Donny Smith
4 credits
spring 2002

goals & evaluation

I will evaluate the current thesauri, cataloging schemes, or ontologies used in the online database of the Drexel Historic Costume Collection, then modify and test them.

I will perform any other related tasks or research, as assigned by Assistant Professor Xia Lin.

I will submit a written report at the end of the quarter summarizing my work, evaluating the results, comparing the project to other digital museums, and discussing relevant theoretical issues.

Professor Lin will evaluate my work one-half based on the practical results of my work on the ontologies and one-half based on my written report.

tentative reading list

Designing public access systems
J.E. Rowley, Frances Slack, 1998

Images online: perspectives on the Museum Educational Site Licensing Project
Patricia McClung, Christie Stephenson, eds., 1998

Delivering digital images: cultural heritage resources for education
Patricia McClung, Christie Stephenson, eds., 1998

Protecting cultural objects in the global information society
Robin Thornes, 1997

Art & architecture thesaurus
Getty Art History Information Program, 1994

Information imagineering
Wolf, Ensor, Thomas, ALA, 1998

Learning in the museum
George Hein, 1998

Meaning in the visual arts
Erwin Panofsky, 1955

The Museum Computer Network
http://www.mcn.edu

Archives and Museum Informatics
http://www.archimuse.com

D-Lib
http://www.dlib.org

Cultivate Interactive
http://www.cultivate-int.org

description of the Drexel Historic Costume Collection

THE DREXEL HISTORIC COSTUME COLLECTION is a searchable database of archival data and detailed graphics for the physical collections housed in the College of Media Arts & Design and the Drexel Museum, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.

This site provides a wealth of information for fashion design students, fashion professionals, historic costume scholars, and followers of fashion trends, current and past. Some items from the collection are viewable in 3D panorama.

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Donny Smith
May 2002
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