Visual Resource Management System: Software for Cataloging Art Slides

Norine Duncan VRMS (Visual Resource Management System) is a menu-driven software program for cataloging individual art slides. The databases created are fully relationnal, and all fields are searchable. Labels and reports can be printed, with various format options available. The author, Curator of the Art Slide Library at Brwon University, provides illustrations showing the implementation of VRMS in her collection. The activities of the VRMS Users' Group are described including efforts to work cooperatively to develop standards for implementation so that sharing of catalog records can be facilitated. With comments from the software designer, Ron Reimers, the improvements expected in the 1994 release of Version 3.0 are discussed.