[12678] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Seeking information on researcher registration software
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mattison, David ISTA:EX)
Fri Jan 22 20:03:40 1999
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 11:22:56 -0500
From: "Mattison, David ISTA:EX" <David.Mattison@gems3.gov.bc.ca>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU>
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Posted to ARCAN-L, ARCHIVES and PACS-L, January 21, 1999:
>
> We are seeking information from other archives using software to register
> researchers.
>
> Our present manual system requires the researcher to complete and sign a
> card at a security station after which an archivist issues the researcher
> with a wallet-size pass. The pass is good until the end of the calendar
> year in which it is issued and may or may not be stamped with a code
> permitting evening and Saturday access.
>
> While we know about library management software for borrower registration
> and circulation control, we would like to hear from other institutions
> that have developed or purchased standalone systems for use in an archive
> setting.
>
> David Mattison
> Access Services Archivist
> British Columbia Archives
> Information, Science and Technology Agency
> E-mail: David.Mattison@gems3.gov.bc.ca
> Web: http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca
> Tel: 250-387-3401
> Fax: 250-387-2072
>
