Documenting Your Collections
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User (Origin)

Definition:

Observation:

• The user corresponds to the name of the public or private organization that used the object, or of the person who used it.

Entry rules:

1. Enter the name of the organization or company, without inverting it.
   Example

   	User	Compagnie Rolland
   	and not
   	User	Rolland, Compagnie

2. Enter the name of the company as it was officially known when the object was used. Enter the acronym if it is the name the company is best known by, followed by the full name in parentheses.
   Example

   	User	IBM (International Business Machines)

3. Do not use your own translation when you enter the name of a company.
   Example

   	User	Banque nationale de Paris
   	and not
   	User	National Bank of Paris

4. When the name of the company exists in several languages, including English or French, enter the name of the user in the language used to document your collections, regardless of what is marked on the object.
   Example

   	User	Canadian General Electric Company Limited
   	and not
   	User	La compagnie Générale Électrique du Canada limitée

5. When the user is a person, enter the family name, comma, space and first name.
   Example

   	User	Lefebvre, Pierre-Paul

6. Initials should be followed by periods.
   Example

   	User	MacDonald, Georges L.

7. Periods and commas should be followed by a space, unless they are followed by other punctuation.
   Example

   	User	Roy, C. A.; Péloquin, Louise

8. If an individual has an honorific title, enter his or her family name, comma, space, first name, comma, space and the title.
   Example

   	User	Bilodeau, Michel, doctor

9. If you are unsure whether your information is correct, include a space and a question mark after the user's name.
10. This field may contain multiple entries separated by a semicolon followed by a space. The list should begin with the most recent user.
    Example

    A meter was used by Southern Canada Power from May 12, 1958 to September 23, 1964 and then by Shawinigan Water and Power from September 24, 1964 to December 6, 1966

    	Object Name	meter
    	User	Shawinigan Water and Power; Southern Canada Power
    	Service Begin Date	1964-09-24; 1958-05-12
    	Service End Date	1966-12-06; 1964-09-23