This doesn't make a lot of sense to me--why would museums >not< publish
subject terms in their web/public versions of the catalog? Isn't the purpose
of creating subjects/keywords to make the collections more accessible --to
everyone, not just inhouse users? Museum staff are likely to be looking for
a specific object and have key data--title or accession numbers--but members
of the public (including picture researchers who might buy our images!) may
want to ask a system: "show me all the cats."
Deborah
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From: "JanaH" <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: subject & keyword searching in CMS and DAMS
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:04:12 -0600
Deborah,
Museums don't always publish their subject cataloging to their websites.
Usually only select fields are exported from the collection management
system, and for several reasons, the subject fields don't make the cut.
I think you'll find that the depth of information stored in collection
management systems isn't really reflected in museum websites. So I guess
what I'm saying is that just because you don't see it on the Web doesn't
mean someone isn't recording that information.
That said, I think most of us probably use a vocabulary based on the
Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT), with local terms added where
necessary. We don't use LCSH because they are usually too
conceptual/vague for our needs, but maybe someone else will weigh in on
that?
Jana Hill
Collection Database Coordinator
Amon Carter Museum
3501 Camp Bowie Blvd.
Fort Worth, Texas 76107
817-989-5173
817-989-5179 fax
All opinions are my own and not those of my employer.
-----Original Message-----
From: Deborah Wythe [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 2:12 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: subject & keyword searching in CMS and DAMS
I'm curious to know if your museum assigns formal subject headings
and/or
keywords to works of art in their collections management or digital
asset
management systems. A little poking around on the Web seems to indicate
it's
not too common -- artist name, title, medium, collection, maybe a
general
category, yes, but something approaching the depth of the subject
headings
used in library catalogs--maybe no?
If you do assign subject headings, which authorities are used -- LCSH?
AAT?
Thanks,
Deborah
Deborah Wythe
Brooklyn Museum
Head, Digital Collections and Services
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238
tel: 718 501 6311
fax: 718 501 6125
email: [email protected]
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