Introduction to vocabularies : enhancing access to cultural heritage information / Elisa Lanzi ; contributing editors, Howard Besser [and others].

Main entry:

Lanzi, Elisa.

Title & Author:

Introduction to vocabularies : enhancing access to cultural heritage information / Elisa Lanzi ; contributing editors, Howard Besser [and others].

Publication:

Los Angeles, Calif. : Getty Information Institute, 1998.

Description:

viii, 62 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A View from the Top: A Special Message for Administrators of Cultural Heritage Collections / David Green -- 1. What Is Cultural Heritage Information and Why Is It Important? -- 2. Documentation: Analyzing and Recording Information -- 3. Standards: What Role Do They Play? -- 4. What, Why, and How of Vocabularies -- 5. The Getty Vocabularies: An Introduction -- 6. Improving Access Using Vocabularies: Theory into Practice.

Summary:

"Introduction to Vocabularies highlights the crucial role that controlled vocabularies play in the description, cataloging, or documentation of cultural heritage information. The book stresses the importance of standards and the role of authority work in creating and managing vocabularies that would ensure integrated access. The book concludes with descriptions of three vocabulary databases developed by the Getty Information Institute."--BOOK JACKET.

Resources:
Getty Publications Virtual Library
Publisher description
Online version available via the Getty publications virtual library

ISBN:

0892365447 (paperback)
9780892365449 (paperback)

Subject:

Subject headings Cultural property.
Vedettes-matière Patrimoine culturel.
01.21 general dictionaries.
Terminologie.
Thesauri.
Cultuurgoed.
Patrimoine culturel Vedettes-matière.
Sciences de l'information États-Unis Vocabulaire.

Form/genre:

Books.

Added entries:

Besser, Howard.
Getty Information Institute.

Vocabularies

Holdings:

Location: Library cataloguing office 203622
Call No.: Z695.1.C85 L3 1998
Status: Available

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