Suzanne, your mostly right in your opinion about Access, but there are still some niches it's wonderful for. I have a lot of datas, partially dated from the pre-dbase time and of some obscure other databases with a range from Z 80 over Atari to Windows. I managed to transfer this stuff into Access and we can use them again. Nobody will transfer these datas into modern system, to much effort. It did not work with Paradox, I tried this before because we try avoid Microsoft-products. (Still using OS/2 and Wordperfect). yours, Gerhard On Mon, 29 Apr 1996, Suzanne Quigley wrote: > >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 > > ************ > Suzanne Quigley > Head Registrar, Collections and Exhibitions > Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum > 1071 Fifth Avenue > New York, NY 10128 > 212 423 3568 > fax: 212 423 3650 > email: [log in to unmask] >