[NHCOLL-L:485] Re: natural history collections database

[Kathie Hodge]

We're using Biota here for a fungal herbarium.  Although it has some 
fields we'll never use, and others that we've coopted for different 
purposes than intended, overall we like it.  We are happy to overlook 
its quirks when we consider what a headache it would've been to 
develop and maintain our own relational application in Filemaker or 
ilk.  (I should add that what I call its "quirks" are really just 
concepts from other disciplines that are hard to apply in mycology).

We use Biota in conjunction with Filemaker Pro, actually, because FMP 
currently has much better presentation features for printing custom 
labels, shipping notices, and the like.

best,
Kathie T. Hodge
Director, Plant Pathology Herbarium (CUP)
Dept. of Plant Pathology, and
L.H. Bailey Hortorium
401 Plant Science Bldg.
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853