Museum photo collections

Bibliographic description
CORBAL, Marie. Museum photo collections [on line]. IUT Michel de Montaigne, 2006. Available on: http://www.iut.u-bordeaux3.fr/doc/sitos2006/MuseumPhotography/Welcome.htm

Dublin Core
Title : Museum photo collections
Creator : Marie Corbal
Subject : Documentary processing / Museum photograph
Description : This site present a collection of links on the material and intellectual processing of museum photographs. There are some definitions.
Publisher : IUT Michel de Montaigne
Date : 2006
Type : Web site
Format : HTML
Identifier : http://www.iut.u-bordeaux3.fr/doc/sitos2006/MuseumPhotography/Welcome.htm
Source : http://www.iut.u-bordeaux3.fr/site/jsp/site/Portal.jsp
Language : Fr
Relation : http://www.iut.u-bordeaux3.fr/doc/sitos2006.htm
Coverage : France
Rights : IUT Michel de Montaigne

Extract
"DOCUMENTARY PROCESSING OF PHOTOGRAPHY


MATERIAL PROCESSING

Stocktaking
The stocktaking relies on international standard bibliographic description (ISBD) publicated by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA).

Recording
The documentary activity is written on a specific project which enables it to record. There are compulsory information such as the number of recordings, the date of the shot, the copyright, the name of photographer, the support, the format, the number of the shot and the legend with the localization.

Watermarking
It's an ink or a computing plug which underlines compulsory datas such as the copyright, the address of the institution, the author, a brief legend, and the number of the negative.


INTELLECTUAL PROCESSING

Legend
The legend can either be a piece of information, a commentary or a specific annotation. It is always in relation to the photography itself. It mentions the place, the date of the shot and the subject of the photography. In short it enables the researcher to exploit and to organize the collection.

Indexing
It is a device which enables to condense the information available on the photograph will were help of specific vocabulary such as iconographic thesaurus, free indexing, indexing language and classifying language. It enables to choose a precise word corresponding to the needs of the service. There is a link between the photography and the word choosen. For example, there is system of indexing such as ICONCLASS, GARNIER, RAMEAU and ICONOS. They are made for description of the photography."