Subject: Museum documentation
Course: Museum documentation II
ECTS credits: 3
Language: Croatian
Duration : 1 semester (winter)
Status: compulsory course
Method of teaching: 1 hour of lecture and  1 hour of practical classes per week
Prerequisite: -
Assessment: written report

Course description:
Topics about data value standards and related terminology control tools (thesauri and classifications) will be discussed and elaborated in context of principles of museum documentation. Subject analysis and selecting subject index terms in museum context will be examined.
At practical level students will be trained in use of terminology control tools in manual and computer based documentation of museum object and also in procedures of creation and processing of secondary documentation and descriptions on collection level.

Course objectives:
Adopting the best practice in use of terminology control in processing, search and retrieval of museum documentation information.

Quality check and success of the course: Quality check and success of the course will be done by combining internal and external evaluation. Internal evaluation will be done by teachers and students using survey method at the end of semester. The external evaluation will be done by colleagues attending the course, by monitoring and assessment of the course.

Reading list:  
1. Vujić, Žarka; Zlodi, Goran. Nova tehnologija i pristup muzejskim zbirkama: iskustvo zagrebačkih umjetničkih muzeja i galerija. // Informatica museologica. 31 (2000), 1-2; 25-31.
2. Vujić, Žarka. Što je ICONCLASS i možemo li ga primijeniti u našim muzejima i galerijama? // MDC - Bilten o informatizaciji muzejske djelatnosti. 1-4, (1998).

Additional reading list:
1. Aitchison, Jean; Gilchrist, Alan; Bawden, David. Thesaurus construction and use : a practical manual. 4th ed. London : Aslib, 2000.