
Accurate, relevant, consistent keywords.
- Collections analysis for insight and understanding into existing structures, metadata and workflow. Identifying gaps in methodology and establishing key themes and categories. Determining potential for improvement in relation to long-term aims.
- Assessment and evaluation of specialised, contextual and related data to reflect and develop unique aspects of archive.
- Thesaurus development to build, restructure or introduce hierarchies with synonyms to clarify ambiguities. Integrated data frameworks optimise search and support clarity and ease of use.
- Keywording full collections, selections or edits to agreed requirements and consistently high standards.
- Keyword training and guidelines including methodologies to ensure clean and accurate results.
- Optimise search on creative concepts, themes and primary objects to enhance access and visibility.
- Thesaurus management including review and assessment of vocabulary structures to improve performance by integrating new keywords into framework.
I have made substantial improvement to search across many sectors with an unbroken 25 years of experience.