[BCMA] Bralorne Pioneer Open & Cataloguing Question

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Hi: If you are interested in getting almost free software, such as Microsoft
products, please visit Techsoup Canada. There website address is
http://www.techsoupcanada.ca/. It is a wonderful resource for non-profits.

You may also wish to check out past perfect, a relatively inexpensive
program that should meet all of your needs. Their website address is
http://www.museumsoftware.com/. The program is used by hundreds if not
thousands of museums and historic sites throughout Canada and the United
States. We have used past perfect for a number of years and have had no
problems. Best of all, their response to questions is fast.

Good luck.

Ron Denman

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Subject: [BCMA] Bralorne Pioneer Open & Cataloguing Question

Hello,

I would like to annouce that the Bralorne-Pioneer Museum is open for the
season!!! I would like to invite you to come visit us this summer in
Bralorne, BC!

We are open Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun from 10 am to 4 pm untill Thanksgiving
weekend in October.
We are located at 400 Hawkes Avenue, Bralorne, BC.
,
Please email back if you would like directions.

Catalogue Question:

I would like to create a cataloguing program to update the museum. As of
today, all accessions are on index cards scattered in various locations and
are started to fade and dissinigrate. I would really like to put all this
onto the computer in a program. What type of program do you use for
cataloguing. I could create a simple Excel spreadsheet, and I have been told
that I could create a database on Access.However,  I was wondering if there
is an actual computer program that I could buy or a sample of someone elses
version in Microsoft Access that I could simulate???

As I speak this computer in this office has Microsoft Office 2003, and
Microsoft Access 2000.  I will be asking the board to upgrade there system
before October to Microsoft 2007 so that 2010 is free.

Any help would be appreciated as I am scared that all the information on the
accessions will be lost.

Thanks,

Cara DeMare
Manager
Bralorne-Pioneer Museum
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