Hi Andrea
Your list includes a number of systems/organisations which do very different things:
Europeana & Culture Grid: aggragate data about items from other organisations (the items have to already have to be on the web somewhere else)
Modes Users Association: sell and support collections management systems which can output content for use on a web site
Orangeleaf: are website developers who will build you whatever you want
Historypin is a social media site
E-Hive: is a "cloud" collections management system for museums and others which will, if you want, public web access to object records
The first question to ask is what do you and the museums want to achive? Things that you might want achive:
A place where residents and visitors to Wiltshire can search all the county's collections
A mechanism for putting collections on line for those organisations who don't have the capacity to put their own collections on line
A source of collections records for others to aggregate or reuse
A somewhere where organisations can manage their collections (either replacing their existing systems or because they don't have one)
Somewhere where the public can comment on collections
Once you have a fairly good idea of what you want to achieve you can then start comparing how well different approaches deliver.
Trevor Reynolds
Collections Registrar, English Heritage
tel: +44 (0) 1904 601905. 37 Tanner Row, York, YO1 6WP
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From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of andrea hallaway
Sent: 13 November 2012 12:47
To: REYNOLDS, Trevor
Subject: Online collections databases
Dear All,
I'm wondering if
anyone can help - I'm currently working on a viability project on whether to update/replace the Wiltshire Council owned website 'Wiltshire Treasures' (an online collections database for Wiltshire museums). I have started investigating existing online collections database platforms and have so far found Europeana, Modes Users Association, Orangeleaf, Historypin, Museum Sites, Culture Grid and e-Hive. Does anyone have any other website recommendations, suggestions, experience of using sites like these, or have decided not to for various reasons? I would be very interested in getting in touch with you if so.
Many thanks,
Andrea Hodgkin
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