From Patricia Harpring, Managing Editor, Getty Vocabulary Program:
Our new book about how to build and use controlled vocabularies is now
available:
Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies: Terminology for Art,
Architecture, and Other Cultural Works
Author: Patricia Harpring
Series editor: Murtha Baca
This book is a basic primer to controlled vocabularies, covering the
following topics:
§ What are controlled vocabularies and why are they useful?
§ Which controlled vocabularies exist for cataloging art and cultural
objects?
§ How should controlled vocabularies be integrated in a cataloging
system?
§ How should controlled vocabularies be used for indexing and for
retrieval?
§ How should an institution construct a local authority?
For more information or to order the book, see
http://www.getty.edu/bookstore/titles/controlled.html .
Antonio Beecroft
Data Standards Editor
Getty Vocabulary Program
Getty Research Institute
(310) 440-7157
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