Category Archives: Cataloging
Flickr & the Library of Congress
Library of Congress announced today that it has partnered with flickr, putting up 3,000 photos from two of their most popular collections.Only images for which no copyright restrictions are known to exist are included. The LOC blog post about it is here:http://www.loc.gov/blog/?p=233 The flickr page is here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/
tagging the art world
A couple of interesting tagging (folksonomies, not graffiti!) projects from the arts/museum world: Steve MuseumSteve Museum is a largescale tagging project which is supported by an ILMS grant. Partners include the Met and the Guggenheim. Article about the Steve Museum project and tagging:http://www.archimuse.com/mw2006/papers/wyman/wyman.html Steve Musuem (tagging also links to research, working papers, etc.)http://www.steve.museum/ development site:http://trac.steve.museum/ The Cleveland Museum of Art
cataloging images on the web
Researchers teach computers how to name images by ‘thinking’ http://live.psu.edu/story/20538 Excerpt: University Park, Pa. — Penn State researchers have “taught” computers how to interpret images using a vocabulary of up to 330 English words, so that a computer can describe a photograph of two polo players, for instance, as “sport,” “people,” “horse,” “polo.” The new system, which can automatically annotate
the new cataloging code: an RDA overview
http://www.mlaforum.org/volumeV/issue1/article2.htm very good examples and a good overview.
Dewey Decimal breakdown
So, here goes: From Schott’s Original Miscellany, By Ben Schott, 2002. 000-099- General Works 100-199- Philosophy 200-299- Religion 300-399- Social Sciences 400-499- Language 500-599- Pure science 600-699- Technology 700-799- Arts 800-899- Literature 900-999- Geography and History