Name/title

The Name/title field records the name of an object.

Field details

Public field
name is the field ID
Text field with 1,000 character limit
Detail, Core and Public tabs in the object cataloguing page

Cataloguing tips

Enter the broadest category first, so that all similar objects group together when displayed in a list. Describe the object as specifically as possible. Don’t use a full stop at the end.

You may wish to enter a regional grouping at the start of the name/title. Here’s an example from Central & Western Murihiku Southland Archive:

  • Aparima District Settlement - Robson Family History, Alexander & Annie

Examples

History records

  • Tin, Baking Powder

  • Dress, Evening

  • Toki, Stone

Archives records

  • Book, Soldier’s Pay Book [Hugh Brown McConnell]

  • Registration of Birth, Margaret Jane Taylor

  • Scrapbook, Wyndham Scouts

  • Telegram, to Clara Brown

  • Ticket, Train

Library records

Record the type of object and its title. For example:

  • Book, Tuturau A History of the District to 1970

  • Magazine, New Zealand Listener

Natural science records

Use this formula: Common name, specimen type. For example:

  • Brown Kiwi, Egg

  • Kowhai, Flower Pressed

  • Quartz, Pebble (Kiripaka)

Photography and multimedia records

Enter the word Photograph followed by a comma and a very short description. For example:

  • Photograph, Townscape of Main Street, Otautau

  • Photograph, Flight Sergeant W.H. Russell

  • Photograph, Portrait of two unknown women

Search tips

You can search on this field with:

name

For example, enter name: “evening dress” into the search field to find evening dresses.