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Having taken over a collection where SHIC had not been used for some
time, or consistently, I can fully endorse its usefulness.
Like any classification system, it has its weaknesses, but I have to
say I've not come across a better system.
Regards
Jill
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Yes SHIC is in use here in Norfolk both for social history
collections and library books. Agree that it isn't ideal for books,
but the benefits of having everything on one system outweigh
difficulties. Have discovered disfficulties when SHIC has been
applied retrospectively to objects. One needs a clear provenance to
know which category to assign - one example a hat was 3 for personal
adornment, then put to 4 for working life, then finally assigned 1
when it was noted that it was donatedf by local drama group as one of
their props.
Patricia
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> Hello Jenny,
> We use SHIC here in Bedford for the Social History Collection and
> on our TMS database. The social history in the store is also in SHIC
> order. On the whole it is useful having a system to classify such a
> diverse range of objects and in grouping items according to their
> use or association helps with finding related objects for exhibition
> or enquiries I have found. I also used this system in other places I
> have worked including Hull Museums, mainly only for the Social
> history collections. Hope that helps.
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> Lydia
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> Dear Jenny,
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> We currently use SHIC and Burning Issues(a mining related
> classification) but are in the process of amalgamating the two and
> only using SHIC in the future.
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> Best wishes
> Anne
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> Hi Jenny,
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> We also use it for our local/social history collections and oral
> history, but not for other museum collections - ethnography,
> archaeology, numismatics. Our social history store is organised
> using the SHIC system too.
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> Best wishes,
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> Hi Jenny
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> We use it at Portsmouth city museums for the museum-side local
> history collection & some military and oral history - not for other
> collections (art, archaeology, natural history, archives)
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> Yours
> John
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> classify our collections. I like SHIC but how many people use it in
> other museum services?
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> Appreciate any thoughts as always.
>
> Jenny
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