Colleagues
A reminder and update of the forthcoming seminar organised by the
Cataloguing and Indexing Group in Scotland:
Get the picture!
A seminar on the cataloguing and indexing of images
Monday 6 December 1999
Wolfson Suite
Edinburgh University Library
George Square
9.30: Registration and coffee
10.00: Welcome and introductions
10.05-10.30: Current cataloguing and indexing practices in the UK -
Margaret Graham, Institute for Image Data Research, University of
Northumbria at Newcastle
10.30-12.30: Cataloguing of images. Case studies:
1: The Commercial Picture Library - Ian Davis, Keywording Manager,
Photonica
2: The Art Gallery - Sheila Perry, Documentation Officer, National
Galleries of Scotland
3: The Academic Library - Margaret Humfrey, Slide Curator, School of Art
History, University of St Andrews
4: The Museum - Bruce Royan, Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network
12.30-14.00: Buffet lunch and demonstrations/exhibitions of systems
14.00-15.30: Indexing and classification tools for images:
1: ICONCLASS - Dr Catherine Gordon, Witt Library, Courtauld Institute for
Art
2: Social History and Industrial Classification (SHIC) - Stuart Holm,
Heritage Documentation Projects Consultant/SHIC Working Party
3: Thesauri for images - Helen McCorry, Data Manager, National Museums of
Scotland/Editorial Controller, SCRAN
15.30-15.45: Tea and coffee
15.45-16.15: Discussion forum
16.15: Close of seminar
This seminar builds on research reported in Description and indexing of
images: report of a survey of ARLIS members, 1998/99, by Margaret Graham of
the Institute for Image Data Research. An online version of the report is
available at URL: http://www.unn.ac.uk/iidr/ARLIS/
The cost of the seminar is £60 per delegate, + VAT. This includes all
refreshments, and a copy of Margaret Graham's report. Registration
deadline is 27 November 1999.
Email registrations accepted, to [log in to unmask], or snail-mail to:
Gordon Dunsire, Napier University Learning Information Services, Sighthill
Learning Centre, Sighthill Court, Edinburgh EH11 4BN
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