Above: Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, November 8, 1934
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Cataloguing images - Guidelines for Picture Queensland contributors
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Table of contents
1. Introduction
2. General requirements
3. General rules for entering data
Spelling
Capitalisation
Full stops
Quotation marks
Military abbreviations and terminology
Dates
Doubtful information
Style and comprehension
Repetition of words
Culturally sensitive materials
4. Title
5. Creator/Photographer
Form of name
Personal names
Organisation names
Commercial photographers and studios
6. Coverage
7. Description
8. Subject
Australian Pictorial Thesaurus (APT)
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)
Personal and corporate names as subjects
Named subject headings (LCSH)
Geographic places as subjects (Geographic coverage)
9. Contributor
12. Type
13. Identifier
16. Rights
17. Rightsholder
18. Bibliography
19. Appendix A: Guidelines for establishing named LCSH headings
Names of bridges
Names of houses
Names of stations (properties)
Names of parks and botanic gardens
Wars and conflicts
Government departmental buildings
Buildings whose names and functions have changed over time
20. Appendix B: Thumbnail URLs - Codes for contributors
21. Appendix C: Examples for physical format
Last updated: 15th November 2010
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