I played around with CollectionSpace a couple of ways. The interface is clean and straight-forward. Not knowing what to put into the input fields made it a little confusing but that is just a matter of knowing the jargon and having data to work off of. In creating an “Acquisition” entry I was not sure whether or not to add terms that weren’t found in the existing vocabulary that would appear in the pull-down so I just left those input fields blank. Also it moves rather slowly between pages.

I also created a “Photographic” catalog entry (“Rabbit Man”) which has a lot more input fields than the “Acquisition” entry. I did not fill out all the input fields because I lacked the information to do so but the form itself was thorough; there was input considered for the contents of the object itself, its physical characteristics and its provenance, as well as extended boxes for interpretation (though I wonder if that is too subjective.)

Even though there is a lot of information that can be put into each new entry, overall the look of the interface is clean and simple enough to not be overwhelming.