About: Patricia Harpring

I am the managing editor of the Getty Vocabulary Program, which compiles, edits, and publishes the three Getty vocabularies (AAT, TGN, ULAN, with the new CONA in development; see the Getty Vocabularies page). I do training and publish papers at various conferences around the country and abroad. My new book, Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies, is fast becoming a textbook in library schools. I have a PhD in Italian Renaissance art history; I have worked in the arenas of art standards and vocabularies at the Getty since 1985. This acquired knowledge of terms and trivia is helpful in the outside world too: I’m a respected opponent in Scrabble. More about Patricia Harpring: Career Profile: Patricia Harpring, Managing Editor of the Getty Vocabulary Program