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Functional Requirements for Collections Management Systems
Title | Functional Requirements for Collections Management Systems |
Publication Type | Report |
Year of Publication | 1987 |
Authors | Bearman, D. |
Secondary Title | Archives and Museum Informatics Technical Reports |
Pages | 87 pp |
Publisher | Archives & Museum Informatics |
Place Published | Pittsburgh |
Type | Technical Report |
ISSN Number | 1042-1459 |
Keywords | archives, collections management, collections management systems, computerization, computers, cultural objects, cultural repositories, digitization, functional requirements, informatics, information sys, life cycle, museums, newsletter, technical report |
Abstract | From the Introduction: "Contemporary archives and museums maintain collections which number in the tens or hundreds of thousands of items. As their relatively small staffs struggle with the demands imposed by their stewardship over this heritage, cultural repositories seek more effective means to control information concerning the cultural resource for which they are responsible. This study examines the information requirements of a system for managing collections in any cultural repository, whether that system is ultimately automated or not. The discussion is intended to make professionals more aware of the informational requirements of the many activities which comprise collections management, and to identify for systems designers, and those evaluating automated systems, the underlying functions which support the collections management process." |
URL | http://www.archimuse.com/publishing/bearman_col_mgmt_sys.html |
Citation Key | 10383 |