[Nhcoll-l] collections databases for small collections

Sun Dec 17 15:33:14 EST 2017

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You can start for free, or get more storage space with a paid account.

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On 16 December 2017 at 04:30, angie thompson <angie.c.thompson at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Yeah, I'll always lean towards Specify Software for small collections.
> Yes, it's complicated. Yes, it's hard to use. They all are, in one way or
> another. Specify is free, and NSF supported (granted, not much anymore). I
> like that you can customize the user interface, I feel this goes a long way
> in giving each institution a way to help the database be a specialized tool
> for each environment it's used in. An example of this would be I was able
> to alter our loan form in such a way that we can now monitor how many
> research loans we do in a year vs how many loans for outreach events and
> the like.
>
> Angie Thompson
>
> On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Carol Spencer <atrox10 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> We would recommend Arctos, its very cost effective and can be very
>> inexpensive for small collections.
>> Here is more Info on how to join:
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__arctosdb.org_join-2Darctos_&d=DwIFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=ggMudXqCMRXY7196fssEFrBPXenHtyiGIIgRI7PDaII&s=Dx5cibLnXqNGzFS2HliGqFu2xcKjdKTh_TRiu5cB0MU&e=
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>> And here is the Arctos Participation Form, which will give us a better
>> idea of what type of collection you have:
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>>
>> Thanks
>> Carol Spencer
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 5:25 AM, <halbyte at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone have recommendations for a collection database for small
>>> collections (<10,000 objects)?
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