Would anyone responding please respond to the list, or kindly include me
in their private response? I'm in the midst of writing a standards
manual, and we're dealing with this issue ourselves.

Clarissa

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Clarissa Fostel
Assistant Registrar
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
5401 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243
* Please note new phone number:
941-359-5700 x1504
941.359.7716 (fax)

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Hi all,

We have a committee re-evaluating our current use of Object Type and
Classification in TMS.

We've historically used "Object Type" for a general,
registrar-controlled categorization of objects (painting, photograph,
work on paper...) and "Classification" has been a slightly more
specific
categorization controlled by curatorial.

We're now looking at refining our terms in Classifications, and adding
Thesaurus-controlled data entry for subclassifications.

Has anyone tackled this issue? Would love to know and pass along to my
staff what other institutions are doing with these fields. We are
particularly concerned with terminology for contemporary artworks.

Thanks,
Jeri

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Jeri Moxley
TMS Specialist
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
(212) 423-3509