COLLECTION REASON - Humanities
- Field label
- COLLECTION REASON
- Field mnemonic
- COLR
- Field name
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- Collection Reason
- Raison de la collecte
- Field definition
- This field provides for a descriptive account of why the object was considered important to the institution.
- Heading
- REGISTRATION FIELDS
- Comments
- NOTE: This field has NOT been updated as part of the May 2010 Data Dictionary update. Priority for the Data Dictionary update was given to those fields that are required or strongly recommended for Artefacts Canada contribution. The Entry Rules for this field will be updated at a later date.
- Entry rules
- Enter the reason for collection.
- Cataloguers rules
- See also, other Collection fields with mnemonics prefixed by 'COL'.
- Data type
- alpha-numeric string
- Examples
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- under-represented area of the collection
- very typical of locality
- secteur moins bien garni de la collection
- très particulier à cette localité
- Discipline
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- Multidiscipline
- Source
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- History Task Force
- Field label (French)
- RAISON DE LA COLLECTE
- Field mnemonic (French)
- RCOL
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