At NMAfA we use the Loan/Reserve Status field and the following values: open, closed, pending, released. Our receipts are keyed to these values and we use the Remarks field to add dates & notes. Jeffrey Smith Database Administrator Smithsonian Institution PO Box 37012 National Museum of African Art Room 1110, MRC 708 Washington, DC 20013-7012 [log in to unmask] phone 202-35-74600 ext. 242 fax 202-357-4879 >>> [log in to unmask] 04/11/03 11:47AM >>> The following is a question from NPG's Registrar's office: Can anyone share with me how you track single objects within a loan of multiple objects when that single object returns from loan earlier than the rest of the objects? Is a new loan created for that single object or do you track the status of each object individually on the objects card in "Loan reserve/status"? For reporting purposes I need to be able to track the exact dates each object has been out on loan.