[Web4lib] What about using Drupal for a stamp collection?

[Amy Rogers]

Hello everyone,

I need advice. I am entering library school (SJSU) this fall. I have  
a project in mind to do on my own time but it is related to putting  
information on the web. My mother, a retired academic librarian, has  
amassed in MS Access a beautiful stamp collection (1000+ records),  
complete with images and information on Scott #, Year, Category,  
Condition, Description, Denom, County, and Format.

She gave me permission to put it on the web so everyone could look at  
it -- the images of stamps are really something. At first I thought  
to simply import it into MySQL with an Access front end. But, now I  
am thinking about opening it so everyone could contribute to it. I  
thought of Drupal. But I used Drupal only to develop it as a simple  
website for a small business, so my Drupal knowledge is little weak.  
The discussion on this list about Drupal makes me wonder if it would  
be a good use for a stamp collection?

If I proceed with Drupal, what modules have you used or heard about  
that might work? So far I haven't seen any that would make it easy  
for everyone to record and display, at least, all the information  
already in Access.

If you suggest some other web-based database - a wiki, maybe? - what  
would it be? I am open to all ideas. I'd love to learn something new,  
too.

I look forward to your responses.  I am enjoying the discussions on  
this list!

Amy