Visiting Mr. Collins

This week Karin and I went to the Museum of Natural History for a meeting and took an opportunity to lure Paul Collins, CMAP Manager out for lunch in the Halifax Public Gardens.

Lunch breaks are a rarity at the ANSM office, but a chance to see the gardens in their summer splendor while catching up on museum happenings was not to be missed.
A major topic of our lunchtime conversation was the Passage DB software and the imminent - really imminent need - for its upgrade.

The SDI program - managed by Paul as part of his CMAP program - has always been an important support for the community database project known as the Passage Project.
The 2010 SDI deadline is fast approaching and ANSM staff are working hard towards a working solution for the future of the collections management database. So far things are looking good.... now we need to pull our proposal together.....