Our classifications for books are: Books and manuscripts - Books bindings - Books - Manuscripts - Textile sample books Illustrated books Hope this is of some use. Linda Pulliam Head of Collections Management Museum of Fine Arts, Boston -----Original Message----- From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Diane Lee Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 4:57 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: cataloging books as objects I am interested in hearing about this as well. We don't do this regularly, but recently accessioned a Bible owned by Governor John Winthrop of Connecticut as more of an 'object owned by him' rather than as a Bible. It is living in our library stacks with the other books, but is being considered a 'museum object'. Any other examples of what people are doing for medium, classifications, etc. would be great! Thanks, Diane ========================================== Diane Lee, Collections Manager Ÿ 860-236-5621 x242 Connecticut Historical Society -----Original Message----- From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kaines, Jen Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 2:27 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: cataloging books as objects Amber Here in Leeds we used a simplified form for published books in the medium field much as you suggest, usually the key for us in this instance is whether it is a hardback or soft covered book. Hope that helps Regards Jen Jen Kaines Registrar and Collections Manager Leeds Museums and Galleries Tel: 0113 214 1569 Mobile: 07891 270 568 Fax: 0113 214 1549 Leeds Museum Discovery Centre Carlisle Road Leeds LS10 1LB ________________________________________ From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Morgan, Amber [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 09 March 2010 18:15 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: cataloging books as objects Is anyone cataloging books in their object module? Our general use library is being cataloged in the bibliography module, but our archival collection of books is treated like objects and thus entered in the object module. For anyone cataloging books this way, I have a question for you: What kind of data are you including in the medium field? We are listing the medium with as much detail as we would for a work of art, and I can’t help but wonder if that’s just ridiculous. For example: Would you use “printed ink on paper with coated cardboard cover and printed, coated paper jacket,” or simply “hardcover book with dust jacket?” I can see the need to include a very detailed medium description for artist’s books or other special books, but for regular, published books I wonder if we need to simplify a bit. It would be really helpful to see how other museums are doing this. I’ve managed to find some examples on the Met’s site, but searching for books in museum collections can be kind of hit or miss. If anyone knows of any online collections that include books this way, please let me know. Thanks, Amber the warhol: Amber E. Morgan Associate Registrar 117 Sandusky Street Pittsburgh, PA 15212 T 412.237.8306 F 412.237.8340 E [log in to unmask] W www.warhol.org<http://www.warhol.org> The Andy Warhol Museum One of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh Email newsletter http://members.carnegiemuseums.org/email Membership http://members.carnegiemuseums.org/SupportCMP ________________________________________________________________________ The information in this email (and any attachment) may be for the intended recipient only. If you know you are not the intended recipient, please do not use or disclose the information in any way and please delete this email (and any attachment) from your system. The Council does not accept service of legal documents by e-mail. ________________________________________________________________________