Re: subject & keyword searching in CMS and DAMS

2005-11-16 Thread JanaH
Deborah, Museums don't always publish their subject cataloging to their websites. Usually only select fields are exported from the collection management system, and for several reasons, the subject fields don't make the cut. I think you'll find that the depth of information stored in collection ma

Re: subject & keyword searching in CMS and DAMS

2005-11-16 Thread Frank Thomson
We have subject headings, we use a controlled vocabulary based on AAT with some local additions. Frank E. Thomson, Curator Asheville Art Museum PO Box 1717 Asheville, NC 28802 828.253.3227 tel. 828.257.4503 fax fthom...@ashevilleart.org www.ashevilleart.org -Original Message- F

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2005-11-16 Thread amalyah keshet
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2005-11-16 Thread Mike Rippy

subject & keyword searching in CMS and DAMS

2005-11-16 Thread Deborah Wythe
I'm curious to know if your museum assigns formal subject headings and/or keywords to works of art in their collections management or digital asset management systems. A little poking around on the Web seems to indicate it's not too common -- artist name, title, medium, collection, maybe a gener