Sorry, not 'ISSN'. I meant the ISNI number... Frances On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 4:20 PM, Frances Lloyd-Baynes < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > As with others, we are capturing the VIAF URL in the Alt Number field, as > well as (separately) ULAN, Wikidata ID and ISSN numbers. This may prove > superfluous, but we think initially if we're touching the records we may as > well. (And we doing it manually for the moment). We have not encountered > any URLs or other authority IDs that are to long for the Alt Number field > thus far. > > Cheers, > Frances > > On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 4:00 PM, TMSUSERS automatic digest system < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> There are 12 messages totaling 7160 lines in this issue. >> >> Topics of the day: >> >> 1. Adding VIAF and other linked data references to Constituents (7) >> >> >> 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. >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 15:19:48 +0000 >> From: "Welsh, Sylvia C." <[log in to unmask]> >> Subject: Adding VIAF and other linked data references to Constituents >> >> Hello TMS list, >> >> I was wondering where in your Constituents Module you add information >> from VIAF, etc.? We are looking to start adding that data and were >> wondering if anyone had suggestions for best practices? >> >> Thank you, >> >> Sylvia, >> >> _____________________________ >> Sylvia Welsh, MS LIS, CSI, LEED AP BD+C >> >> Harvard Property Information Resource Center >> 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, 547 >> Cambridge, MA 02138 >> T 617-496-8275 F 617-495-0559 >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 17:27:29 +0000 >> From: "Smith, Jeffrey" <[log in to unmask]> >> Subject: Re: Adding VIAF and other linked data references to Constituents >> >> Constituent alternate numbers - using the full VIAF URL as the number. >> >> From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >> On Behalf Of Welsh, Sylvia C. >> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2017 11:20 AM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Adding VIAF and other linked data references to Constituents >> >> Hello TMS list, >> >> I was wondering where in your Constituents Module you add information >> from VIAF, etc.? We are looking to start adding that data and were >> wondering if anyone had suggestions for best practices? >> >> Thank you, >> >> Sylvia, >> >> _____________________________ >> Sylvia Welsh, MS LIS, CSI, LEED AP BD+C >> >> Harvard Property Information Resource Center >> 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, 547 >> Cambridge, MA 02138 >> T 617-496-8275 F 617-495-0559 >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 17:40:42 +0000 >> From: David Lowe <[log in to unmask]> >> Subject: Re: Adding VIAF and other linked data references to Constituents >> >> Jeffrey, Sylvia- >> We do use the AltNums field, but are using it in a somewhat unintuitive >> way >> in order to accommodate URLs of any length: >> >> The URL goes into Remarks. The Description is "Biography" (or you could >> use >> "Authority" or something else). And the AltNum field contains the name of >> the source, in this case VIAF. We currently collect the URLs for VIAF, >> Library of Congress Authorities, Getty's Union List of Artist Names >> (ULAN), >> as well as Wikidata and Wikipedia. >> >> I'm curious how you're harvesting the VIAF urls. >> >> David >> >> >> *David Lowe | The New York Public Library**Specialist II, Photography >> Collection* >> >> *Photographers' Identities Catalog <http://pic.nypl.org>* >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 18:54:36 +0000 >> From: "Marin J. Lewis" <[log in to unmask]> >> Subject: Re: Adding VIAF and other linked data references to Constituents >> >> Hi, >> >> We also use Alternate Numbers. We capture the permalink as the alternate >> number and assign the source as the description. We do this with VIAF as >> well as other name authorities, such as ULAN and Library of Congress >> Authorities, etc. >> >> We pull the URL/source in our API, and deliver it alongside our objects >> data. >> >> Cheers, >> Marin >> _______________________________ >> Marin J. B. Lewis >> Collections Information Specialist >> Princeton University Art Museum >> Princeton, New Jersey 08544 >> (609) 258-0477 | [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> >> >> --------------------------------------- >> >> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 19:55:28 +0000 >> From: "Delmas-Glass, Emmanuelle" <[log in to unmask]> >> Subject: Re: Adding VIAF and other linked data references to Constituents >> >> Same as Jeff: Constituent alternate numbers – using the full VIAF URL as >> the number and with ULAN chosen from the drop down as source of the data. >> >> Emmanuelle >> >> Emmanuelle Delmas-Glass >> Collections Data Manager >> Yale Center for British Art >> 203-410-4069 <(203)%20410-4069> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> >> >> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 16:05:34 -0400 >> From: David Lowe <[log in to unmask]> >> Subject: Re: Adding VIAF and other linked data references to Constituents >> >> Has anyone had to reconfigure the AltNum field to accommodate especially >> long URLs? >> >> >> *David Lowe | The New York Public Library**Specialist II, Photography >> Collection* >> >> *Photographers' Identities Catalog <http://pic.nypl.org>* >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 16:18:28 -0400 >> From: Kimberly Koons <[log in to unmask]> >> Subject: Re: Adding VIAF and other linked data references to Constituents >> >> Interesting topic ---- >> >> While attempting to wrap our brains around how to synchronize our >> constituent entries and workflow with the very large National Archives >> Name/Organization authority (basically the OCLC name authority with >> millions of additional entries and growing daily) -- at least for what we >> term 'Notable Constituents' -- the Presidential Libraries Museums are also >> considering synchronizing TMS data with SNAC (depending on where the >> agency >> as a whole decides to go). *See* >> >> http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/ >> >> The National Archives is a core member of the SNAC cooperative -- in early >> stages of development, but active and available for authority work and >> highly promising for cross-discipline audiences. >> >> Other than for ULAN data, is anyone attempting to synchronize constituent >> data elements such as Display or Sort names, biographies, or other data >> with authoritative data from other sources? If so, what data elements and >> from what sources? >> >> >> Kimberly Koons, Presidential Libraries Museum Collections Officer >> National Archives & Records Administration >> 700 Pennsylvania Ave., NW >> Washington, D.C. 20408 >> 202-357-5082 <(202)%20357-5082> <(202)%20357-5082> >> 301-837-0873 <(301)%20837-0873> <(301)%20837-0873> >> >> 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. >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of TMSUSERS Digest - 6 Jun 2017 to 7 Jun 2017 (#2017-84) >> ************************************************************ >> > > > > -- > Frances Lloyd-Baynes | Content Database Specialist > Minneapolis Institute of Art > 2400 Third Avenue South > Minneapolis, MN 55404 > > 612-870-3189 | [log in to unmask] | www.artsmia.org > > > -- Frances Lloyd-Baynes | Content Database Specialist Minneapolis Institute of Art 2400 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55404 612-870-3189 | [log in to unmask] | www.artsmia.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.