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Oh Wise ones,
I am relatively new to the Museum profession and I am in need of
help. The museum I work at has been using a chronological numbering
system (ie. 1,2,.....100,101...10000,10001...ect)for each object.
This number does double duty as the accession number and the object
number. When I first joined the museum I approached the Director
about switching to the system recommended by Rebecca Buck's book The
New Museum Registration Methods. (2006.1.1) I felt it was a good
time to switch if it was ever going to happen...No objects had been
accessioned in 2006 and the number 10,000 was next. I was told that
we had to stay with the old system so...how do I integrate this
numbering system into PastPerfect and make the neccessary connections
between objects from one donation, using one accession record? These
objects may be spread across the 3-D collections, archives, library,
or photo collection. I am sure there is a simple way staring me in
the face but I just can't see it. Also, how about old donations?
How do they fit into what I am asking? Will I be able to make
connections between the objects of donations from ten, twenty, thirty
years ago?
We currently have PastPerfect 2.6 but it was not really used before I
arrived. I really like the system and we are upgrading to 3.5.
Thanks in advance for all the help,
Becca Hiller
Curator/Archivist
Santa Fe Trail Center
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