to undo it. During the third pass through a simple
Microsoft Access table trying to get the data corrected, one student
even managed to screw up some of the correct records so that we had
to reproof the entire thing all over. This was an insidious problem
because it seemed like a very simple project in the beginning. One
table, not too many records (3,000). On the fifth time through, I
finally believe the database is probably about 95% correct.


> > Kate Desulis                         (312) 322-0821
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Karen W. Anderson, Registrar  <[log in to unmask]>
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
Canyon, Texas
Phone: 806-656-2966; Fax: 806-656-2250
Everything I say is IMHO, as I know nothing for certain.
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