The very nature of the art object has resulted in slow progress toward electronic data processing in art museums. Art objects are described on several levels. The empirical, concerned with the piece as an object, and the main concern of the registrar, is most suitable for computer adaptation. This idea, however, is not an attractive one because…

Computerization seems to offer some solutions to the inadequacies of the card catalog. However, vocabulary obstacles must be overcome before the history, art history, and art students alike can enter libraries all over the world and quickly satisfy their various needs. (10 references) (Author/NH)