Functional Requirements for Collections Management Systems
By David Bearman
Bearman, David. Functional Requirements for Collections Management Systems, Pittsburgh: Archives & Museum Informatics, 1987.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- (PDF)
- Chapter I. Cultural Repositories (PDF)
- A. Commonalities - The Life-Cycle of Cultural Objects
- 1. Considered
- 2. Acquired
- 3. Accessioned
- 4. Managed
- 5. Conserved
- 6. Documented
- 7. Studied
- 8. Interpreted (Exhibited and Published)
- 9. Deaccessioned/Destroyed
- B. Differences - Holdings & Constituencies
- 1. Holdings
- 2. Constituencies
- Chapter II. Information in Cultural Repositories (PDF)
- A. The Data
- Exhibits 1
- 1. Objects
- 2. Events
- 3. Agents
- 4. Authorities
- 5. Resources
- 6. Actions
- Exhibits 2 (PDF)
- Actions - A Dictionary
- Chapter III. Information Systems in Cultural Repositories (PDF)
- A. The Applications
- 1. Personnel Management
- 2. Financial Management
- 3. Space Management
- 4. Contracts Management
- 5. Publication Management
- 6. Exhibits Management
- 7. Collections Management
- B. Collections Management Modules
- 1. Time-based system facilities
- 2. Space-based system facilities
- 3. Personnel-based system facilities
- 4. Fund-based system facilities
- 5. Object-based system facilitie
- 1. Time-based system facilities
- 2. Space-based system facilities
- 3. Personnel-based system facilities
- 4. Fund-based system facilities
- 5. Object-based system facilities
- 1. Event-based system facilities
- 2. Action-based system facilities
- 3. Authority-based system facilities