The TASI website always has good articles. One I found quickly. http://www.tasi.ac.uk/resources/vocabs.html I think your best bet is to look at library resources. Ill try to find some myself and send them out. The biggest obstacle with these types of projects is the lack of pre-planning for the structure of the content. The system you purchase isnt going to automate itself out of the mess that comes with no pre-planning and creating a sound and controlled schema. Work now saves a ton of work later. Mike Rippy IMA Photographer mrippy at ima.museum (317)920-2662 ext.191 IMA 4000 Michigan Road Indianapolis, IN, USA 46208-3326 www.ima.museum
>>> howard at twocatdigital.com 12/18/2006 12:17:14 AM >>> 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 _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
