It depends a lot on your institutional set-up, but some organizations catalogue their photographs, drawings etc., using their library system. That way you can have a totally integrated catalogue from the beginning. For those who only want to search for photographs, or only for books, or only for videos etc., they can restrict their searches to records for the appropriate media, but those who wish to cross-search can do that as well.
Among other advantages, it is a lot easier to maintain. Examples are: Wellcome Library (image browse in process of being set up) http://catalogue.wellcome.ac.uk/search/o?SEARCH=30374i San Francisco Public Library (separate database within the Library system) http://sflib1.sfpl.org:82/search International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam http://www.iisg.nl/opcuk.html But of course, a lot depends on whether the library system adopted is amenable to this use. William Schupbach Wellcome Library, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, England E-mail: [email protected] Catalogue: http://catalogue.wellcome.ac.uk [British registered charity no. 210183] --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected]
