Matt or anyone else who knows - For those of us who weren't able to attend the STEVE session at MCN this year, could you give us an overview of its mechanics? Where are the terms stored, are they reviewed by anyone, etc.? I know what it is, but how does it work?
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: Matt Morgan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 9:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: subject & keyword searching in CMS and DAMS This looks like a great place to plug "social tagging," (an approach to "folksonomy," i.e., using popular terminology for subject categorization) like what STEVE (http://steve.museum) promises. Folksonomies are a way to address the reality that Museum and Library professionals often use subject categorizations that don't reflect the terms most people use when searching online. STEVE is an open-source tool for enabling social tagging of museum object images to create folksonomies. Alongside the folksonomies, I still think it's worthwhile for museums to make their internal subject terms more public. Exposing the insides of the Museum in a demystifying, educational way is a great community-minded thing to do. Deborah Wythe wrote: > 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 > > ----Original Message Follows---- > 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] > > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: [email protected] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [email protected] > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: [email protected] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [email protected] > > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: [email protected] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected]
