From: Katie Kirby <curator@threelakesmuseum.org> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 13:35:05 -0500 Message-ID: <CAEHaZvO_eq=bGb4mUUD6okMU44Saqk8p59unp+=1o37CJ27B=A@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Collection Management & Public Access software/application
Hi all!
Does anyone have any experience using programs like CollectiveAccess or
Omeka? I'm looking at options for how to manage our collections and make
them (primarily our photo archives) more accessible online and am a little
lost.
There are so many options: PastPerfect Online, Recollection Wisconsin,
CollectiveAccess, Omeka, and others I'm sure. What do you use and why do
you like it? What don't you like about it? What does it cost you annually?
We currently have PastPerfect and I'm not a big fan of how it handles
archives - feels very clumsy. We have about 50 photos on Recollection
Wisconsin, which is great for our highlights, but not our entire
collections. I like the idea of web based platforms as our three part-time,
seasonal employees work off laptops with Google Drive as our sort of shared
'server.' Because of this, we only use one computer to catalog, but I want
all of them to be able to remotely. (Sidenote, I've been thinking about
trying to put our PP5 files on Google Drive so that all our laptops could
access the data files... would that work?)
Would appreciate some discussion.
Thanks! Katie