Hello Matt, For an overview of possibilities, take a look at Ashley Blewer's crowd-sourced Collection Management System Collection, here: http://bits.ashleyblewer.com/blog/2017/08/09/collection-management-system-collection/ .
Kind regards, Erwin Erwin Verbruggen Project lead R&D Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision Media Parkboulevard 1, 1217 WE Hilversum | Postbus 1060, 1200 BB Hilversum | beeldengeluid.nl On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 9:52 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Matt, > What collection management system have you been using for the past 8 > years? You can answer me back channel if you want. > ---steve > > > -----Original Message----- > >From: Matt Wheeler <[email protected]> > >Sent: Jan 22, 2018 5:27 PM > >To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <[email protected]> > >Subject: [MCN-L] software search > > > >Dear Colleagues-- > > > >We've been using the same collections mgmt system for around 8 years now. > >It's a local installation, and the product includes an option to upload > >data and associated image derivatives to an SQL database which is open to > >the public; it's hosted on a server maintained by the software company. > > > >While the on-prem database suits us well, we want to migrate away from > this > >public web portal they offer to something more sophisticated and > >customizable. I'm looking for suggestions--this would be something easy to > >update/sync to our on-prem database, preferably out of the box so we have > a > >support team to turn to, with robust querying capabilities, native > >ecommerce or the ability to integrate with 3rd-party software, tools for > >building online exhibits, and a visitor-friendly interface which would > >allow people to create user accounts, save favorites, etc. > > > >Is this pie-in-the-sky? We're writing this into a grant and so counting on > >having some capital to throw at it. Thanks very much for any insight. > > > >Best, Matt > >-- > >Matt Wheeler, > >Photography Archives, > >Penobscot Marine Museum > >Archives (207) 548-2529 ext. 211 > >5 Church Street, PO Box 498 > >Searsport, Maine 04974 > >_______________________________________________ > >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: [email protected] > > > >To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > >http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > >The MCN-L archives can be found at: > >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > _______________________________________________ > 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: [email protected] > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > _______________________________________________ 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: [email protected] To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
