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Paper Records with Electronic?

by David Grabitske on January 20, 2011 · 5 Comments · in Collections, PastPerfect

Now that many of you have made the move to electronic cataloging (such as PastPerfect), are you still keeping paper records? Of course we keep the signed acquisition forms, but do you maintain paper accession books and a card catalogs of artifacts? At this point, I am continuing to maintain paper records like they started [...]

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Mimicry for Professional Capacity

by David Grabitske on October 13, 2010 · 2 Comments · in Local History Standards, PastPerfect, Social Media

In their book, “Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives,” Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler examine a number of behaviors exhibited by networks. Local historical organizations in Minnesota, and really across the country, are an example of a network. Those who volunteer and work in the field tend [...]

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Offsite Data Storage

by David Grabitske on September 29, 2009 · 3 Comments · in Collections, Digitization, Information Technology, PastPerfect

McLeod County Historical Society uses Past Perfect Museum Software on its network computer system, like many small historical museums. In the last three years we have been adding a tremendous amount of digital media, i.e. photos and recordings, to the system. This has created some storage and backup problems for us. My board would like to explore the option of [...]

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