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Hi there, I have another question about catalogue data and best practice…. For the Archives Hub we have decided to make ‘creator’ mandatory if the description is a ‘fonds’ description. This is on the basis that a fonds has to come from a source - it has to have a known provenance so that the archivist is aware that it is an organic whole. We don’t make creator mandatory for a ‘collection’ description, as this may refer to a group of materials that is not from a single source. However, we have a number of descriptions that are ‘fonds’ where the creator is given as ‘unknown’ or variations thereof. It seems unlikely to me that the creator can be unknown, because if that is the case, how can we be sure that it is a fonds? When I’ve raised this a few times with a few of our contributors, I have found that the collections in question are really artificial collections. I wonder whether there is a tendency to call all collections ‘fonds’ even if they are not? I’d be really interested to hear any views on this. cheers, Jane Jane Stevenson Archives Hub Service Manager [log in to unmask] T 0161 413 7555 W archiveshub.ac.uk Skype janestevenson Twitter @archiveshub, @janestevenson jisc.ac.uk Jisc is a registered charity (number 1149740) and a company limited by guarantee which is registered in England under Company No. 5747339, VAT No. GB 197 0632 86. Jisc’s registered office is: One Castlepark, Tower Hill, Bristol, BS2 0JA. T 0203 697 5800. Jisc Services Limited is a wholly owned Jisc subsidiary and a company limited by guarantee which is registered in England under company number 2881024, VAT number GB 197 0632 86. The registered office is: One Castle Park, Tower Hill, Bristol BS2 0JA. T 0203 697 5800. Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra