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Revisiting Museum Collections with Modes Complete Richard Langley Modes Annual Meeting 25.9.2013

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Revisiting Museum Collectionswith Modes Complete

Richard Langley

Modes Annual Meeting

25.9.2013

Revisiting Museum Collections

“Revisiting Collections provides a framework for embedding new understanding and perspectives on objects directly within the museum’s collection management system, ensuring that it forms part of the story about the collections that is recorded and made accessible to all.”

Revisiting Museum Collectionswith Modes Complete

RMC units of information

1. Description and history

2. Associations and references

3. Use of the object

4. Owner’s contributions

5. Viewers’ contributions

6. Record & attribution information

Revisiting Museum Collectionswith Modes Complete

• RMC units of information are mapped to SPECTRUM, and all SPECTRUM units of information can represented by Modes elements.

• RMC units of information are not mandatory.

• Choose the units which are appropriate to the current project.

Revisiting Museum Collectionswith Modes Complete

• RMC units of information can be added to records in the main catalogueOR

• RMC data can be recorded in a separate file, linked to the main catalogue.

Revisiting Museum Collectionswith Modes Complete

1. Description and history

A record of the origins and use of the object, perhaps deduced from examination of the object. Modes records are usually rich in this type of information.

Use the Association, Description, FieldCollection and ConditionCheck groups.

Use Origin to record the name of the place of origin of the Material (RMC Material source).

Revisiting Museum Collectionswith Modes Complete

2. Associations and references

A record of the people, places, activities and other objects connected with the object. Modes records are usually rich in this type of information.

Use the Association and References groups.

Use ObjectIdentity within Related Object to record the record number related to the object being documented (RMC Related object number).If the related record is in a different file, use Filename to record the name of the file.

Revisiting Museum Collectionswith Modes Complete

3. Use of the object

A record of the selection and use of the object for exhibition, research, or other activities within the museum.

Use either the ObjectUse or the Exhibitiongroup, depending on the nature of the event.

Use the Commentary group to record exhibition labels or other display text (RMC Label text).

Revisiting Museum Collectionswith Modes Complete

4. Owner’s contributions

Knowledge about the object contributed by a former owner of this, or a similar, object.

Use the Evidence group to record an owner’s contributions including RMC Owner’s personal experience and RMC Owner’s personal response.

The owner and ownership dates can berecorded in the same Evidence group, or separately in an Ownership group.

Revisiting Museum Collectionswith Modes Complete

5. Viewers’ contributions

Responses to the object contributed by a visitors, researchers or others interacting with the object within the museum.

Use the Evidence group to record the viewer’s contributions including RMC Viewer’s personal experience and RMC Viewer’s personal response. If there is more than one viewer, repeat the Evidence group to represent each person’sindividual contributions. Collective or group contributions can be recorded as a singleEvidence group.

Revisiting Museum Collectionswith Modes Complete

Information about the status of the information being recorded.

Use the RecordType group to describe the level of the record (collection, group, or item level record?).

Use the RecordProgress group to record stages in the amendment of the record. Authority may also be used within any other group to record its amendment.

Use Recorder for the main authorship of the record.

6. Record & attribution information

Revisiting Museum Collectionswith Modes Complete

Find out more:

1. Get the RMC toolkit from Collections Linkhttp://www.collectionslink.org.uk/

2. Get the User Guide from Modeshttp://www.modes.org.uk/members/user-guides- full mapping of RMC / SPECTRUM units of information to Modes elements.

3. Contact Modes for model templates and element groups.