"furniture, etc using the Revised Nomenclature.  But then the social
themes
        are ignored. For example, when tool comes up on the database I want
it to be
        assosciated with social-economic,etc topics like labour, artisans,
etc. So I
        was thinking about using two cataloguing methods.The Function one
would be
        the primary system and then using another system to classify the
social
        implications such as does the Social History and Industrial
Classification
        (SHIC) system. This system is from England maybe you have some input
on it,
like how good it is etc? Do you have any other suggestions?"

Dear Violet,

Although this is not my area any more, I spent 3 years cataloguing
photographic images, so this might be of use to you.  The first form of
reference was the inventory number.  The second was a field was a title
field ( the name of the object)., The third was a subject category e.g.
under textile we had textile - costume fashion, textile -  costume folk,
textile other.

The fourth was a physical description of the slide image using words that
might be most commonly used for a search.  It was possible to search for a
slide under any of these fields.  The slides were then catalogued by an
automatic generated number from 1 - whatever and each computer genereated
number was written on the slide and the slides were stored in numerical
order.  This meant that when I conducted a search be it a word search, theme
search or title, all I had to do was look at the number and easily retreive
the  slide.  This system has worked for 20,000 images.

I think the best think to do is to sit down and think of all the possible
categories and themes that would be necessary for your collection, leaving
an option to add in further categories.  You will also need to be very
consistent in how you describe the image.

If you would like some more information, please feel free to contact me of
the list.

Best Wishes.

Sheila Kulkarni
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Violet Ciotti [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 6:33 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Catalouging Slides
>
> My friend is interning at a Museum and has a very interesting question
> that
> I'm hoping someone can share their thoughts on.  Thank you in advance for
> any
> promt reply.  Violet Ciotti-Rashad
>
> Here's the question:
>
> "I am setting up a system of catalouging about 2000 slides.  They need to
> be
> placed into categories and subcategories for organizational purposes, plus
> so
> they can be linked together in the database. For instance, if someone is
> interested in tools then if the type tools all the tools would come up.  I
> think the best way to do that is by classifying under function,  because
> ny
> of the slides are about tools, textiles,
> furniture, etc using the Revised Nomenclature.  But then the social themes
> are ignored. For example, when tool comes up on the database I want it to
> be
> assosciated with social-economic,etc topics like labour, artisans, etc. So
> I
> was thinking about using two cataloguing methods.The Function one would be
> the primary system and then using another system to classify the social
> implications such as does the Social History and Industrial Classification
> (SHIC) system. This system is from England maybe you have some input on
> it,
> like how good it is etc? Do you have any other suggestions?"
>
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