Narratives module tabs

Before we look at how to use the Narratives module, we'll look in detail at each tab and field. This section is a useful reference for identifying and understanding which fields need to be completed when preparing your Narratives content for particular purposes, especially for presentation on a website.

As with the Catalogue module, the Narratives module occupies a central place in your collection. It draws together data from an array of satellite modules. As well as having tabs dedicated to specific modules, the Narratives module has numerous attachment fields to other modules. Depending on the nature of your collection (Natural History, Cultural History, Art Collection, etc.), the Narratives module will include attachment fields to, or entire tabs dedicated to:

• Objects (Catalogue)
• Events
• Parties
• Publication (Bibliography)
• Sites
• Collection Events
• Taxonomy
• Locations

Naturally, the Narratives module in your version of EMu will reflect the nature of your collection so will not include all of these tabs (a Cultural History collection is unlikely to have a Collection Events module, for example).

This section examines the fields and tabs of the Narratives module in New mode, that is the Narratives module as it displays when adding a new record.

Keep the following in mind:

• The purpose of fields is not set in concrete and your organisation may choose to use some fields for different purposes than described here.
• Which fields and tabs you will complete and the information you record in them will depend on the purpose to which you will put your narratives.

  Hints are provided throughout this document for what is necessary for each purpose.

The following common tabs are dealt with elsewhere:

Tab	Details
Tasks	See Tasks tab for details.
Notes	See Notes tab for details.
Multimedia	See Multimedia tab for details.
Security	See Security tab for details.
Audit	See Audit tab for details.
Admin	See Admin tab for details.