[Nhcoll-l] archival management programs

Gordon Jarrell gordon.jarrell at gmail.com
Thu Mar 27 16:16:44 EDT 2014


Here's an example<http://arctos.database.museum/document/robert-l-rausch-necropsy-ledger/1187>of
a collector catalog stored in a robust data silo.  Note the blue
rectangles, and the links to specimens in two separate institutions.

Gordon Jarrell


On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Laurie Hannah <hannah at ccber.ucsb.edu>wrote:

>  We also use Archivists Toolkit for our manuscript collections and
> institutional records and will migrate to Archives Space at the last
> possible minute!  Since field notebooks overlap with specimens, we also
> catalog our field notebooks in our Specify database, volume by volume, and
> attach a pdf of any scanned volumes to the record.
>
> Laurie Hannah
>
>
> On 3/26/2014 6:51 AM, Dowd, Elsbeth L. wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
>  We are looking into options for managing our archives.  One of our staff
> just attended the iDigBio workshop on digitizing source materials, so we
> have some great information from all who attended that meeting.  I was
> wondering if any other natural history museums who weren't involved are
> also working on this issue, though.  Specifically, is anyone using Archives
> Space, and if so, do you like it?  If not, what other programs are you
> using for digital asset management or archival management?
>
>  Thanks very much,
>
>  Elsbeth
>
>  Elsbeth Dowd, Ph.D.
> Registrar, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
> efield at ou.edu
> 405-325-1035
>
>
>
> --
> Laurie Hannah, MLS
> Librarian/Archivist; Digital Resources Coordinator
> Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
> Harder South, MS-9615
> University of California
> Santa Barbara, CA 93106805-893-2506
> FAX 805-893-4222www.ccber.ucsb.edu
>
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