Check out the Australian Pictorial Thesaurus:
"The Australian Pictorial Thesaurus (APT) is a collection of topic terms
for indexing Australian images. The APT uses contemporary Australian
terminology to describe objects, people, places and structures,
activities and concepts depicted in an image. It ensures the common
description of pictorial collections across Australian libraries,
museums and archives"
http://www.picturethesaurus.gov.au/
Judy Coombes
Manager, Rregistration and Collection Management
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
judithc at phm.gov.au
-----Original Message-----
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Howard Brainen
Sent: Monday, 18 December 2006 4:17 PM
To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv'
Subject: [MCN-L] Need for controlled vocabularies
Good Monday morning,
I'm consulting for a large organization on a transition to a centralized
photo image library. The money is there for software, hardware and
services, but they don't (yet) see the need for a librarian to set up a
controlled vocabulary. I've advised them to do this before trying to
ingest tens of thousands of existing records into their new DAM system.
I'm looking for some examples I can provide that will help convince
them.
Please share any analogies you find useful in understanding this.
Please also share any links to existing online libraries that provide an
example of doing it right (or wrong).
Thanks very much for your help.
Howard Brainen
Digital Imaging Consultant
TWO CAT DIGITAL
14719 Catalina Street
San Leandro, CA 94577
510-940-2670 ext 201
FAX 510-940-2632
<http://www.twocatdigital.com/> www.twocatdigital.com
blog: <http://www.digitalenabler.blogspot.com>
www.digitalenabler.blogspot.com
Member: VRA, ARLIS/NA, MCN, SAA
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