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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I thought you might like to know that we have been using Specify software in our institute
for very nearly 20 years (I think next year is our 20<sup>th</sup> anniversary), and I have been managing the database for 15 years. We have therefore seen a number of Specify platforms and versions. As an organization we have not once looked back, and this
is primarily due to the very strong and helpful team backing this application (not to mention the database schema and application, but I do believe that the success of Specify is the people behind it).
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team to help us out. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I was reflecting on how we are able to continue cataloguing during one of the world’s
strictest lockdowns (using the Specify 7 web application), and I realized how well the Specify team and this product are keeping up with improving technology.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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the product for longer than anyone else in this country). There used to be a debate about which software to use, but we have recently seen the birth of a new facilitating organization for natural history collections, which has endorsed Specify. I think this
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</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Nhcoll-l <<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>> on behalf of Amanda Bremner <<a href="mailto:Amanda.Bremner@nbm-mnb.ca" target="_blank">Amanda.Bremner@nbm-mnb.ca</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 9:34 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Nhcoll-l] FW: collections based database software</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">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></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">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></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">Amanda<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">Amanda Bremner, </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">M.Sc.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">Curatorial Assistant/Adjointe à la Conservation des collections</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">Department of Natural History/ Département d’histoire naturelle</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">New Brunswick Museum/Musée du Nouveau-Brunswick</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">277 Douglas Avenue/ 277, avenue Douglas</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">Saint John, New Brunswick/ Saint John (Nouveau-Brunswick)</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#2F5496">Tel: 506-643-7670</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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