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Computerised inventories, catalogues and indexes of museum collections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

D. A. Roberts
D. A. Roberts*
Affiliation:
Museum Documentation Association
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Abstract

The documentation problems faced by museums, and the organisations established to assist in tackling them are described along with an assessment of present progress at individual museum, and national and international co-ordination levels. The role which computers may play in this field is examined. However, systems analysis is the first priority, and automation is only one solution, and not appropriate in all cases.

Type
Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , Summer 1982 , pp. 33 - 40
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1982

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