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November 29, 2004

Cataloguing Cultural Objects (CCO) Receives Funding from the Getty

For Immediate Release:

The Visual Resources Association is pleased to announce a $137,000 grant from the Getty to support the next phase of the Visual Resource Association project, Cataloguing Cultural Objects: A Guide to Describing Cultural Works and Their Images. The grant provides support to prepare the CCO Guide for print publication, develop educational opportunities within various cultural heritage sectors, and implement CCO in the visual resources, museums, libraries and archival communities.

Cataloguing Cultural Objects (CCO) provides guidelines for describing, documenting and cataloguing cultural works and their visual surrogates. The Guide is designed to promote good descriptive cataloguing, shared documentation, and enhanced end-user access. Begun in 2001, CCO is being developed by a lead team of editors, including Murtha Baca (Getty Research Institute), Patricia Harpring (Getty Research Institute), Elisa Lanzi (Smith College), Linda McRae (University of South Florida), and Ann Whiteside (University of Virginia). CCO has received extensive assistance from a committee of advisory members representing all sectors of the cultural heritage cataloguing community.

The Guide has been vetted by dozens of experts and has been available for community comment on the Web since 2003. A print edition of the Guide will be published by the American Library Association in early 2006. A draft of the Guide is currently available at http://vraweb/CCOweb/index.html.

For more information about Cataloguing Cultural Objects, contact Diane Zorich, Project Manager, at [log in to unmask]

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The Visual Resources Association (VRA) is devoted to advancing knowledge, research, and education in the field of visual information resources. Its diverse, international membership works together to share ideas and expertise that will make images and their information available to audiences who are increasingly demanding visual material. The VRA is committed to providing leadership in the field, developing and advocating standards, and providing educational tools and opportunities.

The J. Paul Getty Trust is an international cultural and philanthropic institution devoted to the visual arts that features the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Research Institute, the Getty Conservation Institute, and the Getty Grant Program. The J. Paul Getty Trust and Getty programs are based at the Getty Center in Los Angeles.

The Getty Grant Program provides crucial support to institutions and individuals throughout the world in fields that are aligned most closely with the J. Paul Getty Trust's strategic priorities. It funds a diverse range of projects that promote learning and scholarship about the history of the visual arts and the conservation of cultural heritage, and it consistently searches for collaborative efforts that set high standards and make significant contributions.