Skip to content

8.6 Manifestation/Item Acquisition, Accessioning and Source

If desired and if applicable, record information about the condition of the Item, including nature and extent of damage. Selection should be made from a controlled list of terms, e.g.:

  • Brittle
  • Buckled
  • Light Scratches
  • Heavy Scratches
  • Tears
  • Warped
  • Hydrolysis

8.6.1 Item Acquisition Type

Donation
Exchange
Loan
Purchase
Off-air recording

8.6.2 Item Acquisition Source Type

Donor
Agent
Intermediary

8.6.3 Inspection

The inspection of a particular Item for the purposes of assessing and recording the condition or treatment of the Item.

An Inspection Event may be associated with instances of Agent in the role of e.g. inventory archivist, lab technician, projectionist, etc.

An Inspection Event may be associated with instances of “Other” relationship(s).

Record all the existing relationships for the Inspection Event, if the information is known and considered of relevance.

Inspection Event information consists of the following sub-elements: - Inspection type
- Inspection date
- Inspection detail
Acquisition type

Describes the means by which the Item was acquired, for example, donation, exchange, loan, etc. Select from a controlled list of terms, e.g.:

  • Donation
  • Exchange
  • Loan
  • Purchase
  • Off-air recording

Acquisition date

  • Inspection type The general type of inspection activity performed.

If desired and if applicable, record one or more general type(s) of the inspection activity performed (e.g. projection prep, inventory). Selection should be made from a controlled list of terms. This includes statements about past or future inspections scheduled for the item. [NB. Do we have a potential small list of example terms we could add here?]

  • Inspection date The date or time span in which the inspection activity was performed. (Dates should be formatted according to ISO 8601 or some other recognised standard.)

  • Inspection detail Information describing the condition of the Item in greater detail. Acquisition source

The name of the person or organisation from which the Item was obtained, indicating whether the acquisition was direct from, for example, the donor or via an intermediary or agent. Select from a controlled list of terms, e.g.:

  • Donor
  • Agent
  • Intermediary

Accession date

If desired and if applicable, record information about the condition of the Item, including nature and extent of damage. Selection should be made from a controlled list of terms. (See D.16 Manifestation/Item Condition, Preservation and Restoration.)

Acquisition detail