Monet and Hollar: Irregularity among institutions in the extensiveness of records created for the same creator Hollar: More single instances of words = likelier retrieval More headings used did not lead to greater retrieval Monet: Many single instances of words led to more retrieval of one record (left) than of other Monet records from other institutions Wenzel Hollar Strasburg (detail) Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON Gift of John Roberts, 1992 AMICO retrievals: 6 Wenceslaus Hollar Bust of Woman with Lace Collar and Braided Hair (detail) Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA Gift of Mrs. Toivo Laminan (Margaret Chamberlin, Class of 1929) AMICO retrievals: 24 Wenceslas Hollar Landscape with two farm houses on a hilltop, Bohemia (Detail) Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts AMICO retrievals: 10 Description variation among institutions: a well-known creator (Monet) and a lesser-known creator (Hollar) Claude Monet Morning on the Seine, near Giverny (detail) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Juliana Cheney Edwards Collection AMICO retrievals: 800 Claude Monet Sailboats on the Seine (detail) Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Gift of Bruno and Sadie Adriani AMICO retrievals: 1105 Claude Monet Water Lilies (detail) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH AMICO retrievals: 1232 EXAMPLES 0.00 200.00 400.00 600.00 800.00 1000.00 1200.00 A llM onet im ages, institution 1 A llM onet im ages, institution 2 A llM onet im ages, institution 3 M ean w ord count M ean A M ICO retrievals 0.00 10.00 20.00 30.00 40.00 50.00 60.00 AllH ollar im ages, institution 1 AllH ollar im ages, institution 2 AllH ollar im ages, institution 3 M ean num ber of headings M ean w ord count M ean A M ICO retrievals Variations in record description among institutions: suggestions of trends (example of well-known creator – Claude Monet) Variations in record description among institutions: suggestions of trends (example of lesser-known creator – Wenzel Hollar)
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Monet and Hollar: Irregularity among
institutions in the extensiveness of records
created for the same creator
Hollar:
More single instances of words =
likelier retrieval More headings used did not
lead to greater retrieval
Monet:
Many single instances of words led to more
retrieval of one record (left) than of other Monet records
from other institutions
Wenzel Hollar
Strasburg (detail)
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
Gift of John Roberts, 1992AMICO retrievals: 6
Wenceslaus Hollar
Bust of Woman with Lace Collar and Braided Hair
(detail)Davis Museum and
Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Gift of Mrs. Toivo Laminan (Margaret Chamberlin,
Class of 1929)AMICO retrievals: 24
Wenceslas Hollar
Landscape with two farm houses
on a hilltop, Bohemia
(Detail)Fine Arts Museums of San
Francisco, San Francisco, CAAchenbach Foundation for
Graphic ArtsAMICO retrievals: 10
Description variation among
institutions: a well-known creator (Monet) and a lesser-known creator
(Hollar)
Claude Monet
Morning on the Seine,
near Giverny(detail)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Juliana Cheney Edwards
CollectionAMICO retrievals: 800
Claude Monet
Sailboats on the Seine
(detail)
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Gift of Bruno and Sadie AdrianiAMICO retrievals: 1105
Claude Monet
Water Lilies(detail)
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
AMICO retrievals: 1232
EXAMPLES
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All Monetimages,
institution 1
All Monetimages,
institution 2
All Monetimages,
institution 3
Mean word count
Mean AMICOretrievals
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All Hollarimages,
institution 1
All Hollarimages,
institution 2
All Hollarimages,
institution 3
Mean number ofheadingsMean word count
Mean AMICOretrievals
Variations in record description among institutions: suggestions of trends (example of well-known creator –
Claude Monet)
Variations in record description among institutions: suggestions of trends (example of lesser-known creator –
Wenzel Hollar)
Other search types (chart below):
Provide access points for other, more specific searches
Extensive descriptions = fruitful keyword searching: Use more single instances of words Use more fields to describe images
Efficiency:
Reputation affects amount of description
Set minimal standards but exceed them for the obscure