Mike,
Linked Data publication of a collection can yield this as a handy
by-product. Each object has a unique, persistent identifier, which
"dereferences" by default to a web page, e.g.:
http://collections.wordsworth.org.uk/Object/WTcoll/id/GRMDC.C104.4
So you can stick that as it stands on an exhibition label, or print it
on the label as a QR code and allow the public to grab the page with
their phones. No need for Google searches ...
These LD identifiers will typically be based on the object's
accession/identity number, but are a whole lot more useful.
Richard
On 28/10/2013 11:45, Mike Ellis wrote:
> 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.
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> 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..
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> thanks!
>
> Mike
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