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The Australian Pictorial Thesaurus in 2003 Presenter: Allison Kingscote ACOC Seminar Wesley Centre, Sydney 25 July 2003. The Australian Pictorial Thesaurus. Introduction Background Operational management structure Day-to-day operations Future directions and access issues. Introduction.
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The Australian Pictorial Thesaurus in 2003Presenter: Allison KingscoteACOC Seminar Wesley Centre, Sydney25 July 2003
The Australian Pictorial Thesaurus • Introduction • Background • Operational management structure • Day-to-day operations • Future directions and access issues
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
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
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
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
APT subject headings used: • awnings • barbecues • beer • caravan parks • caravans • chairs • country life