In article <[log in to unmask]> Anita Cohen-Williams
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>I wish to second Karen Anderson's comments about using a thesarus such as AAT
>in one's collection software. Free text is all well and good, but a controlled
>vocabulary makes searching ten times easier. If you don't want to use the AAT,
>then at least use the Library of Congress's Subject Headings thesarus.

Or use "Nomenclature" if you're in a historical society. Karen mentioned
that is incorporated into AAT, but if you can't afford AAT, you can still
use it.  In my previous position, I created an authority file with the
categories and classifications, and proofed the object terms as they
were entered with records.  Not hard, and invaluable.

Sara Kelley

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Sara Phinney Kelley                  Historic Site Administrator
Centre County Historical Society
State College, PA                                 (814) 234-4779

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