Collaborative Cataloging

Abstract

Publishing images online is challenging enough for any one institution. When the University of Washington Libraries and the Museum of History & Industry, Seattle decided to do so and include ten small local heritage organizations in the process, Dublin Core provided the glue that made it work. The goal of providing integrated Web access to the combined materials from all the museums, while maintaining individualized databases for each organization was achieved through the use of standards, hard-work, cooperation, and an IMLS (Institute for Museum and Library Services) grant.