Best Practice Mini-Courses

Catalogue Module

Prerequisite: Students must have had previous Artsystems Software experience or formal training to register for this course.

1. Where does Catalogue information appear?
   • Overview of the Works Document (Infosheet)
   • Citations are auto-formatted in 'Chicago Style'
   • Combining Infosheet with Image using the Catalogue Report

2. Entering data into the Works Provenance Tab
   • The Collection column
   • Dates of ownership
   • Published? Do you have permission to publish the CollectorÔø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡s name?
   • Credit Line Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡ How the CollectorÔø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡s name will appear in print
   • Ordering Collector records in the list

3. Linking Catalogue records to the Work record
   • Abbreviated vs. Verbose entries: Where does each entry appear?

4. Entering Catalogue records
   • What are the different types of Catalogue records and how to enter them? Exhibition, Newspaper, Book, Dissertation, Journal, Lecture, Magazine, Reference, Television, Film / Video
   • What are Sort Dates?
   • Example of adding Exhibition record Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡ Title or Venue first?
   • Example of adding Newspaper record

5. Catalogue Reports
   • Set View in Catalogue Module
   • Catalogue Reference Report
   • Catalogue Document Report

6. Using Catalogue module to create Artist Biography
   • Create Works record to represent the Artist Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡ can create long biographies and/or abbreviated biographies
   • Link all relevant Catalogue records
   • Print Infosheet report

7. Review and Answering Questions

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