The idea for Wikicatalog came from visual resources curators e-mailing the VRA listserv with questions like:
- what subjects do I use for a harem?
- which museum catalog or text book has a source for a particular Picasso drawing that was once owned by so-and-so?
- how do I catalog the variety of media in a video installation?
- how do you catalog the Vatican - what is the "work" in a structure so complex?
A wiki format allows a catalog record to be created by the hands of many VR curators and librarians.
Controlled access to the wiki keeps the discussions and additions professional and meaningful.
A wiki keeps track of changes to a record and can display a list of contributors to a record.
VRA members can sign in to the wiki and:
- contribute new records using a standard Wikicatalog template
- edit the cataloging for existing records on Wikicatalog
- comment on the cataloging or ask questions about cataloging terms
- share public domain or open content images with cataloging
Comments can be added below each page in the wiki.
Wikicatalog is NOT:
- "dataharvesting"
- "datadump"
- "union catalog"
Below are some of the many resources used in crafting Wikicatalog.
Elements of Dublin and VRA Cores
Cataloging resources
Also of interest but not specifically cataloging related:
Digital image information sources
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Comments (2)
hsraatz said
at 7:46 am on Feb 12, 2009
There's my crack at the edit. Do let me know what you think.
hseneff said
at 9:11 am on Feb 13, 2009
Great!
I added a line about the fact that wikis track changes to records - I think that is a positive feature but do you think that will creep some people out? Can you think of a better way to describe it so it is positive not creepy?
Heather
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