Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / AASLH
Pages: 750
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Trim: 8¾ x 11⅛
978-1-4422-5098-7 • Hardback • September 2015 • $157.00 • (£121.00)
978-1-4422-5099-4 • eBook • September 2015 • $149.00 • (£115.00)
Paul Bourcier is Chief Curator at the Wisconsin Historical Society.Heather Dunn is Heritage Information Analyst – Standards at the Canadian Heritage Information Network.The members of the Nomenclature Task Force are:- Kathleen Byrne, National Park Service
- Rosemary Campbell, Parks Canada / Independent Museum Professional
- John Hart, Jr., Sullivan Museum and History Center, Norwich University
- Sarah Kapellusch, Wisconsin Veterans Museum
- Ron Kley, Museum Research Associates
- Jennifer Toelle, Smoky Hill Museum
- Jean-Luc Vincent, Parks Canada
- Geoffrey Woodcox, State Historical Society of North Dakota
Brief Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
An Introduction to Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Users’ Guide
Category 1: Built Environment Objects
Category 2: Furnishings
Category 3: Personal Objects
Category 4: Tools and Equipment for Materials
Category 5: Tools and Equipment for Science and Technology
Category 6: Tools and Equipment for Communication
Category 7: Distribution and Transportation Objects
Category 8: Communication Objects
Category 9: Recreational Objects
Category 10: Unclassifiable Objects
Alphabetical Index of Object Terms
Nomenclature 4.0 for Museum Cataloging is an updated and expanded edition of Robert G. Chenhall's system for classifying man-made objects, originally published in 1978. The Chenhall system is the standard cataloging tool for thousands of museums and historical organizations across the United States and Canada. For this fourth edition, hundreds of new terms have been added, and every category, class, sub-class, and object term has been reviewed and revised as needed by a professional task force appointed by the American Association for State and Local History.
— AASLH History News
Though it comes only a few years after the previous edition, Nomenclature 4.0 is needed to respond to the rapidly changing nature of museum collections. Collecting digital objects has become unavoidable and Nomenclature 4.0 provides a standardized taxonomy for digital collections. Museums collecting smartphones, tablets, video games, born-digital photographs and other recent technologies will find this edition invaluable.
— Corinne Midgett, registrar of High Point Museum, North Carolina
New to Nomenclature 4.0 • Updated content to accommodate cultural changes and evolving collections, making it easier to describe current material culture as well as more traditional items.• Many new terms have been added in direct response to recommendations made and needs expressed by colleagues “in the trenches” of collections and collection records management. Nomenclature 4.0 provides up-to-date terminology which ensures consistency of catalogued records and vastly improves the facilitation of sharing and retrieval of data.• The introduction provides an updated user guide with tips and advice. • An expanded and reorganized section on water transportation as well as expanded coverage of exchange media, digital collections, electronic devices, archaeological and ethnographic objects, and more!• 8/28/15 Registrar Trek: The Next Generation article features Nomenclature 4.0. "But what is it called? Nomenclature 4.0 is here to help you!" Link http://world.museumsprojekte.de/?p=7335