Hi all, If anyone might be able to help figure out how to access files created in J.R. Blackaby's Museum System (as requested in the Museum-L query forwarded below), I'm sure it would be a big help if you could email Erin McKeen directly at <erin at thewolf.fiu.edu>. (Erin's not on MCN-L, so replies to this list would go unseen by her.) By the way, she does now know of MCN stalwart Jim Blackaby's passing in 2003.
best regards, Rob >Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:01:40 -0500 >From: "Erin R. McKeen" <erin at THEWOLF.FIU.EDU> >Subject: J.R. Blackaby's Museum System > >Hello Colleagues, > >Please forgive the cross-posting. My institution is sorting through our >archived records and would like to access information from our now-defunct >old database, J.R. Blackaby's Museum System. The database was copied onto >CDs back in 1997 but no one thought to print a hard copy of the records >(kinda short-sighted) and now we are unable to locate even a copy of the >software to open the disks. Thus, our records are being held hostage. > >A google search of the program has not yielded any helpful information. >Help! Does anyone currently (or in the past) used this program or know how >to get in contact with Mr. Blackaby? Any advice is greatly appreciated. > >P.S. >I just phoned The Museum System (TMS) to find out if they are affiliated in >any way and unfortunately, they are not. > >Best, > >Erin > >Ms.Erin McKeen >Associate Registrar >The Wolfsonian-Florida International University >Miami Beach, Florida >(305) 535-2678 (phone) ; (305) 531-2133 (fax) >E-Mail: erin at thewolf.fiu.edu <mailto:kim at thewolf.fiu.edu> >Website: http://www.wolfsonian.fiu.edu/ <http://www.wolfsonian.fiu.edu/> -- _________________________________________________________________ Rob Lancefield rlancefield at wesleyan.edu Manager of Museum Information Services / Registrar of Collections Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University www.wesleyan.edu/dac 301 High Street, Middletown CT 06459 USA tel. 860.685.2965 Board of Directors, Museum Computer Network www.mcn.edu
