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Hi Tim,<br>
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Each of the collection management systems has different features,
with each having things about it that are appealing. The best way to
decide which will work for you is to list your requirements (like do
you want it to handle accessioning and loans, etc., should it be
within your institutional IT environment or is it okay for it to be
on an external host, do you have a budget or does it need to be free
to use, and so on) then compare your requirements with the
particulars of the systems available.<br>
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At the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science &
Arts, we are most of the way through a multi-year effort to migrate
all of our biologically-based museum collections to Specify, as it
fit our particular set of requirements.<br>
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I'm happy to answer any questions, and if you're ever in Ann Arbor,
I'd be happy to show you our set-up and give you a tour of our new
Research Museums Center.<br>
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Yours,<br>
John Torgersen<br>
UM LSA IT Infrastructure<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/14/18 6:02 PM, Timothy Koneval
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<div dir="ltr">Hello,
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<div>I was wondering if anyone could give me some suggestions
for electronic database for museum collections. Our museum
does not currently have any information in electronic format
and I would like to change that.</div>
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<div>I have been seeing several posts about Arctos as a
database. Is that was most museums are using now for their
collection information?</div>
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<div>Thank you,</div>
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<div>Tim<br clear="all">
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<div dir="ltr">Dr. Timothy Koneval
<div>Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Physiology<br>
<div>Biology Department</div>
<div>Ohio Northern University</div>
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