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Enhancing Access with Australian Pictorial Thesaurus

Learn about the APT, an online thesaurus for Australian subject terms, used in libraries, archives, museums. Discover its evolution, management, day-to-day operations, and its role in improving metadata value.

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Enhancing Access with Australian Pictorial Thesaurus

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  1. The Australian Pictorial Thesaurus in 2003Presenter: Allison KingscoteACOC Seminar Wesley Centre, Sydney25 July 2003

  2. The Australian Pictorial Thesaurus • Introduction • Background • Operational management structure • Day-to-day operations • Future directions and access issues

  3. Introduction • APT is an online hierarchical thesaurus of specifically Australian subject terms • Intended for indexing images and original materials in libraries, archives, museums • Uses contemporary Australian words & phrases • Free • Terms arranged hierarchically • Users can suggest new terms

  4. Background • Australian collections required a thesaurus of indexing terms of Australian terminology • CASL (Council of Australian State Libraries) committed funding to development of an Australian thesaurus • APT evolved from PICMAN database

  5. Operational management structure

  6. Day to day operations: • Assessing proposed new terms for inclusion • Communication with users • Review of thesaurus hierarchy & web content • Software upgrades/testing • Alert to new developments

  7. Future directions and access issues • APT to become national standard • Number of users is growing steadily • Thesaurus purpose • APT enhancing access to information • APT increasing the value of metadata

  8. APT subject headings used: • awnings • barbecues • beer • caravan parks • caravans • chairs • country life

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