CSF glossary of terms
|
Museum terms |
BSF / Caiasoft terms | |
|---|---|---|
| Ingest to CSF | Creating a new record in Caiasoft for a book or object sent to the CSF | Accession |
| Return to Oxford | Permanent departure of a book or object from the CSF | Deaccession |
| Accession | Process by which an object becomes legally part of a museum collection | |
| Deaccession | Formal process to remove an object from a museum collection and dispose of it | |
| Item as defined in barcoding strategy | Free-standing object or a box of objects - the unit that moves | Item |
| Container in some of the CMSs | Box containing objects | Item |
| Pallet | Tray or pallet on which books, objects or boxes of objects are housed within the racking in the CSF | Container |
| Item flag | Book or object handling information contained within Caiasoft (e.g. heavy, hazard) | Item flag |
| Stored on shelf | Book or object sitting directly on shelf (not in a tray or on a pallet) | Direct to address |
| Updating location | Recording location of book or object in Caiasoft | Scan to shelf |
| New location | Location to which a book or object is retrieved (temporary or final) | Stop |
| Retrieval | Retrieval of book or object from its permanent storage location in the CSF for a reader / visitor | Pick |
| Return | Return of book or object to its permanent storage location in the CSF once reader / visitor finished | Re-file |
| Retrieval and return | Retrieval of book or object for a reader / visitor and return to storage location once finished with | Circulation job |
| Retrieval and return | Manually creating a pick or re-file job | Ship job |
| Re-locating in the store | Moving a book or object from current permanent storage location in the CSF to new permanent storage location in the CSF | Move job |
| Return to Oxford | Moving a book or object to a location outside the CSF | Transport job |
