From: Jennifer Scott <jscott@beloithistoricalsociety.com> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 23:52:16 +0000 Message-ID: <CA+1ZwKdVxSLu+k_HfoLZ0A9WpbF9TyR2G9FErmKNvLBHW9VX9w@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Collection Management & Public Access software/application
I'm interested in this topic as well. I am planning to move the Beloit
Historical Society over to Omeka this year. I like that it's open-source
and can be customized. It just seems to check all the boxes of what we need
.
My number 1 is easy for content creators. The interface is pretty intuitive
and there are plugins for just about everything you need already.
We're using PastPerfect, too. I haven't figured out my import plans yet.
Tips on that front are doubly appreciated.
Jen Scott
Beloit Historical Society
On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 10:20 AM Kathryn Otto <kathryn.otto@uwrf.edu> wrote
:
> Hi Katie,
>
> We are using PastPerfect for our photographs and like it for that. I have
> found it good for photographs, and we can identify the *collection* (in
> the Collection Note) as well as the individual image. We plan to use thei
r
> online version when we have enough of the catalog records in reasonable
> shape. ;-)
>
>
>
> You are right that PP is not good for archives. Since it was designed by
> museum people, primarily for museum objects, it tries to shoe-horn archiv
al
> *collections* into the single-object style used for museum items--doesn
’t
> work very well. I tried to put some of our digitized letters into PP and
> gave up; it was taking too much time to figure it out, time that I didn
’t
> have.
>
>
>
> I have not used Omeka, but UW-Parkside uses it for their digital
> collections: https://archives.uwp.edu/. You might want to talk to their
> archivist, Melissa Olson (olsonm @ uwp.edu). They are quite happy with it
.
>
>
>
> Kathryn Otto
>
> UW-River Falls
>
>
>
> *From:* localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu [mailto:
> localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu] *On Behalf Of *Katie Kirby
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 13, 2018 1:35 PM
> *To:* localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu
> *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 littl
e
> 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-tim
e,
> seasonal employees work off laptops with Google Drive as our sort of shar
ed
> 'server.' Because of this, we only use one computer to catalog, but I wan
t
> 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
>