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Get Your Free Copy of The FIAF Moving Image Cataloguing Manual

Get Your Free Copy of The FIAF Moving Image Cataloguing Manual

Providing Best Practices and Tools for Institutions with Film Collections The International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) has published The FIAF Moving Image Cataloguing Manual, designed to help archivists working with moving images to navigate the technological advancements in cataloguing, […]

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Stark Museum of Art

Stark Museum of Art

Preserving, Cataloguing, and Sharing Rare Books with Collections Management Software The Stark Museum of Art in Orange, Texas, was the vision of collectors H.J. Lutcher Stark and Nelda C. Stark. Opened in 1978, the Stark collection is focused on “the […]

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I’m Here, but My Database Is There: Accessing TMS When You’re Away From Your Home Base
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I’m Here, but My Database Is There: Accessing TMS When You’re Away From Your Home Base

I’m Here, but My Database Is There: Accessing TMS When You’re Away From Your Home Base

Setting Up Remote Access to Your Collections Management Software Between off-site visits, courier trips, and after-hours projects, there are a lot of reasons users can benefit from remote access to TMS on a smartphone or tablet. Connecting to TMS on […]

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Collective Conversations with Jen Kaines
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Collective Conversations with Jen Kaines

Collective Conversations with Jen Kaines

Jen Kaines, Registrar and Collections Manager, Leeds Museums and Galleries A day in the Registrars Department at Leeds Museums and Galleries, the largest local authority-run museum service in England, is never dull for Jen Kaines. As Registrar and Collections Manager, […]

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California Department of Parks and Recreation Case Study
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California Department of Parks and Recreation Case Study

California Department of Parks and Recreation Case Study

Using Barcode Technology to Track Collections during a Relocation Move The California Department of Parks and Recreation, otherwise known as California State Parks, has a mandate to preserve, protect, and interpret its museum collections which includes museum objects, natural history […]

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Collective Conversations with Gillian Essam
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Collective Conversations with Gillian Essam

Collective Conversations with Gillian Essam

Gillian Essam, Recently Retired Collection Information Manager, The National Gallery, London After a professional career spanning 24 years, Gillian Essam, former Collection Information Manager at The National Gallery, is still adjusting to her new-found free time. Prior to her arrival […]

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Collective Conversations with Emmanuelle Delmas-Glass
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Collective Conversations with Emmanuelle Delmas-Glass

Collective Conversations with Emmanuelle Delmas-Glass

Emmanuelle Delmas-Glass, Collections Data Manager, the Yale Center for British Art The Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, Connecticut is home to the largest collection of British art outside the UK. The works of art, rare books, and […]

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The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
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The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology

The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology

Standardizing Cataloguing for a Natural History Collection The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology is Canada’s only museum dedicated exclusively to the science of palaeontology. It houses one of the world’s largest natural history collection and features numerous displays of dinosaurs […]

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Best Practices for Cataloguing Photographic Archives
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Best Practices for Cataloguing Photographic Archives

Best Practices for Cataloguing Photographic Archives

Examined by Sarah Gillis, Assistant Registrar for Image Management at the Worcester Art Museum As galleries, libraries, archives and museums bring their physical objects into the digital realm, new methods of organization need to be designed to support the accessibility […]

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Bridging the Object / Component Divide
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Bridging the Object / Component Divide

Bridging the Object / Component Divide

A Step-by-Step Tutorial in The Museum System (TMS) The simple root of this complex issue is that an object can be composed of multiple components. A tea service is composed of a cup, a spoon, and a saucer, and it […]

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