What is the goal of IMAP Web Tutorial?
The goal of the IMAP Web Tutorial is to teach people with no previous training how to use the IMAP Cataloging Template and to catalog according to recognized standards. What is the goal of IMAP Cataloging Template? The immediate goal of the IMAP Cataloging Template is to establish a compatible information system for independent media collections across broad geographic regions, among a wide range of non-profit organizations, artists, and performers. Once individual collections have been cataloged, a union catalog will be created, making significant media-based collections available to a broad user base, including artists, arts groups, curators, scholars, educators, and students. Data in the IMAP Union Catalog will be incorporated into Moving Image Collecctions (MIC). What is MIC? MIC or Moving Image Collections is a joint project of the Association of Moving Image Archives (AMIA) and the Library of Congress. The goal of the MIC portal is to provide a window to the world’s moving image
