David,
Take a look at what we did for our frame collection: http://britishart.yale.edu/collections/search/frames
Frame records will be linked to painting records in our online catalog via linked data.
Emmanuelle
Emmanuelle Delmas-Glass
Collections Information Specialist & Data Standards Administrator
Collections Information & Access Department
Yale Center for British Art
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From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Aylsworth, David
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Subject: Crates and Frames as objects in TMS
For a variety of reasons, we've started moving towards creating object records for crates and frames that can be separately linked to the artwork that was either packed or framed inside. This lets us capture a whole lot more information about the frame (or crate) than we can by using the component (for frames) or shipping module (for crates).
We're really now wanting to ramp up our use of this, and want to use TMS to track a lot more detailed information about each frame, including the finish or painted color, whether there is glazing that we are keeping with an empty frame, what the depth of the rebed is, etc. We also want to let our framers have a way to virtually shop through the inventory of empty frames, reserve them for an upcoming exhibition, and know how many more to have made.
And then, of course, we want to track things with RFID which, although a new and foreign thing for us, is not at all new technology anymore.
I would love to hear from any of you who might have already gone down this path. Are there tips we should be thinking about? Shortfalls that we'll be sorry we're doing this?
Thanks,
David
David Aylsworth
Collections Registrar
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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