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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I've also used ProCite extensively and found it to be an excellent database. I believe they also offer a module called "Slide Manager" for people who need to organize a collection of slides. The software allows you to create your own subject keywords, author/title access and permits the entry of small descriptive abstracts that are also keyword searchable. Very easy to learn without a manual or tutor, altho the scientists I worked with enjoyed attending my training workshops to get started. (glad they did...kept my job intact!) We too are organizing a collection of artist books starting in September. I never thought of using ProCite (used to use it for scientific stuff..). Thanks for the great idea! Judy Donovan Moore College of Art and Design Philadelphia [log in to unmask] On Thu, 20 Jun 1996, Lee Sorensen wrote: > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > Clive et al: > > I used ProCite for a bibliographic project I was involved with six or seven > years ago. While I found ProCite easy to use, I often ran out of space > within the specific fields we had set up. This may no longer be a problem > with newer versions, and your institutions may not be doing the extensive > notes fields we were at the time, but you might want to compare the > potential length of your records to what ProCite can handle. > > Lee Sorensen > Duke University > > > >----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > >Clive, > >You may want to have a look at ProCite. It is based upon the MARC format, > >is easy to import information (with the proper software), can be used by > >multiple users (an option), has search only capabilities (to protect the > >records), and produces customized reports/bibliographies. It is also > >available on different platforms. > > > >Good Luck! > >Beth > > > > > >>----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > >> RE>Artist books 6/17/96 > >>We started ours on the INMAGIC package many years ago. When we installed > >>our DYNIX system about three years ago, we uploaded with no difficulty. We > >>still don't have more than a rudimentary record but INMAGIC is very > >>capable. > >> > >>-------------------------------------- > >>Date: 6/17/96 11:48 AM > >>To: Bob Foley > >>From: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSIO > >>----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > >> > >>TO : ARLIS-L > >> > >>FROM : Clive Phillpot > >> > >>....................................................................... > >> > >>In recent travels around Europe I have come across an expressed need for > >>a common database package which could be used by small archives and > >>collections for constructing a catalog of artist books. It should be an > >>elementary fill-in-the-blanks database that could be utilized by > >>unskilled labor, but which could easily be translated into MARC if the > >>collector or institution was able to do more sophisticated cataloging > >>later. > >>Either an off-the-peg database would do, or a customized database that a > >>colleague would not mind sharing - with the possibility of its being > >>adopted as a quasi-standard among small, often alternative, collections. > >>I would be glad to hear from anyone in North America (or beyond) who > >>coule offer suggestions. > >>Many thanks. > >>Clive Phillpot. > >> > >>....................................................................... > > > >\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ > >///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > > > >Beth J. Dodd Architecture and Planning Librar > >Curator The General Libraries > >Architectural Drawings Collection The University of Texas at Austi > >[log in to unmask] P.O. Box P > >512.495.4621 Austin, TX 78713-8916 > > > >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >