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8.5 Events - Manifestations

Record one or more Event types, for example, “preservation,” “inspection,” “acquisition”, etc., to express the nature of the Event’s relationship to the Item. Selection should be made from a controlled list of terms. A suggested list, which is open and not exhaustive, can be found in D.4 Event Types.

8.5.1 Acquisition

The acquisition of a particular Item for an institution’s collection.

An Acquisition Event may be associated with instances of Agent in the role of e.g. the institution or a person or set of persons in charge of acquisitions for the institution, etc.

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

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

An Acquisition Event information consists of the following sub-elements: - Acquisition type
- Acquisition date
- Acquisition source
- Accession date
- Acquisition 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. See, D.15 Manifestation/Item Acquisition, Accessioning and Source.

  • Acquisition date The date on which the Item was physically acquired. This date is distinct from an Accession date, which should be entered only once any required assessment has been completed, and the Item has been formally added to the inventory of the collection. (Dates should be formatted according to ISO 8601 or some other recognised standard.) Inspection date

  • 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. See D.15 Manifestation/Item Acquisition, Accessioning and Source.

  • Accession date The date on which the Item was formally added to the inventory of the collection. (Dates should be formatted according to ISO 8601 or some other recognised standard.) Inspection detail

  • Acquisition detail Information describing the acquisition of the Item in greater detail.