Message-Id: <199706052250.PAA46820@dns.ccit.arizona.edu> Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 08:57:08 +1000 From: Jennifer Brasher <mailto:J.Brasher@INS.GU.EDU.AU> Subject: Re: Cumulus To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
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>Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 10:55:38 +0000
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>From: Paul Andersen <mailto:paul_andersen@ONLINE.DISNEY.COM>
>Organization: Disney Online
>Subject: Re: Cumulus
>To: Multiple recipients of list VRA-L <mailto:VRA-L@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU>
>
>I agree that you do need to decide carefully what you need in a system.
>Cumulus does not offer "MARC-like" cataloging options. However, with
>the new 3.0 release, it is now easier to approximate the look and feel
>of a real thesaurus, complete with related terms and preferences to
>insure unique keywords. Theoretically, with 3.0 one could now import
>their own controlled vocabulary, or say LCSH for Graphic Materials
>(although this would be a bid job).
>In Cumulus 3.0 there are 3 user enterable fields: keyword, notes, and
>image name. The rest of the information, such as file type and color
>mode is gathered automatically. However this information is pretty much
>useless if all you are using the catalog for is to reference the
>physical item.
>But you could do some intersting things, such as: if you put the
>physical item location information in the notes field, marked up in
>html, that html can be rendered through the web interface to Cumulus.
>So when someone performs a search and retrieves a response, a link in
>the record could take the user to a page showing the items location.
>Just a thought.
>
>I don't think Cumulus solves everyone's problems, but for some it is a
>relatively easy solution that offers a suprising amount of
>functionality. I've had quite a bit of experience with the app and
>would be happy to answer any questions.
>
>Paul
mailto:>paul_andersen@online.disney.com >
>
>Trudy Levy wrote:
>>
>> Sorry to respond so late, but something for the Academic VRA people to bear
>> in mind is that Cumulus, while it has a very fast browser, good imaging and
>> is relatively easy to use, is based on keyword searches. It allows you to
>> group keywords into hierarchies which they call categories which can
>> approximate field information, but it is a convulated approach. It is not
>> customized toward art at all. For the commercial users it has many
>> positive aspects, including the ability to launch many related programs.
>> The "key" to the selection is do you have an image library or an
>> informational database of which an image is a piece.
>> Trudy
>>
>> >Hello All,
>> > This is the year of the software search here at UCI! We are
>> >seriously considering a new collections management system for the archive
>> >(presently using VRMS) and are trying to evaluate the best possibilities.
>> >Needless to say, we are looking at Rediscovery, Embark, etc. trying not to
>> >obsess on platform, but just find the best product (as daunting as this
>> >is!). However, our computer support person has suggested that we look at
>> >Cumulus 3.0 by Canto Software Inc. Has anyone else explored this option or
>> >are there any sage advisors out there? Something makes me think that I've
>> >seen some discussion of this somewhere - a reference to where I can find any
>> >previous comments would be useful too. Any ideas on the topic of software
>> >would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance for your 2 cents!
>> > Best wishes,
>> > Maureen
>> >Maureen Burns, Senior Curator
>> >Visual Resources Collection
>> >University of California, Irvine
>> >104 Studio Four
>> >Irvine, CA 92697-2785
>> >mailto:MABURNS@UCI.EDU
>> >Voice (714) 824-8027
>> >Fax (714) 824-2450
>>
>> Trudy Levy
>> Image Integration
>> mailto:iminteg@sirius.com
>
>--
>***********
>* Paul Andersen
>* Digital Archivist
>* Disney Online - mailto:paul_andersen@online.disney.com
>
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