For those of you who have been discussing cataloging training, you may
interested in the following session scheduled for the upcoming Museum
Computer Network conference. More information about registration, etc. is
available on the MCN website www.mcn.edu. For those who haven't seen it,
Cataloging Cultural Objects: A Guide to Describing Cultural Works and their
Images (CCO) was created by the Visual Resources Association www.vraweb.org
MCN is offering a registration discount for 'small' museums, look for
details on the registration form.
3:30-5:00 - Room 4
Cataloging Cultural Objects Practicum: Implementing Vocabularies,
Authorities into Cataloging Practice
Sponsored by the MCN Standards & Controlled Vocabulary SIG
Session Chair: Layna White, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Panelists:
Patricia Harpring, Getty Research Institute
Elisa Lanzi, Smith College
VRA Presents Cataloguing Cultural Objects: A Guide to Describing Cultural
Works and their Images (CCO). In addition to describing how to use the guide
to select, describe, and format cultural heritage data, this session will
focus primarily on Authority Files and Controlled Vocabularies. How
authorities are constructed and how they interact with each other and with
work and image records are critical issues that must be decided by the
cataloguing institution. What do you want your controlled vocabulary to do?
Is it for cataloguing or retrieval, or will the same vocabulary be used for
both? This session will elaborate on how CCO helps with issues regarding
creating and maintaining local thesauri, using existing vocabularies, and
constructing authority records to fit your collections and institutional
needs.
Cheers,
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Richard Urban
Operations Coordinator
Collaborative Digitization Program
MCN2004 Publicity Chair
http://www.cdpheritage.org
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(303) 871-2006
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-----Original Message-----
From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Mary Agnes Beach
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 7:46 AM
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] cataloguer training
We are hiring a new graduate from a museum studies program to do cataloguing
of a collection that includes art, artifacts, and archives. We also are
purchasing Embark software for the cataloguing. I would like to hear
suggestions as to how to minimize supervisory time and have her learn the
program and cataloguing process on her own. Her degree seems to give her a
good foundation but during school they did not do any actual cataloguing or
learn about any of the available programs.
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