Hello Sari.

For the Diebenkorn catalogue we have put all the bibliographic
references in the bibliography module and then distinguished among the
various types by use of the data fields in the bibliography record and
the cross-references.  The only limitation we have had to work around is
the lack of a link between exhibitions and bibliography.  There is no
way to tie an exhibition to its catalogue.  I don't fault Gallery
Systems for this difficulty as it is not clear how such a link would be
consistently established. So many exhibitions and catalogues have
ambiguous titles.  Have any of you found a good way to accomplish this
link? 

  
Richard Grant
The Richard Diebenkorn Catalogue Raisonné Project
3200 College Avenue #2
Berkeley, CA 94705
510-428-1400
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Subject: Re: published references/bibliography


Hi Sari,

At the Smithsonian American Art Museum, we use neither of the text
fields in the objects module.  We prefer to use the bibliography module
to create records for each published source and link all the appropriate
objects or constituents to the bibliographic record.

Mary Ellen


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I would like to know how other museums use the published references
field vs. the bibliography field.  We have been putting bibliographic
information for the publications that refer to the object in the
published reference field and using the bibliography field for
bibliographic sources that do not refer directly to the object, but may
be helpful in general research (monographs, etc...).  I'm not sure this
is the best way to go about it.

Any suggestions?

Sari N. Cohen
Collections Manager
The Jewish Museum
1109 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10128
Tel: (212) 423-3352
Fax: (212) 423-3316
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