<div dir="ltr"><div>Yeah, I'll always lean towards Specify Software for small collections. Yes, it's complicated. Yes, it's hard to use. They all are, in one way or another. Specify is free, and NSF supported (granted, not much anymore). I like that you can customize the user interface, I feel this goes a long way in giving each institution a way to help the database be a specialized tool for each environment it's used in. An example of this would be I was able to alter our loan form in such a way that we can now monitor how many research loans we do in a year vs how many loans for outreach events and the like. <br><br></div>Angie Thompson<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Carol Spencer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:atrox10@gmail.com" target="_blank">atrox10@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi <div>We would recommend Arctos, its very cost effective and can be very inexpensive for small collections.</div><div>Here is more Info on how to join:</div><div><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__arctosdb.org_join-2Darctos_&d=DwMFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=ZOsTtwPxTg6xPFKsWfZix2MAVaN-F4hms-LsOnvuyME&s=Ey6kdy5F-4qmsxVYVf00uPZssP89f872G1unF1dhXxA&e=" target="_blank">https://arctosdb.org/join-<wbr>arctos/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>And here is the Arctos Participation Form, which will give us a better idea of what type of collection you have:</div><div><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__form.jotform.com_23446995137161&d=DwMFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=ZOsTtwPxTg6xPFKsWfZix2MAVaN-F4hms-LsOnvuyME&s=cSDUnJCiu2WBlpt0HqekiHsntwiHKzXt8jG3qr_25NM&e=" target="_blank">https://form.jotform.com/<wbr>23446995137161</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div>Carol Spencer</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 5:25 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:halbyte@verizon.net" target="_blank">halbyte@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=""><div link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" lang="EN-US"><div class="m_3980416750152909109m_6562570713827514943WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone have recommendations for a collection database for small collections (<10,000 objects)? <u></u><u></u></p></div></div><br></span>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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