In article <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] "MARY S. MCCUTCHEON" writes: > I wouldn't use a prefab key word list for a unique photo collection. > First you have to anticipate most frequent likely use of the collection. > It all depends what this collection is about. The time I catalogued a > photo collection, my key words contained references to plane crashes, > landing strips, bombs exploding, vegetation, military installations, > rock formations, and human settlements. The collection is aerial photos > taking during WWII bombing missions. It is used by a few historians, > an occasional archeologists, but mostly island biogeographers interested > in vegetation and coastline changes. I would hate to think my scheme of > keywords would be lifted and applied to anyone else's collection! > -- Patricia Reynolds Keeper of Social History, Buckinghamshire County Museum / Freelance Curator 16 Gibsons Green Heelands Milton Keynes MK13 7NH ENGLAND [log in to unmask]