Hello everyone,
I'd like to thank all my fellow professionals who responded to my recent
query.
You've all given me plenty to go on. I'll briefly outline the responses b=
elow:
Some of you have mentioned the UNESCO Thesaurus..
http://www.ulcc.ac.uk/unesco/
and the Social History And Industrial Classification (SHIC) and the
High-Level Thesaurus Project (HILT) at the University of Strathclyde Libr=
ary.
An A-Z of thesauri is available from
http://hilt.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/Sources/thesauri.htm
Also there's online advice from TASI and/or HEDS on metadata for image
collections.
Dublin Core
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/iasweb/personal/jca/dublin/
The URL below for the Visual Resources Association will give you all the
leads to software presently used by Visual Arts & Art librarians in North
America.
http://listserv.uark.edu/archives/vra-l.html
Moray Council have an electronic index called LIBINDEX for
local heritage material, photos, newspapers, individuals, misc stuff
etc. The URL is www.moray.org/
Thanks for all your help so far.
Best wishes to everyone
Scott
Scott McGowan BA(Hons), Dip ILS
ICT Systems Librarian
South Ayrshire Council
Carnegie Library
12 Main Street
Ayr
Tel 01292 286 385 Ext 204 or 213
Fax 01292 611 593
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