Item HT 4468 Indexing Program - Business Simulations, Cardbox, PhotoArchive Project, Museum Victoria, 1995-2003

Summary

Electronic card indexing system, "Cardbox". Cardbox Software was used for Museum Victoria's Photoarchive Project.

Cardbox was used to catalogue and index photographic material and direct the user to the appropriate microfiche to be viewed on a reader (The microfiche is in TRIM - the Museum's archive system). The Project experimented with digital imaging. This was not taken up as research indicated the acquistion resolution of images was not acceptable - it would be regarded as extremely low in 2003. A computer and scanner were donated by Canon. Museum Victoria updated to Cardbox Plus - this was used with videodisc using LaserM - a program developed locally by Savage Software. LaserM was for text - it was the link between the software and the videodisc. LaserM was also used for the Esso Archive. The project then experimented with Picture Cardbox which combined text and images. This was not used as it did not have the capacity, retrieval response or the resolution. The next program tried was Cardbox for Windows. This was evaluated and then used with the Laurie Richards collection. It used digital images. The donor used Cardbox (DOS program) until he left the Museum in 2003.

Physical Description

Diskette, Reference Manual, Tutorial Manual, Reference Card, MSDOS User Information Card, Box for packaging. * Diskette: 5 1/4" floppy disk in paper wallet. * Reference Manual: Spiral bound book with 76 pages. Black cover with white strip at the bottom, green and white writing. * Tutorial Manual: Spiral bound book with 28 pages. Black cover with white strip at the bottom, green and white writing. * Reference Card: Single leaf card, with a fold along the centre. White, black and green. Features eight boxes to indicate program functions. * MSDOS User Information Card: Single leaf card. Black and white. * Box: Thin box with removable lid. Black with white, yellow and green printing on front and back.