Integrating Controlled Vocabularies into Cultural Heritage Digital Collections: the Portal to Texas History Experience

摘要

The University of North Texas Libraries developed a system for creating and managing a hierarchical controlled vocabulary for use in digital library initiatives. This short paper discusses and provides an overview of the benefits and challenges of integrating controlled vocabularies into cultural heritage digital collections. Specifically, it examines the University of North Texas Libraries' initiatives from a real-life digital resource management and search implementations viewpoint.