Dear all,
Some of you may remember an informal study carried out by myself and
subsequently by Kerry Watson, on the reclassification of art libraries.
Queries were sent to this list and many helpful responses were received.
Firstly, many thanks to those who responded.
I am now writing an article for the Art Libraries Jounral, based on this
research and subsequent research at the Centre for Digital Library
Research's HILT (High Level Thesaurus) Project
(http://hilt.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/)
I would like to make one more call on your valuable time: if anyone who
hasn't previously responded to the Art School's request for information,
could take the time to answer a few simple questions it would be much
appreciated! This is not a formal survey, simply an attempt to gain a
general overview of practice and opinion in the Art Libraries community;
5 minutes of your time would be all that I would think needed. Please
feel free to send me the reponses directly, or to the list.
(1) What classification scheme does your library use? (including what
version or ed.)
(2) If this is a change from a previous scheme, what was the previous
scheme?
(2)a Why did you change?
(3) What is your opinion of the merits and faults of the class scheme(s)
your library uses (has used)?
(4) Do you offer or plan to offer online access of any kind to your
catalogue or collections? If so, what classification schemes do you
(will you) use?
For those who have already responded, I may get in touch individually to
further clarify a couple of issues.
Once again many thanks. I hope the ensuing article will be of benefit to
all.
Kind regards,
--
Ms. Sarah Currier
Research Assistant
HILT (High Level Thesaurus) Project (http://hilt.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/)
Centre for Digital Library Research
Andersonian Library, University of Strathclyde
101 St. James Road, Glasgow G4 0NS
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)141 548 4586; Fax: +44 (0)141 548 2102
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