You might want to check out Knowledge Integration. They're lovely, and
they've open-sourced their Collections Management System, so it's
potentially low-cost. Is used by IWM and Museum of London I believe.
Tom
On Aug 30, 2012 12:45 PM, "Mike Ellis" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Ben
>
> I think of the worries about Wordpress (and I totally take on board Nick's
> point among others), migration isn't one of them. It's O/S, built on top of
> an O/S database (MySQL) and has a very simple table structure too. I think
> exporting data is going to be one of the easiest things in this equation.
>
> cheers
>
> Mike
>
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> On 30 Aug 2012, at 12:32, Ben Green <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Martin,
> >
> > I can't offer any advice on which system to get, and as someone who's
> just purchased a SPECTRUM based Collection Management System, my view would
> be biased towards anyway.
> >
> > But one thing that might not seem apparent to the curatorial staff is
> the long term implications of tying things into something like Wordpress.
> I'm thinking in terms of digital preservation, i.e. what guarantee is there
> that you'll always have access to the catalogue data/metadata and how
> 'migratable' will the data be should the museum procure a new system ?
> >
> > Ben.
> >
> > Ben Green | Digitisation Infrastructure Manager | The University of
> Manchester Library | The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester,
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Martin Bazley
> > Sent: 29 August 2012 18:42
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Low cost collections management solutions
> >
> > Hi all, I think a similar question was asked a while ago, but things
> move on, so...
> >
> > I am helping a volunteer run museum (with an archive) create a website
> (which is now done, using Wordpress.org) and now they would like to start
> adding collections online.
> >
> > Does anyone have any recommendations for solutions that:
> > - are easy for non-technical people to use
> > - are cheap
> > - will work with Wordpress, or not look too awful linked into and out of
> an existing wordpress.org site
> > - work well!
> >
> > So far I am aware of these as potentially suitable and affordable, but
> don't know how well they all work, so if anyone has any comments I'd really
> appreciate it:
> >
> > eHive
> > Adlib Museum Lite
> > Omeka
> > Madrona (not ready yet for 'community' use but looks promising)
> ContentCurator CollectiveAccess
> >
> >
> > Any other obvious ones I've missed?
> >
> > Martin
> >
> >
> >
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