Structures of Image Collections: From Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc to Flickr

by Howard F. Greisdorf and Brian C. O'Connor

Book Overview

Human beings have always had a penchant for collecting images. The challenge today is that almost anything and everything in the world is available as a viewable image. Consequently, say O'Connor and Greisdorf, image collections can no longer be the result of ad hoc processes rooted in antiquated methodologies. To this end, they present the reader with an interdisciplinary approach to the principles, practices and belief systems underlying categorization...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591583756
• ISBN13: 9781591583752
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.1" x 9.8"