[Nhcoll-l] "Accession" software conversion

[Gil Nelson]

Hi, Cindy

Wondering the same thing, myself. Could be a custom Access db renamed to 
Accession. Check the file extension. If Access, it'll be mdb.

Gil

On 1/1/2014 1:25 AM, Steve Halford wrote:
> Are you sure you're not dealing with Microsoft Access?   I lost a lot 
> of information when Access "upgraded" without being backwards compatible
>
> Steve Halford (halford at sfu.ca <mailto:halford at sfu.ca>)
> Museum Technician (Retired)
> Department of Biological Sciences
> Simon Fraser University
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 7:26 AM, Opitz, Cindy <cindy-opitz at uiowa.edu 
> <mailto:cindy-opitz at uiowa.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Happy New Year!
>
>     Does anyone have experience with software called "Accession"? A
>     collection on campus databased objects on an iMac in the 1990s
>     using "Accession" software and now has no access to the
>     information. I'm not familiar with the program. The collection
>     manager currently uses Past Perfect for a different collection and
>     would like help figuring out how to retrieve the data from
>     Accession for use in Past Perfect. Any ideas?
>
>     Cindy Opitz
>
>     Collections Manager
>
>     Museum of Natural History
>
>     11 Macbride Hall
>
>     The University of Iowa
>
>     Iowa City IA 52242
>
>     319-335-0481 <tel:319-335-0481>
>
>     www.uiowa.edu/mnh <http://www.uiowa.edu/mnh>
>
>     mnh_small
>
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-- 
Gil Nelson, PhD
Assistant Professor/Research
iDigBio Steering Committee
Integrated Digitized Biocollections
Institute for Digital Information and Scientific Communication
College of Communication and Information

Courtesy Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium
Florida State University
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