Request - Code Table Request: Add Shipment Type - Transfer of Custody

[AJLinn]

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Describe what you're trying to do
I'm returning an object to a Federally Recognized Tribe (a NAGPRA-like transaction) for an unaccessioned item (UAMObs:EH:T2016.014) and I'd like to add a shipment but there is not an accurate shipment type to pick from. For now I'm adding "loan: return" but that's not quite accurate.

• new term to the ctshipment_type: "transfer of custody"

• documentation/definition (which matches the ctdisposition): Relocation of an object to another physical location outside the collection's facilities, in which there is a reasonable expectation of a formal transaction; in any case, there is no expectation of return but the collection deems it necessary to maintain its metadata. Transfer of custody is differentiated from a formal deaccession where an accession exists but its legal and physical status is no longer the responsibility of the collection. (Issue: disposition cleanup: transfer of custody #4691 (comment))

[dustymc]

This is definitely not appropriate as a shipment type, that's just how this action was carried out (eg fedex or handed to that person).

I believe https://arctos.database.museum/info/ctDocumentation.cfm?table=ctloan_type#transfer_of_custody is appropriate, although the definition could potentially use some work ('institution' isn't meaningful or necessary, that's in the agent record - like identifiers!)

• disposition = 'no longer in our possession'
• "loan" type = why it's not in our possession, maybe even indicate who has/had it (legal/social/custodial stuff)
• shipment type should explain how it moved (physical stuff)