CDS-ISIS for archives.

The author presents the experience which took place in the Tate
Gallery Library and Archive with the CDS-ISIS system. The
works of art of the United Kingdom National Museum are
registered in a Clipper database, however those in charge of the
Library and the Museum decided to use the CDS-ISIS system
temporarily. The author mentions that although CDS-ISIS works
well in libraries, its application in an archive is more complex
due to the fact that these use archival levels and that the
majority of archives do not register their items as an unique
record. However the conclusions arrived at by the author are
quite satisfactory concerning the use of the CDS-ISIS system
in archives.