Danielle,
Many thanks! I'll be in touch.

David


*David Lowe | The New York Public Library**Specialist II, Photography
Collection*

*Photographers' Identities Catalog <http://pic.nypl.org>*

On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 10:48 AM, Danielle Uchitelle <
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> David,
>
>
>
> Yes, eMuseum supports multiple approaches to constituent searchability,
> from simple searches on name and name variants to elaborate queries linking
> dates, roles, attributes, and geography.  Here are a few examples:
>
>
>
> The most basic approach to constituent searching with eMuseum 5.1, using
> the standard default template: http://emuseum5.gallerysystems.com/people
>
> A more extensive implementation of constituent searching at the Reading
> Public Museum: http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/
> advancedsearch/objects
>
> Example of a timeline and geolocation at the Danish Arts Foundation:
> http://vores.kunst.dk/en/start
>
>
>
> Remember, though, that the success of these approaches depends on the
> completeness and accuracy of your authority tagging, whether it is links to
> a custom thesaurus or to a term and name authority such as AAT and ULAN.
>
>
>
> If you want to contact me directly I can give you other examples and
> perhaps show you how eMuseum can provide the kind of access you’re looking
> for.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Danielle Uchitelle
>
>
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> *From:* The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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> *Sent:* Friday, June 16, 2017 8:04 PM
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> *Subject:* Constituents details in eMuseum
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>
> Sorry to as an eamuseum question in the TMS list, but I assume many of you
> also use eMuseum.
>
>
>
> How configurable & searchable are constituents in eMuseum. I see various
> institutions including various fields, but so far I don't find them
> searchable. Can it be configured to search for, say, female painters in
> Spain in the 1700s? The gender and discipline would come from a custom
> thesaurus, and the location and dates from addresses. I do something like
> this with Photographers' Identities Catalog (a custom built app
> http://pic.nypl.org/map/?address.AddressTypeID=*&
> address.CountryID=20&bbox=*&Nationality=*&gender.TermID=
> 2027998&process.TermID=*&role.TermID=*&format.TermID=*&
> biography.TermID=2028094&collection.TermID=*&DisplayName=*&Date=%5B1687%
> 20TO%201899%5D&mode=2)
>
>
>
> Anybody doing adventurous stuff with names in eMuseum? I haven't found
> anything more than a free-text search of the Display Name field.
>
>
>
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> *David Lowe** | **The New York Public Library*
> *Specialist II, Photography Collection*
>
> *Photographers' Identities Catalog <http://pic.nypl.org>*
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