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Challenges in Documenting Archaeological and Ethnological
Collections in KE EMu
Stacey Girling-Christie, Archaeology & History
Margot Reid, Artifact Documentation
North American Users Group Meeting, October 2006
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Background
1842 William Edmond Logan – Founder of the Geological Survey of Canada
1910 Government of Canada creates an Anthropology division within the GSC
1910 Edward Sapir – Ethnologist, became Division Head and first registrar
1911 Harlan Smith - first archaeologist
1964 regional archaeologists hired
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Archaeology Collections
Mandate – Canadian archaeology Sites located on crown land Majority of the collections come from
region of the Northwest Territories / Nunavut
Collections are predominately prehistoric
human remains collection “Foreign” collections
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Ethnology Collections
61,000 objects of Aboriginal origin; all regions of Canada and small portion from outside Canada
acquired between 1879 and the present
20% are works of contemporary art
large proportion purchased by ethnologists carrying out research in Aboriginal communities in first half of 20th century
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Archaeology - Modules
Locations
Thesaurus(in progress)
Multimedia
Taxonomy(link does not
exist)
Rights
Parties
Catalogue
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Relationship of KE Modules - Archaeology
CATALOGUE
COLLECTION
EVENT SITES
ACCESSION
LOTS
621,423 records
14,477 records 33, 597 records
26,722 records
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Ethnology – Modules
Parties
Loans
Locations
Narratives Thesaurus(stand-alone)
Events
Multimedia
Rights
Accession Lots
Catalogue
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CATALOGUE - Classification
Chenhall Classification System
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CATALOGUE - Numbers
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CATALOGUE – Object ID
cast
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CATALOGUE - People
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CATALOGUE – Dates/Acq
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CATALOGUE - Affiliations
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CATALOGUE - Affiliations
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THESAURUS -Browse mode, Terms
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THESAURUS -Browse mode, Notes
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CATALOGUE - Measurements
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CATALOGUE – Description 1
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CATALOGUE – Description 3
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CATALOGUE - Material
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CATALOGUE - Associations
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CATALOGUE – Location 1
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CATALOGUE - Valuation
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CATALOGUE – Dates/Acq
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ACCESSION – Lot Details
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ACCESSION – Acquisition 1
Veronica Milly donor
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ACCESSION – Acquisition 2
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Numbers TabLink to Collection Event Record
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COLLECTION EVENT – Collections 1
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COLLECTIONS EVENT – Collections 2
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SITES - Site
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SITES - Locality
Problem: Site with multiple lots entering Lot and Concession information
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SITES - Mapping
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SITES – Cultural
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Partnerships
1992 Task Force on Museums and First Peoples published a report titled "Turning the Page: Forging New Partnerships Between Museums and First Peoples."
CMCC guided by the principles and recommendations outlined in the report.
Exhibitions, research, management and care of the collection, and repatriation are done in consultation and cooperation with Aboriginal people and communities.
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Defining Sensitive
Grave goodsHuman remainsSacred objectsTraditional and sensitive careSITES informationProvenience dataObject lists for land claim negotiationsSensitive images and documentsRepatriated materialValues (monetary)Casts accessioned
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CATALOGUE - Provenience
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CATALOGUE - Deaccession
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CATALOGUE – Admin, Publish on Internet
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CATALOGUE – Description 3
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Rights Module
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Archaeology
621,423 Catalogue records2,817 records flagged as sensitive.45 % of the records
Ethnology61,000 Catalogue records3,600 records flagged as sensitive 6% of the records
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CATALOGUE - Multimedia
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MULTIMEDIA
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MULTIMEDIA – Admin, Publish on Internet
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Recording and Managing Information
Creation of new tabs and fields in Catalogue
notes regarding repatriation or land claim inclusion
notes on associated archival documentation
traditional and sensitive care recommendations
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Recording and Managing Information
Creation of Events records
Recording visits and visitors
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Recording and Managing Information
Creation of Narratives records
Information from visitors
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Other Functionality in KE
Shortcuts view and Page view
Tab switching
Icon “alerts” (“contact curator”)
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Shortcuts Setting
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Shortcuts View
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REGISTRY
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Trigger for Tab-switching
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Tab-switching
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Pre-set Page View
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REGISTRY - “Departmental Access”
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Icon Alert
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CHALLENGES
Corporate database with numerous types of collections
Classifying objects by function, type and material
Keeping terminology current Managing access and permissions for
sensitive material