Subject Access to Visual Resources Collections: A Model for the Computer Construction of Thematic Catalogs (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313240317)

Searching through a resource collection for a particular type of visual image yields little more than frustration if the user lacks the knowledge of the specialized concepts that are the key to the collection's system of classification. With Karen Markey's innovative approach to subject searching, however, users will be able to translate an inquiry for a particular type of visual image into the appropriate symbolic theme or concept and will easily access any type of visual resource collection. Based on Erwin Panofsky's work on meaning in the visual arts and the author's study of users of iconographical research collections, this volume offers a step-by-step method of describing subject content in visual images. Markey's model will enable museums, libraries, and art galleries to upgrade their services significantly.

Author: Karen Markey Drabenstott,Karen Markey
ISBN-10: 0313240310
ISBN-13: 9780313240317
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 10/21/1986
Pages: 209
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d