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MCN-L thread on folksonomy

This seems rather redundant, but since the MCN-L list isn't archived anywhere, I wanted to capture this dicussion somewhere outside my email. It all began with this [i've pulled all emails]:

From: "Deborah Wythe" <>
To: mcn-l mcn.edu
Subject: subject & keyword searching in CMS and DAMS
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 15:12:11 -0500

I'm curious to know if your museum assigns formal subject headings and/or keywords to works of art in their collections management or digital asset management systems. A little poking around on the Web seems to indicate it's not too common -- artist name, title, medium, collection, maybe a general category, yes, but something approaching the depth of the subject headings used in library catalogs--maybe no?

If you do assign subject headings, which authorities are used -- LCSH? AAT?

Thanks,
Deborah

Deborah Wythe
Brooklyn Museum
Head, Digital Collections and Services
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238