I like your answer. Ted Greenberg > ---------- > From: Janice Klein[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 2:45 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Accession Cards > > A couple of thoughts. First, to answer your question, there is nothing > sacred about a catalogue card layout. If you can get the same information > organized in a way that is useful to you, I wouldn't worry about making it > match previous formats. > > Second, why are you keeping pieces of paper in your collections area? > Generally that kind of paperwork (worksheets) can be put in the accession > file (in the Registrars Office), if they have information that is > necessary > to keep (I alway keep mine). The number that you physically place on the > object links it to all its documentation, no matter where it is. Paper in > collections can get separated, damaged or insect chewed. > > As a strong advocate of Filemaker Pro, I am curious why it would be so > expensive to create an accession card format on EmBark. It took me less > than 10 minutes and little bit of printer adjustment (about 4 tries) to > make > a perfect replica of my catalogue cards using Filemaker. Don't tell me > those > "we-can-do-it-so-much-better-than-you-possibly-could-with-a-commerical-dat > ab > ase" systems have limitations that a $180 (without academic discount) > off-the-shelf system doesn't! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Amy Miller <[log in to unmask]> > Newsgroups: bit.listserv.museum-l > To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Friday, September 03, 1999 1:49 PM > Subject: Accession Cards > > > >The Collections Department at The Louisville Science Center is attempting > to streamline our hard copy filing system of accession records. > Currently, > we are filling out hand-written artifact worksheets which stay with the > items in the Collection cabinets. Then we type this information, > including > a photograph, on an acid-free accession card. Lastly, we enter the > research > into the Embark database for our visitors to view at a kiosk on the museum > floor. We would like to print the information directly off of the Embark > screen to keep as our permanent hard copy, but it will be quite expensive > to > format a template similar to our accession cards to do so. Is anyone else > in a similar predicament? What have you done? Is there any reason why we > couldn't use the printed information from Embark without formatting it > like > an accession card? > >Thanks, > >Amy Miller > >Collections Research Assistant > >The Louisville Science Center > > > >========================================================= > >Important Subscriber Information: > > > >The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ museum-l.html. You may obtain > detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line > e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message > should read "help" (without the quotes). > > > >If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > >[log in to unmask] The body of the message should read > "Signoff > >Museum-L" (without the quotes). > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ museum-l.html. You may obtain > detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line > e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message > should read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "Signoff > Museum-L" (without the quotes). > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ museum-l.html. You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).