[Nhcoll-l] Has anyone had experience using Specify as electronic museum management system?

[Huong Lien Tran]

Hi all,


I am posting for my colleague who is working in natural history collection management. Currently her museum in Vietnam is looking to digitise their current specimens collections and is looking for an affordable management system. We've done some research and found that the common ones like KEmu or Vernon are a bit too expensive for their museum to handle. We've come upon Specify (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__specifyx.specifysoftware.org_specify7_&d=AwIFAw&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=K42-G3JvYvbA3cU4JFn48EIxuV6fCe8JVh-hj4mqenw&s=dYEdQfYm59Fj9xbUoEXmOYLv1lcnMXrRdL54tAiy_KE&e= ) and it seems to be very good in the prospect of having local technicians handling the development and maintenance the database, keeping the cost at affordable level. Nevertheless, we would really want to have some insights from professionals who had experience with Specify. Are there any pitfalls we should look for? Or maybe a contact points where we can get help when using Specify?


Thanks You,


Lien

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