I would also be interested! Sarah gillis Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device -------- Original message -------- From: "Delmas-Glass, Emmanuelle" <[log in to unmask]> Date:01/22/2015 5:50 PM (GMT-05:00) To: [log in to unmask] Cc: Subject: Re: TMSUSERS Digest - 21 Jan 2015 to 22 Jan 2015 (#2015-12) Hi Frances I am. Thanks and happy new year! Emmanuelle Emmanuelle Delmas-Glass Collections Data Manager Yale Center for British Art 203-410-4069 Search our collections online. Sign up for YCBA E-News; follow us on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/britishart>, Twitter<https://twitter.com/YaleBritishArt>, Instagram<http://instagram.com/yalebritishart>, SoundCloud<https://soundcloud.com/yaleuniversity/sets/ycba-exhibitions>, and YouTube<http://www.youtube.com/yalebritishart>. BUILDING CONSERVATION PROJECT The Center will be temporarily closed fromJanuary 1, 2015 through February 2016 for its Building Conservation Project<http://britishart.yale.edu/architecture/building-conservation-project>. Please email the Reference Library<mailto:[log in to unmask]> and the Study Room<mailto:[log in to unmask]> to request special appointments, which will be accommodated on a limited basis, contingent upon the construction schedule. On Jan 22, 2015, at 17:33, "Frances Lloyd-Baynes" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: We have just completely reviewed and re-worked our data standards for these fields. Our review committee decided to leave the fields blank when there are no marks, etc., but to note it in the Description field as considered appropriate. (The group did not mind conflating 'empty' with 'none', even though it is a missed data capture opportunity.) We are also adding Query terms (a limited term list) in the Attributes field for identifying the kinds of marks, etc., enabling quick, consistent, targeted searches. Although we have Asian collections, we have not yet grappled with the colophon issue. If anyone is interested in seeing our new standards for these fields, let me know. I'm happy to share. All the best, Frances On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 4:00 PM, TMSUSERS automatic digest system <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: There are 5 messages totaling 1269 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Markings, Inscribed, and Signed - Leave Blank or Enter None (4) 2. Job Opportunity: User Experience Designer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 22:28:50 +0000 From: Brian MacElhose <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: Markings, Inscribed, and Signed - Leave Blank or Enter None Hi All, Just curious how others handle fields like Markings, Inscribed, and Signed. When you have reviewed the object and there is no mark, inscription or signature do you: 1. Leave the field empty 2. Enter "None" or "No Marks" or "No Inscriptions" etc. Thanks, Brian _________________________________ BRIAN MACELHOSE Collections Database Analyst Office: 214-922-1322<tel:214-922-1322> | Fax: 214-969-5913<tel:214-969-5913> DMA Dallas Museum of Art | 1717 N. Harwood St. | Dallas TX 75201 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 17:42:28 -0500 From: Suzanne Stephens <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: Re: Markings, Inscribed, and Signed - Leave Blank or Enter None We enter "none" so that you can feel confident that the object has been examined and you don't have to go back and look at it again to verify that it does not have marks. -Suzanne Stephens ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 09:45:16 -0800 From: Cristina Lichauco <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: Re: Markings, Inscribed, and Signed - Leave Blank or Enter None We only use these fields when the object has a mark, inscription, or signature/seal (we group these together). The majority of our collection does not have any of these, so we don't note their absence. On a related note, for those of you with Asian collections who are using these fields, where are you noting the existence and/or content of inscriptions and signatures/seals that appear on colophons? We have been wrestling with this as we have many works that have inscriptions and signatures/seals from the artist on the work proper but also additional inscriptions and signatures/seals from subsequent owners or commentators on attached colophons. Cristina Lichauco Collections Database Administrator Asian Art Museum 200 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA 94102 (415) 581-3676<tel:%28415%29%20581-3676> CURRENTLY ON VIEW Roads of Arabia: Archaeology and History of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia October 24, 2014 – Janaury 18, 2015 http://www.asianart.org/exhibitions_index/roads-of-arabia<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.asianart.org_exhibitions-5Findex_roads-2Dof-2Darabia&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=e507lsOLMLpNWxMc9GIaKxb-mxZhbMJ1mY6SLgDKU0A&m=zzgr_jifBopqYe6FkQqmF7Gq27m7FbyKXNlVZuk4LYk&s=UOBUd4psImEmv5yvgCL8gpXFxLNeTCTPCK7m0BBBRmI&e=> SEARCH THE COLLECTION: http://searchcollection.asianart.org/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__searchcollection.asianart.org_&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=e507lsOLMLpNWxMc9GIaKxb-mxZhbMJ1mY6SLgDKU0A&m=zzgr_jifBopqYe6FkQqmF7Gq27m7FbyKXNlVZuk4LYk&s=f9guWldCvum8_5wwGviBMbv09NJg5L1ZLcG7Cuc--bQ&e=> ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 14:34:37 -0500 From: "Maher, Meghan" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: Re: Markings, Inscribed, and Signed - Leave Blank or Enter None Hi Brian, Officially, we leave those fields empty if there are no marks or signatures...although I'm seeing that a past cataloguer did not always follow this rule and sometimes used <none>. 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