Thank you everyone for your helpful responses. For those who are interested a summary of responses is below.
Several CALM users got in touch to say that they found it helpful, only one person had reservations about it.
Others have used Access (one is looking to use Oracle) to customise their own database with more or less success.
Other software packages in use for this type of thing are:
Dataease;
DB Textworks, from a company called Soutron;
A product from Arcline Records Management Services, Dublin (www.arcline.ie);
MasterTrak;
RecFind, distributed by UK Team Logic;
archiveVISION.
Costings were more difficult to come by but ranged from approx. £2,000 to £50,000.
Many thanks to all.
Anne
-----Original Message-----
From: Vera Giles [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 07 October 2004 13:36
To: THOMPSON Anne
Subject: RE: Off the shelf packages for records management
Importance: High
Hello Anne,
I wondered if you have had a response to your request and whether you could advise me of any packages 'out there'?
Vera Giles
Records & Information Manager
Advantage West Midlands
Telephone: 0121 5033217
-----Original Message-----
From: The UK Records Management mailing list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Anne Thompson
Sent: 27 September 2004 12:13
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Off the shelf packages for records management
Dear all,
I wonder if anyone would be willing to share their experiences of any "off the shelf" packages for records management and how much they cost (including maintenance)?
I am NOT interested in EDRM systems. I am looking for a database to hold information about primarily manual files, e.g. file metadata, storage information, tracking information, retention information, etc.
I am aware of CALM for records management but would be pleased to hear about any experiences of it (or any other similar software), and get an idea of how much it costs to cover the records of a department with approx 30-40 members of staff.
Many thanks,
Anne Thompson
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