I just tried it, and you can do that (I thought you could) however, why
don't you just accession them in 2010, and for source do FIC?   When you are
entering this year's accessions, they will be listed as gifts.

It sounds as though you might not be familiar with museum registration
methods.  Of course there are a lot of ways of approaching this (and you
might have gotten replies that reflect this), but I vote for the simpler,
the better.  I think using FIC would just confuse matters in the future
(always think of your successors!)

Candace Perry

 

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Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:14 AM
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Question about Acquisition numbers using PastPerfect

 

Hi, all- 

I'm working on a database project for a local historical society using
PastPerfect. From the PastPerfect manual, it looks like they prefer you to
create acquisition numbers for objects that start with the year of the
acquisition, followed by the acquisition's number, and then the object
number (i.e., 2010.5.2). My problem is that the historical society has not
recorded what year they received objects over the past 20 or so years, so
I'm not sure how to create numbers that will be helpful when searching the
database or when entering new acquisitions in the future. 

I've thought of just putting "FIC" as in "Found in Collection" in place of
the year, and then following with the acquisition and object number, but I'm
not sure if PastPerfect requires digits in the first part of the number.

Any ideas?

Thanks so much!

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