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September 2007 Newsletter 1.
New Name, Same Great Service: Pastime Becomes PastPerfect
Pastime Software Company, Inc., the creator of PastPerfect Museum Software, has officially become PastPerfect Software, Inc. We will continue to provide the same great products and services as we have for the past ten years. All contact information remains the same. For those in accounting offices who require W-9's, please contact Ginger at 800-562-6080 x 106, or by fax 610-363-7845 to get the new federal EIN number or to have the appropriate forms filled out. 2. Price Change Notice PastPerfect Software is committed to providing affordable software products for the museum community. It has been five years since our last price change. During that time the cost of doing business has risen. As of September 1, 2007, prices for most of our products will increase slightly. However, to continue our commitment to provide affordable museum software, the price of the PastPerfect Basic program and Digital Imaging/Multimedia Upgrade will remain unchanged. The cost of Scatter/Gather will have the largest increase to reflect the evolving complexity of that feature. Please visit our website for a complete list of new prices or contact us at 800-562-6080 or sales@museumsoftware.com if you have any questions. Mary Parr, President 3. Updated FAQs We have updated our Frequently Asked Questions (F.A.Q.) section on the Support portion of our website. It answers some of the most common questions in the areas of Operations, Collections, System Requirements, Contact Management, Conversions, Virtual Exhibit, PastPerfect Online, and Errors and Technical Support. Check it out! http://www.museumsoftware.com/support/faq.htm If you have comments or suggestions for future additions to this page please e-mail betsy@museumsoftware.com. 4. Beta Testers Wanted: Get Your Collections Online Would you like to provide public access to your collections through a searchable website? Do you want to host this website at your own server? Systems Planning, our partner in creating PastPerfect-Online, is looking for beta testers for a server application called MWeb Universal 1.1. This program will allow you to host your PastPerfect-Online website on your own server. If your institution is interested in becoming a beta tester, please review the server hardware requirements at http://www.systemsplanning.com/mweb/universal.asp#server. For additional details about the project, please have your organization's IT staff contact Stephen Toney at Systems Planning by email: info@systemsplanning.com. 5. PastPerfect is Coming to a Conference near You PastPerfect is continuing to add new locations to its conference schedule. Below is a list of conferences we are scheduled to attend. Be sure to stop by and say hello-we enjoy meeting our clients! American Association
for State & Local History Tribal Archives,
Libraries, and Museums Conference Mid-Atlantic Association
of Museums Conference 6. Upcoming Training Opportunities for PastPerfect 4.0 PastPerfect training classes for 2007 are well under way! Current training locations and dates are listed below. For more information, to register for scheduled regional training classes, or to inquire about possibly scheduling a session in your area for 2008, please contact our support office at 800-562-6080 or by e-mail at training@museumsoftware.com. St. Paul, MN-- September
11-13 Lincoln City, OR--
October 23-25 We thank you for your patience while the training program is being reorganized. We are working on preparing new training staff, as well as developing other training opportunities. Be sure to check out our website at www.museumsoftware.com/training.htm for additional training dates and other information! 7. Free Updates for PastPerfect Museum Software Did you know updates are available from our website for your PastPerfect Museum Software versions 3.5 and 4.0? These free updates are released approximately every two months and are available for download by going to www.museumsoftware.com/software_updates.htm. If you would rather receive a free update CD, please contact our Support Office toll free at 800-562-6080 or by e-mail at support@museumsoftware.com. PastPerfect Version 3.5 - New Service Update Available 3.5C2 While there are no new features in the version 3.5C2 update, there are service updates that have been requested by 3.5 users. PastPerfect Version 4 - New Update Available 4.0D3 New features available in PastPerfect 4.0D3 include: *Ability to print
blank loan forms before any loan records are entered 8. Look Who's
Using PastPerfect: South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame,
Columbia, SC Any journalism student can tell you that a good story will answer the questions - Who? What? Where? When? Why? and How? At the South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame, we tell the "story" of South Carolina law enforcement through our twelve exhibit areas, our museum collection, and our Memorial Room. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame (SCLEOHOF) was created by legislative act in 1974. At its creation, the purpose of the Hall of Fame was defined as being two-fold. First, and foremost, its purpose is to honor those South Carolina law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty. This purpose is met in the rotunda Memorial Room where 282 officers (as of May 2007) are remembered for their sacrifice for the people of South Carolina. Dating from 1797 to the present, each officer is represented by a plaque and a brief description of the circumstances of their death. The Hall of Fame's second purpose is to honor officers in the day-to-day performance of their duties. This purpose is accomplished through the museum collection and exhibits. In 1999, the SCLEOHOF began a reorganization and modernization of its collection management procedures and records system. A critical part of the reorganization was the utilization of PastPerfect Museum Software. Previously, all collection records were maintained with a traditional "paper" system. In 2006, we added the Multi-Media Upgrade, which enables us to include a digital image of the object or photo in each record. The greatest benefit for the Hall of Fame when using the PastPerfect database is its search capabilities. Though we maintain a relatively small collection, the ability to retrieve data about individual and/or related items without relying on memory or rifling through paper files provides fast and efficient access to the collection. The Multi-Media Digital Upgrade has been a particular boon to the photographic collection (now numbering over 3000 images and still growing!). Because of the nature of our collection, many of the images are similar and therefore difficult to differentiate by written descriptions alone. The addition of a digital copy to the catalog record greatly improves our ability to locate specific images without resorting to handling the actual photographs, thus improving the overall care and longevity of these artifacts. To learn more about the South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame or to plan a visit, please see our website at http://www.scdps.org/hof.asp. 9. PastPerfect Archives Report Highlight: Container List Within the Archives catalog, there is an option to create a Container List for those items that you wish to catalog as a sub-set of your main Archive record. If you have used the Container List option, the Container List report will allow you to search for a word or a string of words that may be found specifically within your Archives Container List. The Container List report is particularly useful when you wish to print information about items within the container list based on a specific term. You will have the option to search specific fields or all fields within the Container List. The results will automatically be sorted by the Object ID number, and you may indicate a second sort order including Container, Folder, Location, Creator, Date, or Title. To access this report, please click on the Reports button on the Main Menu, and then select the Archives button on the left hand side. The Container List report will be a little over halfway down the list. Select the report name and then choose Run Report. Check the Container List fields you would like searched - Object ID, Container, Location, Folder, Creator, Date, Title, Subjects and Description. Next, select the preferred secondary Sort order, in addition to Object ID number. Enter the word or string of words you are looking for in the "Search for:" field. After you have made your selections for the terms to search, fields to search, and sort order you may preview or print the report. Those who have PastPerfect version 4.0C8 and above may also export this report to PDF, Word, or HTML. For further information
or for assistance with this Report Highlight, please contact our support
office toll free at 800-562-6080. 10. Contact information To
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