Arizona historical society sanguinetti house museum yuma. Free users for your volunteers and interns 25% discount on the cost of data migration from your legacy system to collector systems. Review the group restrictions to see if you want to make further restrictions for the new areas of version 5. Pastperfect museum software is an application for collections archiving. The summary band contains text that appears at the end of the report. Pastperfect allows you to create default data to simplify data entry. You select the pastperfect catalog records, images and data fields you want to publish, and pastperfect online will build a fully searchable, collectionsbased website.
The title band contains text that appears before the main report begins. These navigation buttons appear on many of the pastperfect screens, including at the top of catalog records and contact screens. Dspace preserves and provides access to various types of digital. Please note that these steps require pastperfects security feature to be activated. Know the differences between search terms, classification and subjects. On this screen you may create or delete contact groups, which are then available in the group dropdown menu on the contacts screen. Oct 27, 2014 forums group forums c2c community archives 2012 through 2014 creating object labels with pastperfect this topic has 3 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 5 years, 5 months ago by becca dubey. Pastperfect software, 300 n pottstown pike ste 200, exton. The fast, affordable, and secure way to create a fully searchable online catalog of your pastperfect data. If you desire, you can activate security to restrict unauthorized persons from the pastperfect program or various screens and features. This knowledge base article helps define each field and how to use. Pastperfect software is at westfields marriot conference center. Whether your organization is new to pastperfect or using a previous pastperfect version, web edition is designed to fit your needs. It is designed for museums, but may be used by various institutions including libraries, archives, and natural history collections.
For example, the 66 pastperfect museum software users guide. User services at purdue university engineering computing network. How do i add data grouping to a report maker report. In the last three years we have been adding a tremendous amount of digital media, i. These are the steps recommended when using pastperfect for the first time. Sold as an inexpensive desktop solution, pastperfect 5. Free online resources include video tech tips, a knowledge base, and a digital user guide. Work from your desk, inside a gallery, at an offsite storage location, or anywhere else that has internet access using your computer or tablet. Creating object labels with pastperfect connecting.
For a decade we have met to exchange ideas and experiences using pastperfect. Click the next button at the top to get to the appropriate security group for whom you want to activate the authority file verification. Smaller groups of these same navigation buttons appear on other screens. Free online resources include video tech tips, a knowledge base, and a digital copy of the user guide. Get the email lists of pastperfect vendors and pastperfect technology software companies list. Group support for pastperfect users treasured collections.
In report maker, you have the option to group search results together based on a specific field. New version of preservica simplifies digital preservation. Sign up for your own profile on github, the best place to host code, manage projects, and build software alongside 40 million developers. To further distinguish the items in the accession, simply add item numbers to the.
List2tech is the premier database of pastperfect users and pastperfect customers. Visit the client list for examples of who is using the software. Pastperfect software 300 n pottstown pike ste 200, exton, pennsylvania 19341 rated 4. The free software wasnt very userfriendly, and we attracted a huge number of spammers to the site. We provide everything you need to catalog and share. Desktop software for all your museum management needs. The second part of the number is derived from the chronological order in which the accession was received. To restrict access for a group, select the group with the prior or next buttons. Readytouse database templates and the user friendly interface let you easily and quickly organize your collections. Click each button under program areas in the sidebar, such as catalogs, to view the.
Pastperfect is the worlds leading software program for collection and. Your work group will have access to the same collections content and multimedia files. Add commas to numeric fields, catalogs acquisition value, accessesions price, incoming loans value. Originally developed at mit, dspace is an open source software used for building digital repositories. Software benefits small museum manager, software tour, screens simple, easytouse.
In my previous post, i gave some ideas about how to run a successful user group meeting. We are a group of museums, art galleries and historical societies all using the museum software pastperfect. Manage networked pastperfect museum software database. The user guide is also available in print and can be purchased from our online store. To add people to a group, click on the adddisplay group members button at the top of the screen, and then click on the add button. Embark collections management software helps you better manage your collection embark is affordable collections management software ideal for smaller institutions or collections. Most of us are located in southern ontario, with some further a field. When you open pastperfect again, you will be prompted with the pastperfect security check screen where you can log in. While the system works, if your are a museum required to log all of your exhibitions with the software, it is incredibly timeconsuming to add artists, dates, information on several pages for each item and then to have to independently create an exhibit or event, and then separately log the loan, all before having to go back and add images and make all of these separate sources. Inclusion of specific products does not mean that chin recommends the software, but that members of the community expressed. For a modest annual fee, we provide hosting and product support. Add a checkbox for include members marked deceased on the membership renewal screen. In this post, ill focus on the actual meeting format we typically use for our washington dc mongodb users group.
For current pastperfect users, web edition is an optional upgrade. Before you begin this task, pastperfect must be installed on your computer. To group records together, you must first determine what field will be best to use for grouping your results together, and then make sure that field is selected to group under the data grouping menu in report designer. Used by over 10,000 museums, pastperfect offers affordable, comprehensive, and easytouse software for organizations of all sizes. While embarks singleuser version can be installed right on your own macintosh or windows computer, the multiuser version allows simultaneous connections from either mac or windows workstations via a network. Latest pastperfect museum software update release notes. To specify that lithology is a group column, first select the column attributes box above the spreadsheet. Arizona historical society pioneer museum, flagstaff flagstaff. Worked great and had a lot of ways to track things that you didnt realize that you could or track in a database format, such as donors, volunteers, volunteer hours, dont take my word for it 100%. Pastperfect is a package that would get an institution up and running with an aestheticallypleasing interface and solid user services for retrieval of data with a minimum investment of time and expense. Pastperfect allows for the database storage of artifacts, documents, photographs, and library books. You can use it to manage your museums cataloging, acquisitions, loans. Enter the name of the person who will be logging in, as well as a password for that user.
See chapter 1 installation and upgrade for details on installation. For access to additional isadg archival fields, click on one of the six tabs. We provide everything you need to catalog and share your collection and manage contacts. Primarily used by historical societies and museums. W ith free and lowcost options, pastperfect training helps you get the most out of your new software. How do i notify or restrict users when they use an entry. These are the fields that will merge data from the records into the letter. This users guide refers to these buttons as a group as the navigation bar.
The company was founded in 1996 with the mission to create affordable software products for museums. Once you have the restrictions set up for your groups, you will need to add users to each group. With the exception of container list, the other views are the same as in the other catalogs. While the system works, if your are a museum required to log all of your exhibitions with the software, it is incredibly timeconsuming to add artists, dates, information on several pages for each item and then to have to independently create an exhibit or event, and then separately log the loan, all before having to go back and add images and make all of these separate sources link.
We provide pastperfect application user mailing database, pastperfect software user executives email lists and our most popular pastperfect user marketing lists. Then click a few times on the type cell of the group column, to bring up a menu where you select group 3. The cost of the software in terms of the range of functionality and ease of operation is a value. Arizona historical society museum at papago park tempe. Used by over 10,000 museums, pastperfect is affordable, comprehensive, and easytouse. Make sure you are viewing the group in which you want to add your user, then click the add or display group users button, which reveals the. Where can i get a deal on pastperfect museum software. To edit an existing contact group, click on the group to select it. Pastperfect technology users list pastperfect customer.
Pastperfect online is both a tool to create searchable html web pages and an online hosting service. Various tools are provided to make migrations and web deployment relatively easy and simple. Mcleod county historical society uses past perfect museum software on its network computer system, like many small historical museums. Pastperfect software, 300 n pottstown pike ste 200, exton, pa. If you have any questions, please contact our support office at 1. To summarize our findings, pastperfect, built by pastperfect software, inc. You may find that this format works well for any technical user group. How to contact pastperfect support how can we work on pastperfect from offsite storage or a home computer. This is especially helpful if you have many contacts with similar information. From the main menu, click on setup and then select security. The argus flexible webbased collections management system platform for museums and galleries is purposebuilt to enhance curation and significantly expand outreach, access and relevance enriching the experience of both inperson and virtual visitors while helping create and connect a cultural community. Preservica is a world leader in digital preservation technology, consulting and research. Forums group forums c2c community archives 2012 through 2014 creating object labels with pastperfect this topic has 3 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 5 years, 5 months ago by becca dubey.
A sidebyside comparison of museum collection management. This will show two extra rows at the top of the spreadsheet 2. The individual items in the accession would be assigned chronological numbers as well. Going forward, to help share questions, see pastminutes and more, we have started a closed private facebook group midwestern ontario pastperfect user group. To add a contact group, click the plus sign button, then type a group name in the new entry field. All your collection information is stored in one convenient place, while ease of export allows for easy collaboration with other professionals. We are the worlds leader in collection and contact management software. When a user is restricted from pastperfect online, dont allow user to change records to include.
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