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Dear Amanda,</div>
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I am looking at Arctos, <a href="https://arctosdb.org/">https://arctosdb.org/</a>. I like their business model. If you want a feature and they think it will be useful to others they will incorporate it. If not, you pay them to add it. Cost of the software is
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I think that Sustain Specify making their code available is defeating the purpose of having one unified program that serves many users.</div>
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Many of the examples in the Darwin Core quick reference guide, <a href="https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/" id="LPlnk392371">https://dwc.tdwg.org/terms/</a>, are from Arctos.</div>
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Arctos has been around since the 1990s. I like their webinar tutorials.</div>
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All data are securely stored at the Texas Advanced Computing Center.</div>
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Is anyone using Arctos who could comment on it?</div>
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Steve Ginzbarg</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 20, 2020 9:34 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu <nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] FW: collections based database software</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">We are considering choosing a new database, either <b>EMu</b> by Axiell or
<b>Sustain Specify</b>, for our Natural History collections (Zoology, Botany and Mycology, Geology and Paleontology). The database we currently use was designed for use in libraries (Inmagic DB/TextWorks).</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Have any of you recently reviewed these two databases? Would you be willing to share pros and cons, beyond the fact that one is significantly more costly than the other? </p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Amanda</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; color:#2F5496">Amanda Bremner, </span></i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"; color:#2F5496">M.Sc.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"; color:#212121"></span></p>
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