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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hello Amy,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">William Shepherd<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Collections Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Swift Current Museum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">44 Robert Street West<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Swift Current, Saskatchewan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">S9H 4M9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Phone: 306-778-4815<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Fax: 306-778-4818<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> bcma-bounces@lists.vifa.ca [mailto:bcma-bounces@lists.vifa.ca]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 24, 2016 1:41 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> bcma@lists.vifa.ca<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [BCMA] Updating Museum Data Base<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Jane, thank-you so much for your in-put, others have also mentioned PastPerfect!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<pre>---<br>Amy McCroy<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Curator/Administrator, Summerland Museum<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">On 2016-02-24 10:40, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hi Amy,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#CA6329">Jane Lemke</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Curator</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Chilliwack Museum and Archives</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">9291 Corbould Street</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Chilliwack, BC V2P 4A6</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Phone: (604) 795-9255</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.chilliwackmuseum.ca/">www.chilliwackmuseum.ca</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">From:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">
<a href="mailto:bcma-bounces@lists.vifa.ca">bcma-bounces@lists.vifa.ca</a> [<a href="mailto:bcma-bounces@lists.vifa.ca">mailto:bcma-bounces@lists.vifa.ca</a>]
<strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">On Behalf Of </span></strong>Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Sent:</span></strong> Tuesday, February 23, 2016 1:08 PM<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">To:</span></strong> Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Subject:</span></strong> [BCMA] Updating Museum Data Base</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Hello All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<pre>-- <br>Amy McCroy<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Curator/Administrator, Summerland Museum<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre>BCMA mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre>
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