We have had some cases with our collection where curators would get very upset if searches for "Rembrandt" included the things "formerly attributed to" or "in the school of" Rembrandt. As messy as it admittedly is, we have generally tried to use the prefix and suffix fields, but have occasionally created new separate constituent records for "attributed to Rembrandt" so that when you search for Rembrandt, you only get Rembrandt. (actually, since this is Texas, instead of Rembrandt, it's Remington.... but I thought it would sound foofier to say that we have a problem sorting out all of our Rembrandts...) David Museum of Fine Arts, Houston telephone: 713-639-7824 fax: 713-639-7780 -----Original Message----- From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Smith, Jeffrey Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 1:58 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Constituents in TMS - Roles Prefix and Suffix have been the perfect place for us to add these qualifiers. Imagine how cool it must be for the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame to enter "The artist formerly known as" and then "Prince." :) -----Original Message----- From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Anna Kisluk \\eoj Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 2:53 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Constituents in TMS - Roles I am posting this on behalf of Dana Kreuger, Registrar, of the Emerson Gallery at Hamilton College. Please reply directly to her at: [log in to unmask] In circumstances where a work (painting, etc) is "after" or "attributed to" an artist, how have others dealt with this within TMS? Do they create multiple constituent records? Or do they add them to "role" when choosing constituents in the object data entry screen? We have been placing labels such as these in "Prefix" and "Suffix." These fields are found when editing a constituent from the Object record. They are under "Constituent Assistant", choose Edit, then "Cross-reference information". Is this a way that others have attached such items as "attributed to" or "after"? If not, where have others been placing these? Also, if not, what do they place in those "Prefix" and "Suffix" spaces? Thanks. Anna