Exhibition management on coll mgt systems

[Misunas, Marla]

Hello all, At SFMOMA we’re working on a collection management system needs analysis.  Managing exhibitions is one of the most complicated functions we perform with our system. Currently we use our system to create exhibition, venue, loan, shipping, and crate records.  Registrars manage individual works coming from multiple lenders and going to different venues in different shipments, sometimes with parts of the same object in several crates, or with multiple objects in one crate.  They use the system to assemble the objects, manage the tour, and disperse the exhibition. They create packing and installation instructions, condition report books, checklists, crate lists, lists for shippers, pro forma invoices, and a whole lot more.    We’re interested in hearing from colleagues who are actively using their collection management systems to manage in-house or touring exhibitions (we use ours for a heavy schedule of  both).  If you are currently using your cms to manage exhibitions, would you be willing to share your thoughts with me on- or offlist?  Are there aspects of your system you especially like or would like to change? Are there aspects of exhibition management your system doesn’t support? If your system does it all at the touch of a button, we’d like to know that too.   Thanks for your help,     Marla Misunas Collections Information Manager Collections Information and Access San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (415) 357- 4186 (voice)             Check out SFMOMA Collections Online at www.sfmoma.org _____________________________________________ Vice President/President Elect, Museum Computer Network Conference Co-Chair, Boston 2005 http://www.mcn.edu   --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com The information contained in this electronic mail message (including any attachments) is confidential information that may be covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 USC Sections 2510-2521, intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above, and may be privileged.  If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited.  If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify me and delete the original message.  Thank you.