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, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Richard Urban Operations Coordinator Collaborative Digitization Program MCN2004 Publicity Chair http://www.cdpheritage.org [log in to unmask] (303) 871-2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----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 To: [log in to unmask] 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. ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).