Danielle, Many thanks! I'll be in touch. David *David Lowe | The New York Public Library**Specialist II, Photography Collection* *Photographers' Identities Catalog <http://pic.nypl.org>* On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 10:48 AM, Danielle Uchitelle < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > David, > > > > Yes, eMuseum supports multiple approaches to constituent searchability, > from simple searches on name and name variants to elaborate queries linking > dates, roles, attributes, and geography. Here are a few examples: > > > > The most basic approach to constituent searching with eMuseum 5.1, using > the standard default template: http://emuseum5.gallerysystems.com/people > > A more extensive implementation of constituent searching at the Reading > Public Museum: http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/ > advancedsearch/objects > > Example of a timeline and geolocation at the Danish Arts Foundation: > http://vores.kunst.dk/en/start > > > > Remember, though, that the success of these approaches depends on the > completeness and accuracy of your authority tagging, whether it is links to > a custom thesaurus or to a term and name authority such as AAT and ULAN. > > > > If you want to contact me directly I can give you other examples and > perhaps show you how eMuseum can provide the kind of access you’re looking > for. > > > > Best, > > Danielle Uchitelle > > > ------------------------------ > > Danielle Uchitelle *| *Chief Operating Officer > > [log in to unmask] *|* 646.733.2239 x264 <(646)%20733-2239> > > *GallerySystems | *www.gallerysystems.com > > > > *From:* The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > *On Behalf Of *David Lowe > *Sent:* Friday, June 16, 2017 8:04 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Constituents details in eMuseum > > > > Sorry to as an eamuseum question in the TMS list, but I assume many of you > also use eMuseum. > > > > How configurable & searchable are constituents in eMuseum. I see various > institutions including various fields, but so far I don't find them > searchable. Can it be configured to search for, say, female painters in > Spain in the 1700s? The gender and discipline would come from a custom > thesaurus, and the location and dates from addresses. I do something like > this with Photographers' Identities Catalog (a custom built app > http://pic.nypl.org/map/?address.AddressTypeID=*& > address.CountryID=20&bbox=*&Nationality=*&gender.TermID= > 2027998&process.TermID=*&role.TermID=*&format.TermID=*& > biography.TermID=2028094&collection.TermID=*&DisplayName=*&Date=%5B1687% > 20TO%201899%5D&mode=2) > > > > Anybody doing adventurous stuff with names in eMuseum? I haven't found > anything more than a free-text search of the Display Name field. > > > > -- > > *David Lowe** | **The New York Public Library* > *Specialist II, Photography Collection* > > *Photographers' Identities Catalog <http://pic.nypl.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. > 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. > 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.