DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
009.515
Purchases Sales
Dealers, sales, prices etc. May be divided by subject like main classification.
Includes discussion of selling from loan exhibits. For sale of lantern slides see
069.141; for clerical work involvd in buying and selling see 060.647, for income
derived see 069.6422
ih Terms of loan
Includes loans both to and from museums. For circulating exhibits sce 069.13
.518 Exchanges
Including lists of material desired or offerd, policy with reference to duplicates
For exchange of lantern slides see 069.141
Registration sistem
Accession record, catalog, index, donor list, and other records of gifts, purchases,
loans, exchanges and discards of museum material; also registry of outside objects
Exhibition
Clas here discussion only. Principles of visual presentation: arrangement of
exhibits, museum fatigue. For description of specific exhibits or outline for
exhibits see 069.54
Originals vs reproductions
Scope, classification and sequence of exhibits
Including correlation of subjects
Temporary exhibits
For discussion only, including discussions of traveling exhibits
Installation methods and devices
Bases Pedestals
For use inside cases. For floor pedestals see 069.316
Installation on shelvs and steps
Installation without shelvs
Including picture framing and hanging
Devices for viewing
Means to prevent fading
Lay figures Manniking
Other
Installation for special classes of materials
Labels Labeling
Format
Size, material, color, type, ink etc.
Data Literary style
Maps Charts Diagrams Pictures Transparencies
Use of these as labels
Tags Numbers
Gumd letters
Interrelation and rank of labels General labels
Location and attachment of labels
Including frames, bindings etc.; label pins and holders, etc.
Public catalogs, guides, gallery leaflets
Including plans, outlines or descriptions of exhibits, existing or projected,
unless emfasis is on the individual objects, in which case clas in 060.54. Mav
be divided by subject like main classification
Specific museum material
For data concerning museum objects themselvs, whether exhibited or in reserv,
including thefts, forgeries etc. Divide by subject like main classification. Clas
plans, outlines or descriptions of ideal or projected study collections in 069.55,
ideal or projected exhibits in 060.538. ideal or projected lending collections in
069.56,
Study collections: scope, arrangement, housing
Classification, tagging, shelving ete. including sistem of storage
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