I. Chapters 1-3 of Introduction to Vocabularies
1. What is Art and Material Culture Information, and Why is it Important?
This chapter emphasises how text, research and documentation enhances the value (educational and financial) of art.
2. Documentation: Analyzing and Recording Information
There are 4 major approaches to documentation of art and material culture.
1. THE ARCHIVAL APPROACH
Involves the arrangement and description of records, personal papers, and manuscripts.
2. THE LIBRARY APPROACH
Involves the cataloging and classification of books and other published textual materials.
3. THE MUSEUM APPROACH
Involves the documentation of museum objects (e.g., works of art, artifacts, and specimens).
4. THE VISUAL RESOURCES APPROACH
Involves the cataloging, classification, and indexing of images.
3. Standards: What Role Do They Play?
STANDARDS are mutually agreed upon statements that help to control an action or product. They represent professional consensus on best practice. These standards will be useful once I actually need them in the workplace. Right now they are just lists. The benefits of standards are that they improve the quality and consistency of information, improve compatibility of information structures, protect the long-term value of data and facilitate information retrieval.
II. Handouts from SCM: Subject Headings
In lieu of Taking notes on constructing subject headings, I will try to create a MARC record of one of my assigned books.
LC Control No.: 98075091
035 __ |9 (DLC) 98075091
010 __ |a 98075091
020 __ |a 0914630210 (pbk.)
040 __ |a DLC |c DLC
245 00 |a Six exposures: : |b essays in celebration of the opening of the Harrison D. Horblit collection of early photography.
260 __ |a Cambridge : |b The Houghton Library, Harvard University, |c 1999.
