Surf these sites: Archives and Museum Informatics -- Cultural Heritage Informatics Quarterly. Journal of information management relating to the world''s cultural heritage, balancing the interests of documentation, education and entertainment. Artefact -- Group of companies providing technical and information services for museums, galleries and archives. British Museum Materials Thesaurus -- Hierarchical list of terms and everyday nomenclature used to standardize documentation terminology within the British Museum. Categories for the Description of Works of Art -- Guidelines for formulating the content of art databases. Consortium for the Exchange of Museum Information (CIMI) -- CIMI''s goal is to bring museum information to the largest possible audience by developing an open standards-based approach to the management and delivery of digital museum information. Developments In Museum And Cultural Heritage Information Standards -- Information system standards and management of museum collections. Factsheets On-line -- A large range of paper-based forms and informational sheets for use in documentation from the Museum Documentation Association. Getty Research Insitute -- The Art and Architecture Thesaurus Browser, ontology. Guide to the Description of Architectural Drawings -- Descriptive standards for architectural drawings in museums and libraries. Handbook of Standards Documenting African Collections -- Standards for documentation and cataloguing of African collections in museums and cultural institutions. Interactive Multimedia in Museums -- Discussion of mutimedia collection databases, orientation guides, and exhibit support programs from Information Online. International Guidelines for Museum Object Information -- The CIDOC Information Categories, a description of the information categories that can be used when developing records about the objects in museum collections. Museum Digital Library Collection -- The non-profit Museum Digital Library Collection will help museums finance collection digitization and manage digital image licensing and distribution. Museum Documentation Association -- A wealth of information on cataloguing and curatorial concerns for museums. Resources include documentation for registration, nomenclature and terminology, documentation standards. Object ID: An International Standard for Identifying Cultural Objects -- Paper by Robin Thorne of the Getty Institute calling for standards of indentification of art and artifacts. Protecting Cultural Objects / Object ID -- The need for and use of Object ID standards with cultural property. Standards Program of the Getty Research Institute -- The mission of the Getty Standards Program centers on enhancing worldwide access to cultural heritage information by promoting guidelines and practices critical to developing, managing, and delivering information online. Term-IT -- A European project addressing the terminology needs of the cultural sector, providing multi-lingual support for multimedia services, and promoting linguistic and cultural diversity. The Computerized Accession Ledger -- Museum computer consultant Robert A. Baron''s discussion of accession methods in relation to computerized records and hand written, bound records. Vocabulary of Basic Terms for Cataloguing Costume -- Includes terminology for women''s, men''s, and children''s garments. Provided by the ICOM International Committee for the Museums and Collections of Costume.
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