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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi Steve,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thank you for your help. It is good to know that you find their webinar tutorials useful. I did not know that many example of Darwin Core came from Arctos,
that is good to know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Amanda<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Ginzbarg, Steve [mailto:sginzbar@ua.edu]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 20, 2020 3:04 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Amanda Bremner; nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: collections based database software<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Dear Amanda,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">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 based on number of specimen records.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">I think that Sustain Specify making their code available is defeating the purpose of having one unified program that serves many users.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Arctos has been around since the 1990s. I like their webinar tutorials.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">All data are securely stored at the Texas Advanced Computing Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Is anyone using Arctos who could comment on it?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Steve Ginzbarg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Assistant Curator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">The University of Alabama Herbarium (UNA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Amanda
Bremner <Amanda.Bremner@nbm-mnb.ca><br>
<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</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">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).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">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? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">Amanda<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" 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><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#2F5496">Curatorial Assistant/Adjointe à la Conservation des collections</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#2F5496">Department of Natural History/ Département d’histoire naturelle</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#2F5496">New Brunswick Museum/Musée du Nouveau-Brunswick</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#2F5496">277 Douglas Avenue/ 277, avenue Douglas</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#2F5496">Saint John, New Brunswick/ Saint John (Nouveau-Brunswick)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#2F5496">Canada E2K 1E5</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#2F5496">Tel: 506-643-7670</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#212121"><a href="mailto:Amanda.Bremner@nbm-mnb.ca"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#0563C1">Amanda.Bremner@nbm-mnb.ca</span></a> ]</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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