Collection Level Description - the Museum Perspective

Dunn, Heather

doi:10.1045/september2000-dunn

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“…The lack of acceptable standards in the museum community was recognized as a serious obstacle for museum professionals who wished to create a shared repository of digital information about their collections (Bearman, 1994;Dunn, 2000;Fox & Wilkerson, 1998). Developing a common standard for documenting museum artifacts was considered extremely valuable because of its potential to improve (a) communication among institutions, (b) the quality of museum data, and (c) access to museum information resources worldwide.…”

Section: Data Sharing and The Search For Standardsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Museum Informatics

2009

Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Third Edition

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IntroductionMuseum informatics is the study of how information science and technology affect the museum environment. This kind of study can be undertaken from multiple perspectives, including those of museum professionals and museum visitors. Over the past few decades, new information technologies have dramatically changed museums' capabilities. These changes have influenced how people think about museums and they have had a profound impact on the social interactions that take place in museums. Museum professionals and visitors alike have developed new conceptions of why museums exist and new expectations of what they should offer.

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Section: Data Sharing and The Search For Standardsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Museum Informatics

2009

Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Third Edition

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“…Access and Exchange Consequently, formatting and content of information in different computer applications varies considerably (Bearman and Perkins 1993). Dunn (2000) and Patel et al (2005) provides the access to a large collection.…”

Section: Issues Of Museum Informationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Collection-level descriptions can be also used to find a general class of items, such as "Impressionist" even though the museum website contains only references to specific instances of that class, such as "Monet." Suitable terms can be added to the collection-level description to not only ensure that the museum website is located, with both broad or specific terminology, but it is also possible to use collection-level descriptions for resource dis- (Dunn 2000). The development of these standards for the creation, processing and encoding of metadata is a vital step toward the goal of achieving cross-domain interoperability.…”

Section: Issues Of Museum Informationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Legacy and Impacts of the Computer Interchange of Museum Information (CIMI)

Marshall¹,

Lee²

2009

Journal of the Korean Society for information Management

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The Computer Interchange of Museum Information (CIMI), operating from 1990-2003, was charged with creating and introducing the international museum community to the concept of adopting metadata industry standards. The CIMI consortium exceeded its original mission by; creating a standards framework, profile, testbeds, important metadata publications, free downloadable metadata software and protocols, and providing instrumental guidance and support in development of new projects. However, CIMI's emphasis on the importance and utility of a standards-based approach and the necessity for implementing the CIMI Standards Framework is probably its most important achievement. During CIMI's tenure, museums reaped the benefits by learning how to apply the model and standards to meet their individual needs while not having to invent new ones or bear the cost of software development. Although CIMI operations ceased in 2003, its impacts on museum related metadata application and research were unprecedented in that it provided the standards prototype and foundations on which to build. This paper discusses what CIMI bequeathed to the next generation of museum metadata field developers and describes the anticipated realm of future projects and advancement.

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“…The lack of acceptable standards in the museum community was recognized as a serious obstacle for museum professionals who wished to create a shared repository of digital information about their collections (Bearman, 1994; Dunn, 2000; Fox & Wilkerson, 1998). Developing a common standard for documenting museum artifacts was considered extremely valuable because of its potential to improve (a) communication among institutions, (b) the quality of museum data, and (c) access to museum information resources worldwide.…”

Section: Museums and The Digital Revolutionmentioning

confidence: 99%