Dear Marie,

It seems to me you are talking about a great many different things here.

All history museums I have worked for have used Chenhall's revised
Nomenclature.  Though it is certainly not the be all and end all (terms for
many objects in specialized collections are not included, for example)  it
has worked well for the collections I've managed.  Nomenclature is a lexicon
of terms for manmade objects, in case you're not familiar.   EAD, however,
is encrypted archival description, and probably out of the scope of most
museum catalogers (at least it is for me).

Do any art museum folks have comments on their lexicons?

Candace Perry
Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
in the beautiful Goschenhoppen region in PA





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Subject: Museum Cataloging Standards


> I am a graduate student in Library & Information Science at the University
of
> Illinois.  Currently, I am researching museum cataloging standards.  I
have
> done a considerable of amount of reading & research regarding: ARTMARC,
> Nomenclature, VRA, CDWA, Object-Id, Dubline Core, EAD, SPECTRUM, CIDOC,
MDA, &
> CIMI DTD.  What I lack is any first hand knowledge or experience with many
of
> these standards.
>
> At the present time, I am physically located in Nevada.  I have approached
> some of the museums here, but have not been able to speak with anyone
> concerning the methods they employ in documenting & cataloging their
> collections.  I would like to impose upon the subscribers to this listserv
to
> offer any opinions, experiences, or preferences they have had using any
> cataloging standard.
>
> I appreciate your input & look forward to reading your responses,
>
> Marie Nicholl-Lynam
> LEEP3 LIS Student
> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
>
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