MDA Software Survey
M3 - MINISIS Management for Museums
MINISIS Inc. - European Offices
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Last updated: 1.2003
Brief Description | With over 20 years experience in information storage and retrieval, M3 (MINISIS Management for Museums) - Chin accredited - is a fully-integrated multilingual collection management system including: Accession, Acquisition, Disposal, Catalogue, Reproduction Services, Location and Movement, Exhibitions, Loan, Conservation/Treatment, Risk Management/Valuation, Inventory Management. |
Minimum Hardware | Server:
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Operating Systems and Networks | O/S: Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP Networks: TCP/IP |
Images | Images, video, sound files and text are all supported. Any software registered in the Windows directory can also be accessed directly from within each individual record. |
Public Access | Internet, Intranet, and application interfaces are all available. |
CD Publication | Yes - additional costs apply. Please ask your regional MINISIS Inc. office. |
Internet | M3 has its own web interface product - MWI - which can be used for both searching and remote data-entry of MINISIS databases. Please see Web Site for more details. Z39.50 protocols are not supported. |
Database Architecture | Relational database with some object-orientated modelling. |
Cost - Single User | Prices start at £1,800. |
Cost - 5 Users | Prices start at £7,200. |
Additional Pricing Notes | Include public access module, CD and Internet access pricing models. Please ask your regional MINISIS Inc. office. |
Training | Basic - 1 day on site - £500 per day (max. 6 pers) per session - on site. Advanced (System/Database Administrator) - 2 days on site - £450 per day. Training sessions can be customised to suit individual needs. Does not include travel and accommodation. |
Support | Standard (15%), Premium (20%) of cost of software - user group, newsletter, free upgrades, email, ftp, remote-access (PC Anywhere, VNC), on-site visit (Premium). |
Museum Users and Sites in the UK | Users: 55. Sites: 2. |
Museum Users and Sites Worldwide | Users: [?]. Sites: [?]. in the Middle East, North, Central and Latin America, Europe and Asia. |
Largest Museum Site - No of Users and No of Records | World-wide - Public Museum of Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, Michigan USA - 50 users - 260,000 records. UK - Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery - 50 users - 122,000 records. |
Special Features | Integrated reproductions (invoicing, correspondence) and inventory management modules. Remote catalogue and subsequent dynamic update of central databases via lap-tops. MINT - Integrated Museum, Archival and Bibliographic Management System managed through a central registration module. |
Future Developments | [?] |
Technical Details
Feature | |
Audit trails | As standard |
Passwords | As standard |
Picklist | As standard |
Thesaurus for Data Entry | As standard |
Thesaurus for Retrieval | As standard |
Screen Designer | As standard |
Report Writer | As standard |
Modifiable Data Structure | As standard |
Maximum Characters per Field | Variable length fields available throughout application - tickbox or radio-button (1-100 characters), drop-down menu (1-100 characters) date field (10 to 22 characters), standard fields (1-unlimited characters). |
Maximum Records per File | Maximum theoretical limit 4Gb, but maximum existing user has 6 million records. |
Digital Image Formats | Most image formats - AccuSoft's ImageGear libraries have been incorporated into the M3 application. ImageGear libraries are those used by Paint Shop Pro. |
Data Import Facilities | Comma delimited, fixed length, tab delimited, ISO2709, BATCHIN, etc. |
Data Export Facilities | Comma delimited, fixed-length, tab delimited , ISO2709, BATCHIN, HTML, SGML, XML, MARC. |
For More Information Contact
Company Name | MINISIS Inc. - European Offices. |
Contact Name | Stephen McCullough |
Contact Job Title | Supervisor, European Operations. |
Contact Phone Number | +34-96-352-8101 or |
Contact E-mail | |
Address | Plaza Mariano Benlliure, |
Company Website |
Software Developer
Company Name | MINISIS Inc. - Head Office |
Contact Name | Christopher Burcsik |
Contact Job Title | CEO MINISIS Inc. |
Contact Phone Number | +1-604-255-4366 Ext: 222 |
Contact E-mail | |
Address | 333 Terminal Avenue, |
Company Website |
