The Powers Museum of Carthage MO uses Past Perfect software for its 
collections (artifact and archival) as well as its reference library 
holdings.

As for the questions: 1)Whether you accession
materials?  Yes we do but we accession all library purchases into a prefix 
Ref Lib 200x (to represent year).

2) Have a separate deaccession policy for library materials?   We are 
updating deaccession policy at the moment -- one document but it discusses 
different types of collections including reference holdings (non-archival)
which is made up of reference library books, vertical files, school trunks & 
classroom materials.  We have just culled library collection and vertical 
files for first time in 15 years to reflect use (or rather lack of) and 
changes in technologies/on-line access for certain subjects. Also behind 
this was the need to free up space in a limited facility.

3) Have a separate numbering system for library materials? For reference 
books and items used in school trunks we use variation of accession number 
for object id# and call number is Dewey system or a unique numbering for 
special holdings like yearbooks (YB) and city diretories (CD) coupled with 
year of actual title.  We use collection title designations like Reference 
Library for research books and for books/magazines from artifact collection 
we use Collection Library or a special founding collection name/Library due 
to specific legal requirements.

If you have other questions, please feel free to email off-list at 
[log in to unmask]  We are about to do a limited presentation of our 
library reference holdings through PP's companion software Virtual Exhibit 
if anyone wants to inquire about that as well.

Michele Hansford
Director/Curator
Powers Museum, A Museum of Carthage History
www.powersmuseum.com
Carthage MO

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