We are doing a major visual imaging project. What I would recommend is the SAA photographic archives management guide (sorry, don't have the title) because it is a fairly comprehensive and detailed overview. As far as cataloging the images, the LCTGM is a really good start, considering it is a subset of LC most pertinent to visual images. We of course find the LCSH heading to be absolutely vital in getting any kind of meaningful detail into the records, and the new AAT is just out and rounds out the cataloging effort. LS's Graphic Materials Descriptive Terms is also a good standardized thesaurus for genre and physical characteristics. We are cataloging directly into the RLIN database and plan to have matching images available over the net in the future. My main plea to anyone undertaking visual image digital or cataloging projects, use the standardized thesauri and MARC if you can. Though museum folk tend to run from MARC and standardized thesauri, they are extremely important when an institution wants to do any meaningful communication with the rest of the world. There are more similarities in our holdings than not, and the more we get on line and can share our cataloging efforts, the bigger the rewards, and the more meaningful our scholarship. Cheers, Robert MacKimmie Curatorial Director of Photography California Historical Society, San Francisco 415-567-1848 [log in to unmask]