Name/title field

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

Field details

Visibility: Public field
 Field ID: name
Search example: name: “evening dress”
Field type: Text field with 1,000-character limit
Field location: 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 its ID:

name

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