We are located on O'ahu but are a state-wide museum, trying to serve a population on several islands. We currently have library and archival materials cataloged on-line and available to anyone with internet or OCLC access. We are proposing various levels of detailed catalog access to cultural and biological collections with a representative number of examples digitally imaged. Using yourself as a potential user of on-line databases, I would appreciate feedback from the list. I am also soliciting responses from museums with REAL experiences, and HARD data on users.
Some museums already have catalogs on internet, with access via gopher.
All those are for plants, animals, geological specimens.