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MUSEUM ARCHIVES DATABASE SURVEY Conducted and compiled by Elizabeth Ehrnst and Eumie Imm-Stroukoff, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Research Center

ARLIS-L = Art Libraries Society of North America listserv SAA-L = Society of American Archivists listserv SAAMUS-L = Society of American Archivists Museum Archives Section listserv N/A = Did not answer this question

Q4: Library Catalog collection level records

Institution

Listserv

Q1: Archives DB

Q2: CMS

Q2b: CMS conjunction

Q3: Archives DB finding Q3a: Finding aids aids other

Institution 1 Institution 2 Institution 3 Institution 4 Institution 5 Institution 6 Institution 7 Institution 8 Institution 9

SAA-L or SAAMUS-L SAA-L or SAAMUS-L SAA-L or SAAMUS-L ARLIS-L ARLIS-L ARLIS-L SAA-L or SAAMUS-L SAA-L or SAAMUS-L ARLIS-L

no TMS PastPerfect no no no no no no

no no no yes - KEmu no no no no no

no no no no yes yes yes no no

no no no by hand - Word no by hand - Word no by hand - Word no

no no no yes yes yes no yes yes

considering AT

Institution 10 Institution 11 Institution 12 Institution 13

SAA-L or SAAMUS-L SAA-L or SAAMUS-L ARLIS-L SAA-L or SAAMUS-L

no no no MS Access - homegrown Archivist Toolkit MS Access - homegrown Caudra STAR MS Access - homegrown no Filemaker Pro homegrown no N/A no Filemaker Pro homegrown N/A no Filemaker Pro homegrown Archivist Toolkit N/A no MS Access - homegrown Inmagic no MS Access - homegrown N/A N/A no Minaret Archivist Toolkit N/A no MS Access - homegrown no no

no PastPerfect N/A TMS

no no N/A yes - TMS

no yes N/A no

by hand no N/A by hand - WordPerfect

yes no N/A yes

considering AT

yes N/A no

no N/A by hand

no N/A no

have library module in PastPerfect

no no N/A by hand by hand by hand by hand - Word no by hand - Word N/A no by hand - Word no N/A by hand - Word N/A no by hand

N/A yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes N/A no no no N/A no yes no N/A

Institution 14 SAA-L or SAAMUS-L Institution 15 ARLIS-L Institution 16 SAA-L or SAAMUS-L Institution 17 Institution 18 Institution 19 Institution 20 Institution 21 Institution 22 Institution 23 Institution 24 Institution 25 Institution 26 Institution 27 Institution 28 Institution 29 Institution 30 Institution 31 Institution 32 Institution 33 Institution 34

SAA-L or SAAMUS-L SAA-L or SAAMUS-L ARLIS-L ARLIS-L SAA-L or SAAMUS-L ARLIS-L ARLIS-L SAA-L or SAAMUS-L ARLIS-L ARLIS-L ARLIS-L SAA-L or SAAMUS-L SAA-L or SAAMUS-L ARLIS-L ARLIS-L ARLIS-L SAA-L or SAAMUS-L SAA-L or SAAMUS-L

Museum Archives Database Survey

PastPerfect yes N/A N/A PastPerfect no N/A no N/A no no no no no N/A N/A no no no N/A no no PastPerfect PastPerfect

N/A yes no yes N/A N/A no no no no no no no no no yes N/A N/A N/A N/A no no no no yes - Willoughby iO yes N/A N/A no no no no no yes no yes 1

Notes

have museum, library and archives module

considering AT

have library module in PastPerfect

considered AT as alternative for future

considering AT or ARCHON

March 2009

Q1: Do you use an archival database to accession and describe your archival collections? If so, what is the name of the database? Archivist Toolkit 3

Archival Databases Used

Caudra STAR 1

FileMaker Pro 3

InMagic 1

MS Access 6

Minaret 1

None Used 13

Total Responses 28

Archival Databases Used Archivist Toolkit

3%

11%

Caudra STAR FileMaker Pro

11%

46%

InMagic

4%

MS Access

21%

Minaret None Used

4%

Q2: Do you use a museum collection management system (CMS) to accession and describe your archival collections?

Collection Management System (CMS) Used

None Used 19

PastPerfect 6

TMS 2

Total Responses 27

Collection Management System (CMS) Used 8% None Used

22%

PastPerfect 70%

Museum Archives Database Survey

TMS

2

March 2009

Q2b: Is CMS used in conjunction with an archival database?

CMS Used in Conjunction with Separate Archival Database

No 23

Yes 4

Total Responses 27

CMS Used in Conjunction with Separate Archival Database Yes

No 0

5

10

15

20

25

Q3: Do you use your archival database to create finding aids for each of your collections?

Finding Aids Generated from Archival Database

No 17

Yes 11

Total Responses 28

Finding Aids Generated from Archival Database Yes

No 0

2

4

Museum Archives Database Survey

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

3

20

March 2009

Q3b: If not, how do you create finding aids?

Finding Aids Generated by Another Method (other than Archival Database)

By hand 14

Not created 14

Total Responses 28

Finding Aids Generated by Another Method (other than Archival Database) Not created

By hand 0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

Q4: Do you create collection level records for your archival collections in the library catalog?

Collection Level Records Created in Library Catalog

No 13

Yes 15

Total Responses 28

Collection Level Records Created in Library Catalog Yes

No 0

2

4

Museum Archives Database Survey

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

4

20

March 2009

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