On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 22:28:52 -0400, Traci Langworthy <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
Please buy a copy of "The New Museum Registration Methods" Buck and
Gilmore, editors. It is available from the AAM bookstore which you can
access on-line. <http://www.aam-us.org> If your institution is not a member
of AAM, please consider joining. At the very least you should consider
joining the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums.

There is no need for you to reinvent the wheel and this book will guide you
through all the standard practices for basic collections registration and
care.

Diane Gutenkauf

>Hello,
>
>I am a trustee for a small historical society in upstate NY that is just
>beginning to formally accession the various items it has acquired since its
>establishment in 2000. I am spearheading the process and hope I might get
>some advice from the get-go on the best way to number our objects. I
>thought it would be a no-brainer to go with the simple 3-number system I
>have read about and seen in use. But, in pondering (perhaps too much!)
>about it, I have been considering a couple of options for the middle number
>referring to the donor/source, especially. It made sense to me, initially,
>to have a unique number for each donor/source that would be used again and
>again in future years (if or when they donated other artifacts). Has any
>other small institution tried this and found success/failure? From what I
>can tell, it seems most institutions wipe the slate clean and begin with #1
>again each year. Any thoughts are much appreciated!
>
>Thanks very much,
>Traci Langworthy
>Sheridan, NY Historical Society

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