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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- This is a cross-posted message which has been answered on VRA-L. Maryly Snow > > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > Dear ARLIS staff: > > My name is Douglas Morgan and I am a teacher at Chadwick School in the > South Bay area of Los Angeles County. Our school was founded in 1937 and > we have thousands of photographs that need to be organized with the help of > an image database. Recently I attended a demonstration of the "Cumulus" > software package. I was impressed with what it had to offer but I have > many questions about image databases. Perhaps you can help me to answer > them. > > - What are the file naming conventions that should be followed? > > - What kind of information should be included with each image? > > - What is the general approach that should be taken when setting up a > Cumulus database and what helpful tips for setting up the program can you > give me? > > - Are there people resources that we can hire to get us up and running on > our database? > > Thank you for whatever help you can give us or whatever direction you can > point us in to get started with this important task of creating an image > database for our precious photographs. > > Sincerely, > > Douglas Morgan >