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Description.Abstract |
Definition |
As an account of the intellectual content for a
resource, DESCRIPTION.ABSTRACT is a short narrative summary of the
topic or topics found in the resource. It provides additional supplied
text by experts that adds anecdotal comments, color or insight to
the description of the resource or asset that is not otherwise identified
in the more specific content-related elements.
[ see the DCMI Definition ] |
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Guidelines
for Usage |
Use
the element DESCRIPTION.ABSTRACT for brief statements about a
resource, including descriptions that are not found in the element
FORMAT.
Anecdotal comments may be added to DESCRIPTION.ABSTRACT
to enrich the description of an asset. Often these informal,
free text, anecdotal comments
come from a content expert, contributor, or academic associated
with a project. Anecdotal comments often answer the question
as to "why an asset or media file is important at all or within certain contexts." Anecdotals
enrich the context in which an asset may be understood and appreciated,
once it is searched and viewed. |
Obligation
to Use |
Optional |
Repeatable
Element |
Apply multiple
times, as needed |
Type of
Data Entry |
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Program Eighteen of
the Geography of Utah series is a video tour of Utah's spectacular
national parks and recreation areas. Zion National Park, Bryce National
Park, Capitol Reef, Canyonlands, Arches National Park, Flaming Gorge
National Recreation Area, Dinosaur National Monument, and the Glen
Canyon National Recreation Area are all visited. The controversy of
land use and environmental preservation is considered in interviews
with San Juan County Commissioner Cal Black and Benjamin Zerbey of
the National Park Service. Rainbow Bridge National Monument and Canyonlands
National Park are only two examples of the land use debate. |
The Museum Without Walls
Billboard Art Project was first conceived by Professor Roger Des Rosiers,
Chairman of the Department of Art at the University of Utah in the
early 1970s. The idea was to invite twenty-one Utah Artists to participate
in the exhibition of their works on existing outdoor bilboards in
the Salt Lake Valley. Called "Museum Without Walls" by Lukman
Glasgow, Project Director, he stated that "such works of art
in an outdoor setting must compete with the whole environment."
Further, "It was an experiment with public art works designed
to be understood by a much broader and more general art audience than
is normal to the museum of gallery environment. Such a project then
should be seen, hopefully, as a beginning and not simply an isolated
event. Too long have the works of contemporary artists been regarded
as a set of experiences for the eyes of only small or even elitist
groups. Therefore, 'public art,' because it properly speaks to a majority
in our society, is perhaps the most vital art movement occurring today."
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