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While working for the Smithsonian's Office of Sponsored Projects, I
classified grants in our database into the following categories:
Research, Education, Exhibition, Other (incl. such things as
fellowships, conservation, and publications -- categories in which we
usually had less than a couple grants per year). I don't think
you'll ever find a grants database designed specifically for museums.
For many years the Smithsonian used a homegrown Paradox database.
In the last year, they purchased an off-the-shelf software package
called NextEra (sold by RAMS-FIE). My personal suggestion is to try
to design your own database, but if looking for an off-the-shelf
package, I recommend asking University Sponsored Research offices
what they use.
Hope this helps. Feel free to e-mail me directly if you want to know
more about the Smithsonian's database.
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Laura M. Mahoney
NAGPRA Consultant
Archeology & Ethnography Program
National Park Service
Washington, DC
(202) 343-1095
(202) 343-5260 FAX
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Hello all!
Does anyone have a grants database designed specifically for museums?
I am working on one to help us search our grants files more
efficiently, and am struggling to come up with a functional list of
categories or keywords. These categories will, hopefully, allow us to
break grants down into project types. Every time I come up with a
list that I think will work, I find grants that just do not fit at all
into any of the groupings (I am sure that my fellow catalogers can
sympathize).
If anyone has such a list, I would very much like to get a copy of
it. Ideas and advice on the topic are also most welcome.
Successfully biting my tongue on the holiday thread,
William Scott
__________________________________________ William Philip Scott
| Collections Manager and Office Assistant | Mathers
Museum of World Cultures | Indiana University
| 601 East Eighth Street | Bloomington, IN
47405 | Email: [log in to unmask] |
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