Thanks everyone - this has been thought-provoking…
Mike
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On 29 Oct 2013, at 10:16, Essam, Gillian <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Mike,
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> The National Gallery, London always includes unique inventory numbers on gallery labels and online catalogue entries for accessioned objects and long loans in to the permanent collection.
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> We include the Gallery's own internal inventory numbers on exhibition labels for short loans in to loan exhibitions but they are published online only if a specific online catalogue is created for the exhibition. Present policy is to exclude short loans in to loan exhibitions from the main online catalogue.
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> Gillian
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> Gillian Essam
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mike Ellis
> Sent: 28 October 2013 11:45
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> Subject: [MCG] Collections on-gallery & on-line?
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> Hello
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> I was down at Tate St Ives yesterday and being an interesting kind of person (~cough~) I started looking at - and searching for - accession numbers from the gallery labels using Google.
>
> I was wondering if:
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> 1) your institution always / sometimes / never puts accession numbers or unique ID's on-gallery
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> and
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> 2) whether your institution always / sometimes / never makes sure it has online catalogue entries for items that end up being on-gallery.
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> My in-depth research (of about 5 pictures) at the Tate seemed to indicate that everything I looked for was on their online catalogue with the exception of the borrowed items which [obviously] weren't.
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> Anyway - any thoughts / info / anecdotes / research would make most interesting reading to me..
>
> thanks!
>
> Mike
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