[BCMA] Updating Museum Data Base

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Hello Amy,

                PastPerfect is a great program, I quite like it; however, it is built on a no longer supported Microsoft database platform. It works fine now but there is always the chance that a Windows update or upgrade could break the program.

William Shepherd
Collections Officer
Swift Current Museum
44 Robert Street West
Swift Current, Saskatchewan
S9H 4M9
Phone: 306-778-4815
Fax: 306-778-4818

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Jane, thank-you so much for your in-put, others have also mentioned PastPerfect!



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Amy McCroy

Curator/Administrator, Summerland Museum

On 2016-02-24 10:40, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. wrote:
Hi Amy,

I would suggest PastPerfect. While it isn't a "be-all" database (and isn't the best for Archival collections), it is a fantastic recourse for smaller institutions. Feel free to give me a call if you'd like to chat more about it.

Jane Lemke
Curator
Chilliwack Museum and Archives
9291 Corbould Street
Chilliwack, BC V2P 4A6
Phone: (604) 795-9255
www.chilliwackmuseum.ca<http://www.chilliwackmuseum.ca/>

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Hello All,

Does anyone have any information on a great data base for smaller museums? We are currently using Access and is very limited in what it can do.  Any ideas would be very much appreciated! Thank-you in advance.



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Amy McCroy

Curator/Administrator, Summerland Museum


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