Reviewing Machine-readable Systems (2008)

Title: Reviewing Machine Readable Labelling Systems for Collections Management and Access
Author: Julian Tomlin
Year: 2008
Pages: 70
Type of document: Report
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Description:

The Hub commissioned this review of the use of machine-readable labelling systems across the heritage sector to evaluate the benefits of this technology both as a collections management tool, and as a means of providing user access to collections information. The study focuses on the use of machine-readable technologies eg Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and bar coding as methods to control object movements, update locations, enhance security and facilitate access to information associated with an object or collection of objects.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction and Brief
2. Technological overview
3. Review
4. Potential for implementation in the partner museums
Decision-making aids

Appendices
A. Case Studies
1. The Ashmolean Museum of Art, Oxford
2. The Children‟s Museum of Indianapolis (TCM)
3. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
4. Gemeentemuseum, The Hague
5. Great North Museum, Newcastle
6. MVWISE
7. Manchester City Galleries
8. National Museum of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
9. Norfolk Museums and Archives Service
10. The Petrie Museum, London
B. Database of Past, Present and Future Installations and Suppliers
C. Acknowledgements
D. Images


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