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What's New
The following are all current and archived announcements from the front page bulletin board.
24 March 2008: New users to BG-BASE
Welcome to the following new BG-BASE users:
27 September 2007: Version 6.8 is now available
This upgrade focuses primarily on the inclusion of "skins". "Skins" allow a user to customize entry
windows to facilitate more effective use of the system. Contact us with your version number for full details and for
download instructions.
We strongly encourage all users of BG-BASE to upgrade to version 6.8 as soon as possible.
27 September 2007: New users to BG-BASE
Welcome to the following new BG-BASE users:
3 April 2007: BG-BASE at the 3rd Global Botanic Gardens Congress
Look for us at the 3rd Global Botanic Gardens Congress in Wuhan, China, from April 16-22. We will have
a booth in the exhibit hall at the Science and Technology Conference Center and we will also
be attending many of the scheduled sessions and events during the week. We look forward to seeing you!
3 April 2007: New users to BG-BASE
Welcome to the following new BG-BASE users:
3 April 2007: Recent workshops and presentations in the U.S.
30 Jan 2007: Revelation Software User Conference, Seattle; BG-BASE staff attended this three day
conference that brought together Revelation programmers from around the world to learn the latest tips
and tricks.
13 March 2007: "Seeds of Success Technology Improvement Project", Desert Botanical Garden; pilot project
in which several SOS field collecting teams were provided
rugged laptops, GPS units, and copies of BG-BASE to facilitate data collection in the field.
19 June 2006: BG-BASE profiled on the Revelation Software web site.
15 May 2006: Recent workshops and presentations in Europe
24 April 2006: Producing labels from BG-BASE; National Botanic Garden of Belgium
[PLANTCOL consortium members and staff of the National Botanic Garden of Belgium]
9 May 2006: "From ecosystem to genes: Information management, botanic gardens and conservation" ; Nezahat Gokyigit Botanik Bahcesi, Istanbul [during meetings to establish a network of botanic gardens
throughout Turkey]
15 May 2006: Producing Index Seminum listings from BG-BASE; Kalmthout Arboretum, Belgium
[PLANTCOL consortium members]
27 March 2006: New users to BG-BASE
Welcome to the following new BG-BASE users:
27 March 2006:
George Owusu-Afriyie, Director of Aburi Botanic Garden,
describes how BG-BASE is helping to conserve medicinal plants in Ghana.
15 November 2005: New users to BG-BASE
Welcome to the following new BG-BASE users:
2 August 2005: Two BG-BASE institutions make their
herbaria data available on-line
Two institutions using the Preserved Collections module of BG-BASE to manage their
herbaria have recently made their data available on-line. Click the link(s) below to search their
collections.
George Safford
Torrey Herbarium at the University of Connecticut (UCONN)
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E)
28 February 2005: Longwood Gardens joins the BG-BASE user community
Longwood Gardens Kennett Square, PA, is known around the world for its stunning horticultural displays. We are delighted that staff at Longwood
are now using BG-BASE as well. Work began last fall converting the garden’s MS Access data into BG-BASE, culminating in the installation and training
earlier this month. The garden is using the Living and Preserved Collections modules, and will also be posting their data on-line in the near future.
Welcome aboard!
29 November 2004: New users to BG-BASE Welcome to the following new BG-BASE users:
The following institutions are also now using BG-BASE as part of the PLANTCOL project in Belgium:
- Hortus Botanicus Lovaniensis (Leuven)
- Stad Antwerpen Plantentuin (Antwerpen)
- Hof ter Saksen (Beveren)
- Arboretum Bokrijk (Bokrijk)
25 October 2004: Version 6.4 and updated QuickStart guide now available
Version 6.4 represents nearly a year of further development and contains (literally) thousands of changes and enhancements to the system.
And, it's free for all Windows users of BG-BASE! Included in the upgrade is an updated QuickStart guide.
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** This upgrade may only be applied to BG-BASE versions 6.2 and 6.3. **
If you are using an earlier version of BG-BASE, contact us with your version number for additional details.
We strongly encourage all users of BG-BASE to upgrade to version 6.4 as soon as possible.
23 August 2004: European BG-BASE User's Group meeting held in the U.K.
Read about the European BG-BASE User's Group meeting held in July 2004 at Cambridge University Botanic Garden, as written by
Martyn Phillips of Revelation Software, U.K.
21 June 2004: BG-BASE Inc. to open office in Maine
We are delighted to announce that we are opening a new office later this summer in Brunswick, Maine. Mike O'Neal will be re-locating to this area in late
July, at which point he will begin to transition BG-BASE Inc. services and activities to the 'Pine Tree' state. The office at The Holden Arboretum in
Kirtland, Ohio will continue to operate until this transition has been completed (likely late fall), at which point all U.S.-based operations will be
located in Maine. Operations at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh will not be affected. Further details will be posted as they become available,
please contact Mike O'Neal if you have any questions.
17 June 2004: New installations in Belgium and Florida
Two new institutions recently joined the ranks of BG-BASE users. We are pleased to welcome Jardin Botanique
National de Belgiqu (Brussels, Belgium, April 2004) and The Florida Botanical Gardens (Largo, Florida, May 2004) to the BG-BASE community.
24 May 2004: BG-BASE becomes Solution Partner with Revelation Software
The Solution Partner Program is reserved for companies that have a proven track record in developing and supporting software applications using Revelation Software products. Acceptance into this program will give us unprecedented access to Revelation's product support and marketing capabilities. Ever wonder who else uses products from Revelation Software? Take a look!
5 May 2004: BG-BASE User Group meeting to be held June 9th in Dallas, Texas
The annual BG-BASE User's Group meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 9th, from 1:00-2:15 pm in the State Room of the
Fairmont Hotel in Dallas, Texas. The meeting is being held in conjunction with the
American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta annual conference. This year's meeting
will feature an in-depth look at the latest version of BG-BASE and will include various tips and tricks to maximize your use
of the system. Also be sure to visit us in the exhibit hall during the conference itself. See you there!
28 April 2004: BG-BASE at the Second World Botanic Gardens Congress
BG-BASE was the topic of a one-hour session presented by Kerry Walter on the first day of the Second World Botanic Gardens Congress held in Barcelona, Spain in April 2004. The presentation started with general aspects of plant records and then moved on to the ways in which BG-BASE has been designed to provide solutions to what are often inherently complex issues. Despite some notable 'challenges' caused by a data projector which took to turning itself off every 45 seconds, the session was well attended and resulted in a good deal of interest throughout the rest of the 5-day Congress.
12 April 2004: Nebraska to Norway, new installations
Two new institutions recently joined the ranks of BG-BASE users. We are pleased to welcome Lauritzen Gardens (Omaha, Nebraska, February 2004) and the Agder Museum of Natural History & Botanic Garden (Kristiansand, Norway, March, 2004) to the BG-BASE community. With the addition of Norway, BG-BASE is now used in 26 countries.
12 April 2004: Windows 98 workstation support being phased out
Revelation Software has recently released the requirements for their next version of OpenInsight (version 7). Version 7 will not be supported on any version of Windows 98. Accordingly, we will also be phasing out BG-BASE support of Windows 98 workstations within the next 5-7 months. Please plan accordingly!
12 April 2004: The Holden Arboretum receives Stanley Smith grant
The Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust has provided funding to The Holden Arboretum to facilitate the translation of the Living Collections help screens into Spanish. This will be done in conjunction with several DOS-to-Windows upgrades for existing Latin America sites, and will include a new installation and documentation workshop to be held in Xalapa, Mexico later this year. Many thanks to the Trust for its continued support!
March 2002: BG-BASE version 6!
BG-BASE version 6 for Windows was previewed in July 2001 at the annual meeting of the
American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta (AABGA) in Denver, Colorado. This latest
version represents 16 years of working with a variety of botanical gardens, arboreta, zoos,
universities, and similar institutions to develop a comprehensive and standardized software
application to manage your collections data.
Utilizing OpenInsight as its new database engine, BG-BASE retains the
variable-length fields and multivalue field capabilities built into all previous versions of
the product. New to version 6 is the S/LIST Report Writer, an extremely flexible report wizard
that allows users to include mixed fonts and various other formatting parameters directly into
their reports ‘on the fly'. Existing reports are far easier to save and retrieve as needed, and
printer management is now controlled in the same manner as all other Windows applications.
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