I?ll leave it to the archivists to help Will with his cataloging terminology. But with regard to ?reversal film?, the term is normally used in imaging to refer to a positive transparency (eg: Kodachrome, Ektachrome, etc.) rather than a negative.
Erik Landsberg Head of Collections Imaging The Museum of Modern Art 11 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10019 212-708-9489 erik_landsberg at moma.org www.moma.org From: David Salovesh <[email protected]> Reply-To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:47:01 -0500 To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> Conversation: Terminology question Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Terminology question (I have no particular cataloging expertise, but I'm not too bad at searches, semantics, and taxonomies. And I play at photography in my spare time...) The most appropriate word - and you used it in the question - seems to be "sequence": http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find==AND==300192339 <http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300 192339> In the hierarchy (<object groupings by general context>) there are several close words that might also apply, such as "set" and "series", but they seem to apply better to diverse works with a unifying theme. However, sequence implies order and if that's not reliably known it might be best to use a less ordered word. And the AAT uses "reversal film" for negatives. Dave Salovesh Information Technology Manager National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund 202.737.8521 (phone) | 202.737.3405 (fax) | www.nleomf.org Help Build the National Law Enforcement Museum www.LawEnforcementMuseum.org - 866.446.NLEM (446.6536) -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Real, Will Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 2:47 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Terminology question On the more esoteric end of things: We are cataloguing a collection of black and white negatives. In many cases there are groups of negatives depicting the same subject. In some of these cases the depictions are very close (for example, multiple takes of a posed studio portrait, multiple takes of a wedding party) and in other cases the relationship is more distant (for example, multiple exposures taken in sequence during the same event). We have been using the term "version" to refer to these. We looked in AAT and found the term "version" under the derivative objects section, and discovered that it is meant to refer to objects that are based on an original, which is really not applicable in our situation since no single negative in these cases can be called the original or primary negative. We are wondering if there is another term we should consider using to describe these relationships and particularly if there are two terms that would permit us to distinguish between the relationships that are very close from those that are looser. Thanks, Will Real Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
