Methods of subjects in photographs analysis: study on information of representation in education ambit

Abstract

Introduction: The photographic is considered by your historical value and for its own direct reality elements that are transmitted by your visual syntax. It is proposed that the reflection of how the methods of analysis of subject in photographs must be part of the composition of the teaching of courses in Library and Information Science of Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar). Objective: This paper is to present an overview of the main guidelines for the assignment of subject metadata value in treating photographs, entered the graduate education of library and information science. Methodology: For bibliographic survey conducted about the guidelines addressed photo representation, subsidizing the theoretical nature, exploratory and qualitative work Results: The results show that features the subject feature a range of possibilities and that, even so, I remove the subjectivity of an image. Conclusions: Thus, the use of tools and guidelines for content increases the consistency of the metadata of subject to localization systems, access, use and reuse of photographs, in databases, catalogs and other forms of imagery storage.