Free open-source relational cataloguing software

Collective Access

I’ve just discovered this free, open-source software. It is web-based; designed to catalogue, manage and publish archival or museum collections.

http://collectiveaccess.org/

there is a demo version at:

http://demo.collectiveaccess.org/index.php/system/auth/login

Technical stuff is on the wiki:

http://wiki.collectiveaccess.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

The most useful feature for curators of art and design images is the built-in vocabularies notably the  Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus and the Library of Congress subject headings.

Other observations:  Search options seem a little limited. Images can be uploaded. Open Access can be integrated with Fedora.

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