Cataloging Cultural Objects: A Guide to Describing Cultural Works and Their Images (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780838935644)

For the first time, under the leadership of the Visual Resources Association, a cross section of five visual and cultural heritage experts, along with scores of reviewers from varied institutions, have created a new data content standard focused on cultural materials. This cutting-edge reference offers practical resources for cataloging and flexibility to meet the needs of a wide range of institutions - from libraries to museums to archives to visual collections. Consistently following these guidelines for selecting, ordering, and formatting data used to populate metadata elements in cultural materials' catalog records: promotes good descriptive cataloging and reduces redundancy; builds a foundation of shared documentation; creates data sharing opportunities; and, complements existing standards (AACR).

Author: Murtha Baca, Patricia Harpring, Elisa Lanzi
ISBN-10: 0838935648
ISBN-13: 9780838935644
Publisher: ALA Editions
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2006
Pages: 412
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.05lbs
Size: 10.80h x 8.30w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2006 pg. 34
Booklist 12/15/2006 pg. 63
Library Journal 02/15/2007 pg. 152