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

[Derek Sikes]

Nicolas,

I agree with James in recommending a collections database that is

1) entirely online so you interface it via a web-browser from anywhere (no
software to install, like gmail).

2) low-cost

but also would like to emphasize another criterion of importance -

3) serves data to GBIF

There are only three that I am aware of that fit these criteria but there
may be more:

- Arctos, which I have been using for over a year now,
http://arctos.database.museum/home.cfm

- Symbiota http://symbiota.org/tiki/tiki-index.php

- The Ohio State University Triplehorn Insect Collection Database -
http://osuc.osu.edu/databasing.html (the developer, Norm Johnson, has
worked with others to mobilize their data onto the web)

Cheers,
Derek


On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 3:57 AM, Margraf Nicolas <Nicolas.Margraf at ne.ch>wrote:

> 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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