Information preservation for musical instruments : keynote of the annual CIMCIM conference in Switzerland, 2017.

Type: Publication

Meeting: ICOM International Committee for Museums and Collections of Instruments and Music. Annual meeting, Basel and Bern, Switzerland, 22-25 February 2017

Place, publisher, year: [Berlin] : ICOM International Committee for Museums and Collections of Instruments and Music, 2017

Notes: Incl. bibliographical references.

Collation: p. 4-8 ; 30 cm

Subject corporate: Musical Instruments Museums Online (MIMO)

Author: Myers, Arnold.

Year: 2017.

Serial type: Article de magazine

Synopsis: This paper analyses the various kinds of information relating to musical instruments, its importance and vulnerability, and examines some of the systems employed by museums for its storage and retrieval. It suggests a realignment of priorities for data storage and long-term preservation.

Description: documentation des collections; thésaurus; dossier documentaire; description.