Hello, As you may know, in the past the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) carried out a Collections Management Software Review with the support of the museum community. This was a resource intensive process, and CHIN has not done this in many years. However, we are in the process of updating our resources on collections management systems, and have undertaken a project with a number of tasks. One of these tasks still requires additional community support. A description of the project follows:
1) The Canadian museum community assisted us in developing a vendor survey, based on which we will be providing software profiles on our site. We targeted specific software based on our community requests. This process took place over the summer and fall and the profiles are currently being translated. 2) We developed guidelines for creating a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a Collections Management System. These are also being reviewed by some members of the community and will be translated and posted online. 3) We will be asking vendors to demonstrate a limited set of functions that have been requested by our advisory committee. We hope to have these demos in January and early February. It is important to have as many evaluators as possible, so I am reaching out to find additional community members who would be interested in participating in this part of the process. We plan to do the demos using Webex, but also will make video recordings available for the evaluators after the fact. If you are interested in taking part in this stage of our project, (or reviewing the RFP guidelines, which are still in progress) please contact me at: sheila.ca...@canada.ca<mailto:sheila.ca...@canada.ca> Sheila Sheila Carey Audience and Programs Analyst Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) Department of Canadian Heritage, Government of Canada 1030 Innes Road, Ottawa (Ontario) K1B 4S7 sheila.ca...@canada.ca<mailto:sheila.ca...@canada.ca> Tel: 613-998-3721 ext. 214 or 1-800-520-2446 Analyste des publics et des programmes Réseau canadien d'information sur le patrimoine (RCIP) Ministère du Patrimoine canadien, Gouvernement du Canada 1030 chemin Innes, Ottawa (Ontario), K1B 4S7 sheila.ca...@canada.ca<mailto:sheila.ca...@canada.ca> Tél. : 613-998-3721 poste 214 ou 1-800-520-2446
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