3.4. Collection management systems (TECHNOLOGY)

[trobertson]

@pzermoglio

For those using CMSs, interfaces with the catalogue would be great and save people a lot of time and effort. But we should not neglect those using simple spreadsheets, for whom other solutions would be needed (the beauty of the IPT model, allowing just uploading a simple file).

Thanks @pzermoglio. This is very much in line with our thinking on the sketch we put together. Going beyond even the IPT model which requires someone to install a server, having some simple web forms to fill in, along with the ability to upload Excel files with standardised field heading could really lower the technical threshold for many to have an online search portal. Excel and databases like FileMaker are commonplace and we need a technical solution that allows easy participation. I propose we consider offering that natively in the catalogue itself.