[Nhcoll-l] which database software for a natural history museum?

[James Cokendolpher]

Hi Nicolas, et al.
We are using the Symbiota software for our invertebrate collection.  Specifically, ours is through SCAN.  Once setup and you have your passwords and accounts you can enter data over the internet from any computer anywhere.  You database can be searched by people around the world so they can see as much data, pictures, etc. you will release.  There is no costs that I am aware.  The remote login is great for field work or having staff or students enter data from paper copies at their houses (for you on those days you just cannot get to work for the snow on the road). See https://www.idigbio.org/tags/symbiota 
Let me know if you need more specific information.
Cheers, James



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From: Margraf Nicolas <Nicolas.Margraf at ne.ch>
To: nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Sent: Fri, Oct 25, 2013 6:58 am
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] which database software for a natural history museum?


Dear all,
The MHNC is a small natural history museum located in the hearth of the Jura 
Mountains in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. We would like to migrate our 
collection database (currently in MS Access) to a new software but we remain 
unsure of the software to use. As we do not have the financial resources nor the 
technical staff at hands to develop our own software, we would be interested to 
know what database software is being used by other natural history museums for 
their collections, their degree of satisfaction using that software and if they 
have any advice with that regard.
Thank you very much for your help.
Nicolas Margraf

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Nicolas Margraf 
Collaborateur scientifique
Musée d'histoire naturelle de La Chaux-de-Fonds
Av. Léopold-Robert 63 CH 2300 LA CHAUX-DE-FONDS
T + 41 (0)32 967 60 71 F + 41 (0)32 722 07 80
mhnc at ne.ch
www.mhnc.ch

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