Happy Spring! In this newsletter, we focus on the different emails that can be sent to organizations using PastPerfect Online and how to change who receives those emails.

We are also excited to announce we will be hosting several PastPerfect Online webinars this year. We plan to host one focusing on those not yet sharing their collections as well as a few "training" sessions intended to help current users get the most out of their sites. Keep an eye on your inbox in the coming months for official announcements!
Primary PastPerfect Online Contact
When an organization begins using PastPerfect Online, we ask them to designate a primary contact for the site, also known as their "PPO Admin." We keep the name, phone number, and email address provided for this person so that we can reach out with important information about the site. These communications are almost always via email and include confirmations for data uploads, maintenance alerts, or a notification if more records are uploaded than your hosting level allows. This contact is also given access to IMS, the Interface Management Site, where design and functionality changes are made for a site.

The PPO Admin should be a person who works directly with PastPerfect Online rather than an IT person or general administrator. The contact information we have on record will be listed on your Welcome Letter.

To change this contact or email address, please have the current contact email pposupport@museumsoftware.com with the updated information.
PastPerfect Online Forms
Your site has two built-in methods that allow your web visitors to easily communicate with you: a Feedback Form and an Image Request Form. When a visitor submits one of these forms, an email is automatically sent to someone at your organization. By default, the emails are sent to the PPO Admin mentioned above, but they can be sent to a different email address instead.

Feedback Forms
If the Feedback Form is enabled for your site, visitors can submit feedback using the "Send Us Feedback" button, which is located at the top of each online record. The email will contain the contact information and comment(s) provided by the person who submitted the form, as well as a link to the online record.

To change the recipient email address, log into your IMS Site, navigate to the Feedback tab, then update the Feedback Manager Email Address field. Be sure to click the "Update Museum" button for the change to be saved. Note that only one email address may be entered. Step-by-step instructions with screenshots are available in the User Guide at https://museumsoftware.com/ppohelp/#t=EnableCustomizeFeedbackForm1007.htm.

Image Request Forms
If Image Ordering is enabled for your site, visitors can request a copy of a shared image using the "Request Image" button, located below each image in the large image viewer. The email will contain the contact information and details provided by the person who submitted the form, as well as a link to the online image record.

To change the recipient email address, log into your IMS Site, navigate to the Image Order tab, then update the Image Order Manager Email Address field. Be sure to click the "Update Museum" button for the change to be saved. Note that only one email address may be entered. Step-by-step instructions with screenshots are available in the User Guide at https://museumsoftware.com/ppohelp/#t=EnableCustomizeImageRequestForm1003.htm.
Staff Pick
We are asking each of our staff to choose a favorite item from one of the many online collections. This artifact was selected from the online collection of the Dittrick Medical History Center by Jennifer because:

"I love how objects can spark meaningful conversations. I saw these nursing school pins and I wondered about my grandmother's time at nursing school in the early 1920s. I called my Mom to see which school Gram attended, and it was St. Agnes Medical Center School of Nursing in Philadelphia. I found the pin from that school! My Mom does not have a lot of information from her time there, but she did know a couple of my grandmother's lifelong friends from St. Agnes. She heard that my grandparents met and courted during that time, even though doctors and nursing students were not allowed to date. My grandparents married in 1925."
Grant Spotlight
Applications for the Humanities Collections and Reference Resources (HCRR) grant, offered by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), will be available starting April 18, 2023. The currently anticipated deadline to apply is July 18, 2023. 

HCRR advances scholarship, education, and public programming in the humanities by helping libraries, archives, museums, and historical organizations across the country steward important collections of books and manuscripts, photographs, sound recordings and moving images, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, art and material culture, and digital objects.

As the cycle approaches, guidelines for this grant will be available at https://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/humanities-collections-and-reference-resources. Until then, you can use this page to review the guidelines from the previous cycle for an idea of what the application process is like.


Applications for the Publishing Historical Records in Collaborative Digital Editions grant, offered by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), are currently open. The first deadline to apply is May 3, 2023. There is also a second deadline option with a draft due by August 15, 2023, and a final deadline of November 2, 2023.

The NHPRC seeks proposals to publish online editions of historical records. All types of historical records are eligible, including documents, photographs, born-digital records, and analog audio. The goal of this program is to provide access to, and editorial context for, the historical documents and records that tell the American story.

Guidelines for this grant are available at https://www.archives.gov/nhprc/announcement/editions.html.
Featured Sites
View more PastPerfect Online sites on our List of Collections page.

If your site is not listed and you would like to be, please let us know by sending an email with your organization name to pposupport@museumsoftware.com.
Need help with your PastPerfect Online site?
Contact us! Please email pposupport@museumsoftware.com or call 1-800-562-6080 if you have any questions about your PastPerfect Online site. Our team is happy to help!
This newsletter is for clients who use PastPerfect Online. We intend to use it as a way to discuss features and training opportunities as well as planned maintenance. Feel free to forward to anyone in your organization who would benefit from its content.