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Away from my office until  April 17; phone ref. 992-6534. Absent jusqu'au 17
avril; tél réf. 992-6534.

W.Dale Ward
Library and Documentation Services
National Archives of Canada
Room 256,West Memorial Building
344 Wellington
Ottawa, ON K1A 0N3
Telephone:  (613)996-9280
FAX:        (613)943-8491
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From: "Purser, Jim" <[log in to unmask]>, on 4/11/00 1:25 PM:

Thanks for sharing your site with us Jane.  I'm looking at doing something
similar for our Scouts Canada District records (not work related).  How do
you get the database into an HTML format?  Does Filemaker Pro 4 do that for
you?
Jim

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Jim Purser
Records & Information Manager
Corp. of the City of Kingston
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jane Turner [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 1:22 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: FileMaker Pro
>
>
> At the UVic Archives, we use FileMaker Pro 3.0 (Mac) for all
> our archival
> needs.  We have 3 separate databases: Accessions/Donors, RAD
> descriptions,
> and our Directory of Records (DOR) to manage active
> university records.
> Someday I'll link the Accessions db and the RAD db, but I'm
> not ready for
> that yet. The DOR database is mounted in a FileMaker Pro 4.0
> version on a
> server for a searchable web version.  You can view it on our
> website at.
> http://gateway2.uvic.ca/archives/archives.html
> Click on: "UVic Directory of Records - Online Database"
>
> In true Mac fashion, I have found FileMaker incredibly
> user-friendly in all
> its functions, including design, layout, input and retrieval
> of complex
> archival information. I'd be happy to send you a copy of our
> file structure
> if you would find it useful.
>
> Jane Turner (ex-Ontarian)