Message-Id: <199706052253.PAA302440@dns.ccit.arizona.edu> Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 08:57:45 +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 10:27:33 -0800
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>From: Trudy Levy <mailto:iminteg@SIRIUS.COM>
>Subject: Re: Cumulus
>To: Multiple recipients of list VRA-L <mailto:VRA-L@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU>
>
>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 >
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