We have just selected TMS to be our new CMS, having had EXCELLENT customer
service while implementing their E-museum component. We certainly needed the
assistance in order to navigate our college's IT department. However, another
consideration was selecting a vendor that would migrate all our da
Also, in looking at open source, one needs to factor in the cost of support and
customization.
Do you have someone in-house who can work with the program and make it do what
you need it to do?
Or will it entail contracting with someone from the outside.
Some institutions have an IT dept. and
Dear MCN-L,
We are mixing things up this year, and re-organizing our MCN 2010 marketing
efforts. Instead of a traditional marketing committee, we are looking for a
team of advocates who will fearlessly have a ton of fun getting the word out
about our upcoming annual conference in Austin, October
You should really also check out Minisis
Chuck Patch
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Jeanne Kessler
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> We are currently investigating acquiring a new Collections Management System
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> We have narrowed down our favorites to: TMS, Vernon, KE Emu, and Willoughb
The nature of your collection may also influence your CMS choice, as some deal
with certain collection types better than others. Having said that, every time
I have a chance to review other products, I'm impressed by how comprehensive
they are becoming. Our various collections have been using MI
While I agree in principle with the open source suggestion, the Minnesota
Historical Society has been using KE EMu since 2003. KE allows users to work
with their code and EMu has excellent import/export functionality. As Tim
O'Reilly said of Google Maps - there's open and there's open enough.
N
I agree about the in-house or contracting with someone on the outside. I
have been in the Library world for a while now and there are now
companies that setup and host two of the more popular OS systems, Koha
and Evergreen. The initial cost is less that one year of maintenance on
a proprietary syst
I would suggest that anyone looking at a new system look closely at open
source systems.
John Chadwick
John.Chadwick at state.nm.us
-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Chuck Patch
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 1:49 PM
To: Museum
We are currently investigating acquiring a new Collections Management System
for our institution.
We have narrowed down our favorites to: TMS, Vernon, KE Emu, and Willoughby.
There are pros and cons to all systems, but all look pretty good.
Vernon is based in New Zealand, and I am wonde
