Kim,

Since your concern is related to getting the terminology right for
accreditation, check page 161 of the Past Perfect manual under "The
Lexicon"; they state that their lexicon is based on "The Revised
Nomenclature for Museum Cataloguing" by Greeno, Blackaby and the
Nomenclature Committee.  

Perhaps this, plus the call/email to Past Perfect previously suggested,
can relieve your concerns.

Julie Dunn-Morton
Curator of Fine Art Collections
St. Louis Mercantile Library at UM-St. Louis
One University Blvd
St. Louis MO 63121
314-516-6740
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In a message dated 11/12/2008 5:09:46 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
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Hello  ,

We recently purchased PastPerfect, and we're under the gun to  digitize
our 
records for reaccreditation and a grant deadline. None of us have
experience 
with databases, or familiarity yet with the program. I don't want  to
get off 
on the wrong foot. 

A past employee began a few records, and  used "Communication Artifact"
under 
category, "painting" (for example) under  object name, and "art" under 
sub-category. Is this standard? It seems  awkward.  I'd appreciate any
guidelines on 
how to use these fields  properly and how others have possibly altered 
fields.  I'm worried about  entering data in the wrong fields, and
needing to go 
back and redo it  all.

I know this is a short-cut asking for help, but I'm somewhat  desperate.

Thanks in advance for any feedback. 

With kind  regards,

Kim Hoffmann
Curator of Collections
South Bend Regional  Museum of Art
120 S. St. Joseph Street
South Bend, IN 46601
574  235-9102
574  235-5782

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