Nomenclature 4.0 for Museum Cataloging: Robert G. Chenhall's System for Classifying Cultural Objects

by Paul Bourcier (Editor), Heather Dunn (Editor), The Nomenclature Task Force (Editor)

Overview

Nomenclature 4.0 for Museum Cataloging is an updated and expanded edition of Robert G. Chenhall’s system for classifying human-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.

This new edition features crucial revisions including:

• A revised and updated users’ guide with new tips and advice
• An expanded controlled vocabulary featuring nearly 950 new preferred terms
• 475 more non-preferred terms in the index
• An expanded and reorganized section on water transportation
• Expanded coverage of exchange media, digital collections, electronic devices, archaeological and ethnographic objects, and more

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442250994
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	09/01/2015
Series:	American Association for State and Local History
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	750
File size:	34 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

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

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.

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