We also use the bibliography module.  We don’t enter anything into the text field for bibliographic references (same for exhibition history but that’s another story).  We had our books entered into TMS by grad students from a local MLIS program.  It is a great intern project.

 

 

the warhol:
Amber E. Morgan
Collections Manager
117 Sandusky Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
T 412.237.8306
F 412.237.8340
E [log in to unmask]
W 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  

warhol: facebook | warhol: twitter

 

 

 

 

Hi Kristin, and everyone,

 

We, like some others have said, use both the module and the text fields under the object’s record. However, we actually use the “published references” field (object module > documentation tab) to list (in Chicago citation format) the publications that feature or reference the work – this field is displayed in the object record online through eMuseum. We use the “bibliography” field less frequently, for related research sources (sometimes a curator will provide these to us) – this field does not display online.

 

We use TMS 2012 and I like that it now shows a bibliography tab in the object module. (Or perhaps this feature was here all along and my memory is fading!) It provides a nice way to cross-reference your information. From the object module, I can click a title in the bibliography tab list, then click “edit,” and it takes me into the bib. module and I can then click the “citations” tab to see if any other artworks were referenced in the same publication. Especially nice if I want a list of works featured in a permanent collection catalog, for example.

 

Our data entry manual is a bit outdated since we upgraded versions, but like Robyn, I type a full citation into the bib. module’s “citation” field in the notes tab, mainly to save me time in copying and pasting it elsewhere (like, in the object module). We have not fully exploited the text entries or media tabs in the bib. module.

 

Our entries don’t link up to our library’s catalog, but it is helpful to track things on the registration end – if I can’t remember if I received a gratis copy of something, I can look it up and know that the library should have it, even if it’s not on their catalog online yet.

 

Melanie

 

Melanie Neil, Assistant Registrar

One Memorial Place, Norfolk, VA 23510

[log in to unmask]

(757) 333-6266/chrysler.org

 

 

 

 

To unsubscribe, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following commands in the body of the email:

signoff TMSUSERS

// eoj

You will receive a confirmation that your subscription has been removed.