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• Education in Museums
  
  Discussion of multimedia collection databases, orientation guides, and exhibit support programs from Information Online. ...
  http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/sub/jcooper/museum_ed/mda95.html

• Standards and Guidelines
  
  The Getty Standards and Digital Resource Management Program works to enhance access to information on the visual arts and related disciplines by promoting standards and practices and developing tools and guidelines for developing, managing, preservin ...
  http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/standards/

• The RCAHMS
  
  The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland RCAHMS collects, records and interprets information on the architectural, industrial, archaeological and maritime heritage of Scotland. We have been doing this for more than a h ...
  http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/

• Description of Works of Art
  
  Guidelines for formulating the content of art databases. ...
  http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/standards/cdwa/

• Architecture Thesaurus
  
  AAT is a structured vocabulary for describing and indexing the visual arts and architecture. ...
  http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/aat/

• An Object ID
  
  The project has been developed through the collaboration of the museum community, police and customs agencies, the art trade, insurance industry, and valuers of art and antiques. It helps to combat art theft by encouraging use of the standard and by ...
  http://www.object-id.com/

• Computerized Accession Ledger
  
  Museum computer consultant Robert A. Barons discussion of accession methods in relation to computerized records and hand written, bound records. ...
  http://www.studiolo.org/MusComp/LEDGER.htm

• The NHV
  
  Prescribes the types of vessels which may be eligible for listing in the National Register as directed by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. ...
  http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/publications/bulletins/nrb20/vs1.htm

• The Art Fact
  
  Collections for museums, galleries and other collections are best managed by ArteFact, one of Europes leading collection management systems ...
  http://www.artefact.at/english.htm

• Documenting African Collections
  
  Standards for documentation and cataloguing of African collections in museums and cultural institutions. ...
  http://icom.museum/afridoc/