1. Special Offer- Time is Running Out!
2. New! Virtual Exhibit Website Hosting and Support Plan
3. Web Page Templates for Virtual Exhibit!
5. New update Available 3.5A8!
7. Look Who’s Using PastPerfect…
8. Conference Schedule for 2004
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1. Attention all Version 2.0, 2.5 and 2.6 Users! Time is Running Out!
Now through January 31, 2004, Pastime Software is offering the PastPerfect 3.5 Upgrade for the low price of $149. All of the benefits of this new version are too numerous to name, but here are a few:
- Larger screens with room for more fields, including more
user defined fields
- Spell Check for records
- Enhanced Research—search all four collection catalogs at once!
- Customized browse screens
- Backup to CD-ROM
- Global Updates
- Email Individuals from PastPerfect
- Primary and Secondary Addresses for Individuals and Members
- Import and Export data
- Over 200 customizable reports
- Attach up to 999 images to each catalog record with Digital Imaging
The upgrade process is quick and easy. Data is imported from Version 2 to Version 3.5 in a few easy steps, and images can be copied from your old to new versions. Please contact us to take advantage of this limited time opportunity!
2. New! Virtual Exhibit Support, Hosting and Advanced Search Capabilities.
Beginning January 1st, 2004, Pastime Software Company will offer Virtual Exhibit hosting services on the www.MuseumResearcher.com website. Our PastPerfect customer support staff will assist you with all of your VE and web site creation issues and assist in making your collections accessible on the internet.
The VE hosting and support package is priced at $289 per year for AASLH members ($ 361 for non members) and includes the following:
§ Unlimited Virtual Exhibit web page storage space on
museumresearcher.com (regularly $5.99-$15.99 a month)
§ Free ASP indexing utility for enhanced search capabilities
§ Full year of Virtual Exhibit customer support. (regularly $211 or $169
for AASLH members)
§ Free Home Page template to match your existing website. ($169 value)
§ Free logo link on MuseumResearcher.com index page
Having your collection data online enhances your current web presence and offers the opportunity to reach a wide audience. By using Virtual Exhibit, you can post your PastPerfect catalog data to the web for the world to see. It’s safe too. You pick the records and the fields you want to post!
Contact sales@museumsoftware.com to order today.
3. Web Page Templates for Virtual Exhibit
Liven up your Virtual Exhibit website with custom templates that match VE to your existing web pages. VE templates make the Virtual Exhibit website match your existing site every time you recreate your collections based website. It's as easy as 1.2.3:
1) Submit your HTML example page to us
2) Copy a couple files to your computer
3) Click "Create Website"
Template creation is only $169 per page. You can choose to customize your Main Page, Exhibit Page, Record Page, Image Page, Search Page, and/or Search Results Page.
Check out this example, http://www.museumresearcher.com/vewebsiteputtle/index.htm which is a site based on the evaluation copy data.
Contact brian@museumsoftware.com for more information.
4. Upcoming Regional Training Sessions
Orlando, FL: Orange County Regional History Center Jan. 13, 14 & 15
Jonesboro, AR: Co-hosted by Arkansas Museum Association & Arkansas State University Museum at Arkansas Jan. 19, 20 & 21
Kansas City, MO: Hosted by the Piper Memorial Medical Museum at Saint Joseph Health Center March 23, 24 & 25
East Lansing, MI: The Historical Society of Michigan March 31, April 1 & 2
Tempe, AZ: Arizona Historical Society at Papago Park April 27, 28 & 29
Aurora, CO: Aurora History Museum June 9, 10 & 11
Contact training@museumsoftware.com for more information!
5. PastPerfect Version 3.5- New Update Available 3.5A8!
New Features now available in our latest update 3.5A8…
We are eager to hear clients’ suggestions and have incorporated the following into our newest version:
* Add choices “Disposed” and “Prop” to deaccession disposal method list
* Ability to change project name for previously entered volunteer hours
* Detail information for search terms
* If an individual is selected when browsing the individual file for duplicates from the add screen that record becomes the current record
* Backup to hard drive includes control file and error log
* Increase length of title field in deaccession to 150 characters
Don’t forget, if you have suggestions for PastPerfect improvements, please
e-mail them to suggestions@museumsoftware.com. We are always open to suggestions
and eager to hear of ways that PastPerfect can better serve our users.
6. Tip of the Month- Adding and Removing Names from People and Subjects Authority Files
Adding terms to your Authority Files can help save time and reduce errors when doing data entry. To add terms, click on the Setup tab and click the Authority Files button. On the list of authority files that appears, double-click on either People or Search Terms. If you want to add a new term, click the Add button, then type in the new term and hit Enter. When you go to your records, you will be able to choose that term from the authority file. If you want to remove a term, click on that term to highlight it, then click the Delete button at the top. This function removes the term from the list; however you will have to delete the term from your records.
Our newest feature in the area of Authority Files, is the ability to remove those terms that are no longer needed for the People and Search Term fields. By clicking on the “Remove Unused Terms” button, any of the terms that do not have records associated with them will be deleted. This feature is useful if you want to remove a term from the Authority Files that is no longer used. Simply follow the instructions above for deleting a term from a record and then go to the Setup tab and click on “Authority Files.” Under People and Search Terms, you will find the “Remove Unused Terms” button. A few things to keep in mind…to use this function, you must be sure no other users are in PastPerfect. You must also be careful to delete the terms that are no longer needed from the item records first, before attempting to remove them from the Authority Files, as terms will not be deleted if they have biographical or additional information saved with them.
7. Look Who’s Using PastPerfect…
*Saint Ignatius Archives, Museum and Theological Research Library*
The Saint Ignatius Archives, Museum and Theological Research Library is located in Mobile, Alabama. Founded in 2002 by Rev. Monsignor G. Warren Wall, it emphasizes the preservation of artifacts, photographs and publications documenting the early years of Saint Ignatius Parish, Catholic Mobile (1860 - present) and the Catholic Church. The Archives houses primary sources, artifacts, documents, photographs and publication relevant to the history of Saint Ignatius Church and School, Catholic History of Mobile, Alabama and the history of the Catholic Church. St. Ignatius Archives is the first established Catholic archival center in Mobile and Baldwin Counties in Alabama.
Saint Ignatius exhibits sacred art in their Art Gallery. Since August 2003, the Archives has also acquired the estates of Rev. Monsignor J. Edwin Stuardi and Monsignor Oliver E. Adams including personal diaries, photographs, documents and ceremonial vestments. Past Perfect 3.5 is used to catalogue the hundreds of objects in all of the collections, including both the church and school collections.
Want to know who else is using PastPerfect? Check out our updated User List at www.museumsoftware.com/client_list.htm
8. Conference Schedule for 2004
Please visit Pastime Software staff at the following conferences in 2004…
Small Museum Association: Ocean City, MD. February 22 – 24
American Association of Museums: New Orleans, LA. May 6 – 9
Florida Trust for Historic Preservation: Delray Beach, FL. May 12 – 14
Association of Indiana Museums: June 21 – 25
American Association for State and Local History: St. Louis, MO. Sept. 29 – Oct. 2
Association of Railway Museums Annual Conference: Ogden, UT. Oct. 13 – 17
Mid Atlantic Association of Museums: Philadelphia, PA. Oct 16 – 18
Address: 300 N. Pottstown Pike
Suite 200
Exton, PA 19341
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