Rebecca,
You have very sharp eyes. The photo is about one year old.
Since we just computerized, I will keep the card catalog for about one year or so. Right now it functions mostly as furniture. We put one of the online computers on top of it to also demonstrate that this is the way to go.We can show everybody who wants to use the card catalog how to do a more efficient search using the computer. After a year we will get rid of it.
I debated quite a while if I should keep updated shelflist cards. You might have seen my question on the listserv some months ago.As you mentioned it is good to have them if the system is down. Most of the respondents did without them after a few years. Since it was too expensive to keep them updated I decided against it. But we will keep the old shelflist cards that we received up to some months ago.
Yes, our MARC records also go into the local Public Library's system. So far so good. They have the HORIZON system which is a very good system. The Public Library has also excellent computer experts and technicians.
Best regards,
Ursula
Ursula Kolmstetter
Head Librarian, Stout Reference Library
Indianapolis Museum of Art
1200 West 38th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46208
USA
Tel.: 317-920-2662, ext. 225
Fax: 317-926-8931
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>>> KIA library <[log in to unmask]> 08/28/00 04:08PM >>>
From a photo on your website it appears you may have retained your physical
card catalog as well? We have ours in our Workroom/Office which has proved
very valuable (when electronic systems are down, for verification of missing
or erroneous records). Our MARC records also went into the local
cooperative's online system. Did yours? Sincerely,
Rebecca D. Steel, Librarian
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Library
314 South Park Street
Kalamazoo, MI 49007-5102
(616) 349-7775, x3160
FAX: 349-9313
http://www.kiarts.org
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From: Ursula Kolmstetter <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: Automation
> Dear William,
> The Library of the Indianapolis Museum of Art went into a consortium with
the Indianapolis Public Library. You can find us under
> http://www.ima-art.org then click on libraries, etc. 95% of our
records can now be accessed through the Public Library's Horizon system.
They are just entering all of our magazine holdings.
>
> At the end of last year we received a large grant for the library
automation project including retrospective conversion, etc.
> All in all it was a lot of work but very rewarding. The staff of the
Public Library was very helpful and great to work with. I would be glad to
share with you the grant proposal.
> Best wishes,
> Ursula Kolmstetter
>
>
> Ursula Kolmstetter
> Head Librarian, Stout Reference Library
> Indianapolis Museum of Art
> 1200 West 38th Street
> Indianapolis, IN 46208
> USA
> Tel.: 317-920-2662, ext. 225
> Fax: 317-926-8931
> e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
> >>> William Peniston <[log in to unmask]> 08/25/00 04:03PM >>>
> If I remember correctly, the Indianapolis Museum of Art is automating its
> collection through the Indianapolis Public Library; the Baltimore Museum
of
> Art and the Walters Art Gallery are automating through Johns Hopkins; and
> the Amos Carter Museum, the Kimball Art Museum, and the Modern Art Museum
of
> Fort Worth are automating through Texas Christian University. How are
these
> cooperative automation projects progressing? Are there other such projects
> out there? I ask because The Newark Museum and the New Jersey Historical
> Society have begun discussions with the Newark Public Library and Rutgers
> University about the possibility of automating through one of them. What
are
> the advantages and disadvantages of cooperative automation projects. All
> feedback would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks.
> William A. Peniston, Librarian, The Newark Museum, 49 Washington Street,
> P.O. Box 540, Newark, NJ 07101; telephone: (973) 596-6625; fax: (973)
> 642-0459; email: [log in to unmask]
>
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