Collection-level Description: joining up the domains.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Chapman, Ann
- Source
- Journal of the Society of Archivists; Oct2004, Vol. 25 Issue 2, p149-155, 7p
- Subject
- Cataloging
Information retrieval
Documentation
Archives
Collection level cataloging
Information science
Auxiliary sciences of history
- Language
- ISSN
- 00379816
This article focuses on a new tool for information retrieval-collection-level description. It allows users to search for resources across archive, library and museum domains, enabling them to identify appropriate collections for visits or item-level searching. Collection-level description originated with the Heaney entity-relationship model of collections; the metadata schemas based on the model can be used to structure searchable relational databases in which descriptions are held and a Dublin Core Application Profile is being developed. Examples are given of existing collection description databases. The final section of the article considers the relevance of collection-level description to the archives community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]