Allison, May I suggest our MWeb(tm) online catalog product? We have several successful implementations from Mimsy systems.
Please see http://systemsplanning.com/mweb/ Best regards, Stephen Toney Systems Planning toney at systemsplanning.com > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:54:43 -0400 > From: "Farber, Allison" <AFarber at mjhnyc.org> > Subject: [MCN-L] Moving a collection online > To: <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Message-ID: <69C2F9BAF121CE4483642FEF0273320D0187D9DD at ms5.mjhnyc.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Our museum maintains a web-browser accessible internal database where we > keep a complete set of records, images, videos, and audio recordings > from our collections. The internal database is Mimsy XG from Willoughby > Associates. We are beginning to investigate migrating all or a portion > of our web-ready files to an interface available to the public. We are > looking for web publishing software that would work with our existing > database. Especially important to us is an interface that will be > configurable, easy to use for regular users, and cost little money to > develop. > > We have been considering using one of the following products; Mobius for > Mimsy XG (http://www.willo.com/mimsy_xg/mobius.asp > <http://www.willo.com/mimsy_xg/mobius.asp> ) or Open Collection > (http://opencollection.org/index.php > <http://opencollection.org/index.php> ) to make our collection available > to the public. > > In light of these issues I have several questions. > > 1. Would anyone who has experience publishing their internal collections > database online be willing to share advice about this switch? > > 2. Can you suggest other software that we should look into for this > project? > > 3. Has anyone used Mobius or Open Collection who would you be > able/willing to talk with me about their experiences? > > 4. Can you describe any specific costs or issues that we should consider > when making this change? > > Thank you in advance for your help. > > Sincerely, > > Allison Farber > Museum Educator > Museum of Jewish Heritage > A Living Memorial to the Holocaust > 36 Battery Place > New York, NY 10280 > tel: (646) 437-4307 > fax: (646) 437-4311
