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Teoria i praktyka opracowania rzeczowego dokumentów ikonograficznych w dużych kolekcjach bibliotecznych
Theory and Practice of Iconographic Documents Indexing in Large Library Collections

Author(s): Paweł Rygiel
Subject(s): Library and Information Science
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Iconographic documents; Indexing standards; Indexing tools

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the theoretical background for indexing iconographic documents, selected indexing standards and tools. A few problems found during the analysis and interpretation of documents, selection of indexing terms, and their registration, were described. The author presents methods used in the Library of Congress. Basing on documents from the National Library collection, he developed an indexing scheme enabling universal and effective access to such a collection.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 1 (99)
  • Page Range: 77-94
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish