June 2003
Museum Software News: Serving the PastPerfect Software Community
With over 2,821 users worldwide, Pastime Software Company is dedicated to providing a superior product and unparalleled customer support at a price that all institutions can afford!
How to contact us:
Support and Sales (800) 562-6080 or e-mail Support@museumsoftware.com
Training: (610) 304-0973 or e-mail Training@museumsoftware.comData
Conversions: e-mail Conversions@museumsoftware.com
New Features Available Now in 3.0D7
Here are some of the new features available now to Version 3.0 users in our free web update. · The research catalogs now allow greater than and less than queries· Option to print without a prompt for a local printer or print with network prompt for network printer· We have added the ability to add Home Location field to Items on Exhibit report. PastPerfect and its related products are depending on you. We constantly seek to improve our products by keeping abreast of developments in museum, archival, and records management systems. Your input makes for great software. Keep the ideas coming!
Tips and Hints for Keeping your Data Safe
We all know that disasters can happen. Here are a few ways to make sure that they do not happen to your PastPerfect data:
1.) We highly recommend that you backup up your data everyday
that you work in the program. The process only takes a few minutes and some
day when disaster strikes it will save you hundreds of hours.
2.) We urge you to perform both hard drive backups and backups to removable
media like a floppy or zip disk and a CD. The Hard Drive backup is great for
quick recoveries. The best way to ensure your safety of your valuable data
is to backup both to hard drive and removable media that is stored off site.
Regional Training Schedule
Pastime Software offers PastPerfect training classes on a Regional basis. PastPerfect Training is modular:Day one: Collections ManagementDay two: Membership ManagementDay three: Report Maker.
Upcoming Sessions:
Amherst Museum: Amherst, New York___June 24, 25 & 26
Booth Museum: Cartersville, Georgia___July 8, 9 &10
Baltimore County Historical Society: Cockeysville, Maryland___July 14, 15 & 16
Historic Cherry Hill: Albany, New York (Special One-Day Collections Management Only)___July 23
Montclair Historical Society at Montclair State University: Montclair, New Jersey___August 5, 6 & 7
Boulder History Museum at the George Reynolds Branch Library: Boulder, Colorado___August 11, 12 & 13
Richmond Public Library at the Richmond City Offices: Richmond, California___August 19, 20 & 21
Historic Southwest Ohio: Cincinnati, Ohio___August 19, 20, & 21
Minnesota Historical Society: St. Paul, Minnesota___September 23, 24 & 25
You may join us for only one day, combination of days, or all 3 days. The cost for the class is $119 per person per day. For AASLH members, we offer a discounted rate of $95.20 per person per day. If you are interested in attending a training session in your area or hosting a regional training session, please contact Amy Dunn by email at Training@museumsoftware.com.
Conference Schedule
Members of the PastPerfect staff will be on the road this spring exhibiting at the following conferences:
Association for Living History, Farm & Agricultural Museums: Princeton, New Jersey___June 21 – 23
Stop by and say “hello”!
We are always interested in what you have to say!
If you have suggestions for improving our products, web site, customer service, or anything else that comes to mind, please go online and use the form provided to tell us your ideas.
www.museumsoftware.com/Suggestions.htm
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