4. MUSEUM EMu FACTS AND FIGURES
• 20,334 objects
• Approximately 105.2 million pages of archival documents
• More than 111,000 historical photographs and images
• More than 1,000 hours of archival film footage; 220 hours of
outtakes from the film SHOAH
• More than 17,000 Holocaust-related testimonies
• More than 200 cassettes of recorded songs
14. OBJECT CATALOGING
• Four worksheets
•Acquisition
•Description
•Parties
•Roles/Subject Headings
A&A Acquisition Review and Collection (Parent) Level Worksheet Accession #:
Object Cataloging Project
Acquisition Review and Collection (Parent) Level Worksheet
Cataloger’s Name:
Date created:
Date finalized:
File Review
Accession File Reviewed (Initials/Date):
Donor File Reviewed (Initials/Date):
Printed Before Report (Initials/Date):
Issues:
Deed of Gift / Accretions:
Deed of Gift:
Form (A/B):
Party entered, page 1:
Name as signed, page 2:
Date:
Body:
Object Details Tab - Acquisition
Contacts Tab
Credit Line:
Donated: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Click here to enter text. [donor]
Purchased: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Click here to enter text. [name of
fund if special funding]
Source Details Tab
Name and role of party in relation to the donation (donor) or sale (vendor) of the collection
Source/Vendor Role
Choose an item.
Choose an item.
15. A&A Object Details/Description Worksheet Accession #:
Object Cataloging Project
Object Details/Description Worksheet
Cataloger’s Name:
Date Created:
Date Finalized:
Object and Components:
Issues to Report:
Location:
Date Object Examined:
Housing/Condition (adequate or issues to report):
Numbering/Barcode (correctly attached to
object/recorded in Emu/has barcode:
Photos (correctly identified/oriented in Blacklight):
Object Details Tab
Object Overview
Record Type: Choose an item.
Catalog Status: Choose an item.
Is Parent: NO should be selected
Parent Object: Should auto populate
Object Details
Classification, Category, and Object type are linked, hierarchical fields with controlled vocabulary.
Classification:
Category:
Object Type:
Object Name is short descriptive phrase that highlights unique features of the object and its owner and puts it in
context within the Holocaust/WWII.
Object Name:
Language:
Title (for art, print, and moving image materials only)
Title Type: Choose an item.
Title:
Title Type: Choose an item.
Title:
A&A Parties Worksheet Accession #:
Object Cataloging Project
Parties Worksheet
Cataloger’s Name:
Date created:
Date finalized:
Parties Module (under Role/Geo/Right Tab – Contributor)
Parties (Number entries; note if new record, edit of existing record, and if bio included):
1.
2.
3.
Duplicate party records (record name and IRN)
Other issues:
Complete Section below for each party listed above
Party 1: Person/Names Tab (defaults as the “primary” name, should be the only “active” name under status)
Accession#: Party type: Choose an item.
Organization Name:
Title: Choose an item. First:
Middle: Last:
Maiden Name: Suffix:
Gender: Male ☐ Female ☐ Unknown ☐
Deceased: Yes ☐ No☐
Birth/Death Details (date written as year-month-day: 1945 February 21)
Date of birth: Place of Birth:
Date of death: Place of Death:
Names Tab (Record any additional names/aliases the person used, additional names should not be primary
or active)
Other Organization Name:
Type Choose an item.: Title: Choose an item.
Last: First:
Middle: Suffix:
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18. NEED MODIFICATIONS
• Fields in table are one on top of another vs. next to each other
• Like to copy a whole form vs. recreating it each time for a field
or two change
• Possibly ditto records
19. FUTURE PROJECTS
• Storage location
• Archives bibliographic cataloging
• Collections Management stub records
• Volunteer project - Legal Status Date