I have received a few notes from some people wanting more information about
our library system and the slides in particular. This information might be
of interest to others so I thought I'd reply to the list.
Our library system is Alexandria from Companion Corporation.
(http://www.companioncorp.com). It really is marketed for K-12
libraries, but it works well for our small collection. We have been using it
for almost 2 years and at this point we are happy with it - most of the
time. No system is perfect but this one is getting more stable and ongoing
improvements are making it a more sophisticated system. We use Macs here,
and the system accommodates both PCs & Macs. The system does offer access
via the web. We prefer this interface to the stand-alone one and our users
can access the database from any computer on or off campus. Using the web
interface also allows me to attach URLs to records and then allows the user
to click and connect to the web site. This summer I have started to add
"Internet resources" to the collection. The system allows for searching
using the Boolean operators, "and", "or", & "and not". The system is also
very affordable. The initial cost for the software and site license (in 1999)
was about $5000 and the annual software subscription (updates and tech
support) is about $600. If you would like to try our system, you can go to
http://www.cva.edu - Click on LIBRARY on the left side bar. On the next
screen, click on ALEXANDRIA.
Our FileMaker Pro records are imported as MARC records. We just do a little
adjusting so fields in FMP import to correct MARC fields. At this point our
records (for slides) contain basic information such as call number, title of
work, artist, date of work, source of slide, medium and barcode number.
We get our tiny barcode labels from Watson Label Products (3684 Forest Park
Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63108 Phone: 314.652.6715 Fax: 314.652.8135). They
do an excellent job. You can contact them to get a packet about their
products and they will give you a quote for any order.
Hope this information might help others. Please contact me if you have other
questions.
Kind regards,
Kathy Heuer
Library Director
College of Visual Arts
394 Dayton Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55102
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651.310.0575
651.310.0590 (FAX)
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