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Selecting an appropriate record category
Victorian Collections users care for diverse collections, sometimes even cross-disciplinary collections. You may be a social history museum with public record archives, an art gallery that also holds a local heritage object collestion, or an RSL with ...
Collection Digitisation - Capturing Images
In the context of collection digitisation, photography and scanning’s primary aim is to capture an accurate and complete representation of collection items. Your digitised images should provide a clear representation of the item and should be free of ...
VC Cataloguing Manual
The Victorian Collection Cataloguing Manual can be accessed by clicking on and downloading the relevant files below. The segments of the manual are: Cataloguing Object Collections Cataloguing Artwork Collections Cataloguing Publication Collections ...
How can I sort the list of records in my catalogue?
You can adjust the presentation of your item records or search results in various ways, according to the needs of your activity. After clicking Catalogue > Items you will land on the item list page. Click on the Sort icon and select the field on ...
What if my session is interrupted while I am in the middle of cataloguing a new item?
Never fear, autosave is here! The Victorian Collections CMS has an autosave function which will save your work in draft form regularly. If your computer crashes or your browser is shut down while you are editing a record, a draft record will be ...