Collection management

In Collection management you record where the object is, what happens to it and what to watch for when handling it.

Which area is the right one?

Area	What you record there
Provenance	Who owned and who held the object, for example after a purchase or gift, with dates, parties involved and evidence.
Current location	Where the object actually is, such as storage, a room or a shelf. Every move remains traceable.
Loans	Lender, borrower, loan period, agreements and return.
Condition report	An assessment with a date and observations, such as "small chip on the rim", plus the reports.
Conservation	Planned or completed treatments, who is responsible and what the outcome was.
Handling & display	What to watch for in packing, transport, storage and display, for example with light.
Rights & agreements	How the object may be used, who holds the rights, for how long and with what restrictions.
Values	Amount with currency, date of the valuation and purpose, such as the insurance value.

Open Collection management → Condition report and choose Add condition assessment.
Enter the date and observations and add the report as a document.
Choose Add assessment.

For processes with several steps, watch the status. A saved loan request, for example, is not yet a completed loan.

Which collection an object belongs to, such as "Keramik", is recorded under Connections → Groupings. This has nothing to do with the location.