David You might to contact Colin White at the National Gallery in London. They use Portfolio for their non-object photgraphs.
Colin.White at ng-london.org.uk Regards James James Stevenson Photographic Manager Victoria and Albert Museum South Kensington London UK tel +44 (0) 207 942 2545 fax +44 (0) 207 942 2746 www.vam.ac.uk >>> David.Farrell at peelregion.ca 11/10/2007 14:33:27 >>> Hi all. I realize that there have been previous threads on the use of Portfolio in museums, but I would like to know if there have been small to medium museums (10 or fewer permanent full-time staff) that have used a version of Portfolio or another example of DAMS software. We are currently using an Access database for image files of historic photographs from our archives collection, but I looking for a convenient way to organize and make accessible all of our digital assets, including images of the museum collection and in-house images of special events, educational programmes, etc. Since the person who would be charge of the DAMS would be the same staff member in charge of the collections database, putting numbers on objects, accessioning the museum collection and a host of other duties, the experiences of larger institutions that can assign one person to cataloguing just non-collection images of special events in their DAMS are not are not entirely relevant. A simple system without too many bells and whistles that can be mastered relatively quickly would be ideal. Since we are part of regional government we do have an IT department, the computers are networked and there is a server, but we are a small and atypical department to the regional IT staff and therefore we have to be self-sufficient when it comes to finding the appropriate software. So if your situation is similar to our own, please reply to the list and let us know how your Portfolio (or other DAMS software) experience went and if it can do what you want it to do while staff do all their duties. Thanks, David Farrell, Collections Co-ordinator Peel Heritage Complex 9 Wellington Street East Brampton, ON L6W 1Y1 905-791-4055 x3628 david.farrell at peelregion.ca http://www.peelregion.ca/heritage _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l ---------------------------------------------------------------- The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947-1957 22 September 2007 - 6 January 2008 at V&A South Kensington Book now on www.vam.ac.uk/couture Feel the Force 28 July - 11 November 2007 at V&A Museum of Childhood Admission free Keep in touch - visit www.vam.ac.uk and sign up for our regular e-newsletter ----------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this message is confidential and intended only for the individual named above. If you are not the intended recipient, or responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, or disclosure of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by telephone on 020 7942 2353. This message has been scanned for viruses by BlackSpider MailControl - www.blackspider.com
