Related Objects

Object records can be linked to each other to indicate contexts or relationships shared by the objects, usually these are works in a series, bound pages in a book, or preparatory studies for an artwork. There are two structures of relationships for objects a Parent/Child and Siblings. 


When you are selecting the relationship type (Parent, Child, See Also) the label should apply to the records you are linking. If you are creating the relationship from the parent record, you would select "Child" in the Link Related Record window. You are describing the status of the records you're searching to link. 

Series

  1. In the top level of the record hierarchy click the down arrow button and select "Link Related Record"
  2. Select See also 
  3. Select Sibling Object as the Relationship Name
  4. Search for and add all records in the series

Books and bound pages

When books or journals contain artwork, they are catalogued as separate object records, not as component parts of the book. This is to support more detailed cataloguing of the page/artwork. 

  1. Open the record representing the entire book
  2. In the top level of the record hierarchy click the down arrow button and select "Link Related Record"
  3. Select Child to add children objects, the record you have open will be the Parent
  4. Select Bound Page as the Relationship Name
  5. Search for and add all child records for the object

Studies and Related material

  1. Open the record for the study, preparatory materials, etc
  2. In the top level of the record hierarchy click the down arrow button and select "Link Related Record"
  3. Select See Also to add the conceptual sibling object
  4. Select "Circumstance" as the Relationship Name
  5. Search for and add related object records