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Without metadata, the value of the stock shots archived as audiovisual heritage decreases due to the limitations of content retrieval. A number of archives are not catalogued yet, and others have a metadata structure but need to be re-catalogued and re-indexed. Incomplete metadata, [...]Abstract
In 2016, the first Spanish libraries will begin using RDA cataloging rules (Resource Description and Access), replacing AACR2. This note article explains that RDA should be viewed as a confluence of three trends: savings, sharing, and developing technology. The objectives of the catalogs [...]Abstract
The main features of the resource description and access (RDA) standard, published in 2010, are analyzed. Designed to facilitate the capture, storage, retrieval and visualization of data with the most advanced data base technologies, RDA remains compatible with older technology still [...]Abstract
Having observed the progress of museums in the computerization of collections, the author warns about the need to ensure that the cataloguing efforts adopt appropriate technological solutions to produce value on Web 2.0. Metadata should be able to define complex cultural objects much [...]Abstract
A paradigm shift is taking place in cataloguing codes. After the massive success of simple information retrieval systems like Google, some cataloguers are calling for a simplification of document descriptions. Coyle and Hillmann criticize the AACR update because of the excessive [...]Abstract
The difficulty of gathering information from databases not indexed by search engines is the origin of what is called the deep or invisible Internet. In bibliographic and cataloguing systems, lack of description of book contents leaves users with a kind of blindness. Search technologies [...]Abstract
Using internet research to study the current market of programs related to image management, we searched for the best software solutions for the description, dissemination and promotion of a photographic archive. With the experience obtained from using and configuring these programs [...]Abstract
The Office of State Museums of the Education, Culture and Sports Department has developed a number of strategies in order to improve the technical documentary processing of museum collections and their visibility on the internet.Abstract
Many important filmmakers have perfected their cinematographic technique by filming advertisements. For this reason, it is not surprising that advertising materials are often included when filmmakers donate their work to a film archive. However, these materials are not always properly [...]