Nomenclature 4.0 for museum cataloging

Publication

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Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

Nomenclature 4.0 for museum cataloging

Entry/Object ID

Library.619

Description

xxx, 722 pages ; 29 cm. Includes index. Fourth edition of Robert G. Chenhall's system for classifying cultural objects. Publisher Synopsis: 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. 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. Members of Nomenclature Task Force who have compiled this edition: Paul Bourcier, Heather Dunn, Kathleen Byrne, Rosemary Campbell, John Hart, Jr., Sarah Kapellusch, Ron Kley, Jennifer Toelle, Jean-Luc Vincent, Geoffrey Woodcox. Contents: Category 1: Built environmental objects -- Category 2: Furnishings -- Category 3: Personal objects -- Category 4: Tools & equipment for materials -- Category 5: Tools & equipment for science & technology -- Category 6: Tools & equipment for communication -- Category 7: Distribution & transportation objects -- Category 8: Communication objects -- Category 9: Recreational objects -- Category 10: Unclassifiable objects.

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Museum registration methods., Cataloging., Museum techniques., Museums -- Terminology.

Publication Details

Author

Bourcier, Paul, Dunn, Heather Chenhall, Robert G Nomenclature Taskforce.

Edition

4th edition.

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Lanham, Maryland Lanham, Maryland Lanham, Maryland

Call No.

AM139 .C49 2015

ISBN

9781442250987