Creation of a terminology database in museology

An interdisciplinary approach in the colombian context

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2025.1213

Keywords:

terminology, museology, information sciences, terminology database, interdisciplinarity

Abstract

The objective of this study was to develop a Terminology Database of Museology (BDT-M), within the framework of the Terminology Data Bank of Information Sciences (BDT-CI), in order to help systematize the terminology of the museological field in Colombia. A six-stage methodology was applied, based on the models of Auger and Rousseau (2003) and Cabré (1993, 1999), which included the creation of specialized corpora, validation with experts through focus groups and the design of a monolingual terminology card in Spanish with equivalents in Portuguese and English. As a result, a database with 221 terms was built, in addition to an interactive glossary with the inclusion of terms in Colombian sign language. It is concluded that this research contributes to the consolidation of the specialized discourse of museology, the reduction of conceptual ambiguities, the promotion of inclusion, specialized communication and the strengthening of the discipline in academic and professional contexts.

Author Biographies

María Teresa Múnera Torres, Universidad de Antioquia

Ph.D. in Information and Documentation from the University of Zaragoza in Spain. Librarian and Master’s degree in Social Sciences from the University of Antioquia. Full Professor and researcher at the Inter-American School of Library Science at the University of Antioquia. Director of the Inter-American School of Library Science at the University of Antioquia from 2004 to 2010. Head of the Department of Academic Training from 2017 to 2018. Coordinator of the Master’s Program in Information Science at the EIB. Member of the Ibero-American Terminology Network and EDICIC.

John Jairo Giraldo Ortíz, Universidad de Antioquia

Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from Pompeu Fabra University (Spain) and a degree in English-French-Spanish Translation from the University of Antioquia (Colombia). Full professor and researcher at the School of Languages at the University of Antioquia. President of the Ibero-American Terminology Network, honorary member of the Colombian Association of Translators, Terminologists, and Interpreters (ACTTI), and member of the “Information, Knowledge, and Society” Research Group within the Interdisciplinary Studies in Information and Knowledge Management (EIGIC) program. His main areas of research are terminology, translation, neology, phraseology, and lexical creation in Spanish.

Gloria Stella Cano García, Universidad de Antioquia

Licensed in Fine Arts and holding a Master’s degree in Aesthetics, with over twenty years of experience in education, research, and cultural management. She has developed a reflective approach to the relationship between culture and museums; she has been a cultural and museum educator since 2009, and has led the Education Department at the University of Antioquia Museum since 2013. Her career includes teaching, coordinating academic and training programs, and advising on artistic and cultural projects.

Liliana Patricia Correa Rodriguez, Universidad de Antioquia

Master of Fine Arts with graduate studies in Visual Anthropology and Anthropological Documentation (FLACSO Ec), and a specialist in Photographic Creation from the University of Antioquia. She is dedicated to photographic and audiovisual production, the preservation of photographic archives, and their creative and expressive use. She has exhibited her artistic work at academic and cultural events since 2001. Currently, she serves as curator of the Art Collection at the University Museum of the University of Antioquia and as a professor in the Faculty of Arts at the same university, where she engages in activities related to arts research, museology, and conservation.

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2026-04-16

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Múnera Torres, M. T., Giraldo Ortíz, J. J., Cano García, G. S., & Correa Rodriguez, L. P. (2026). Creation of a terminology database in museology: An interdisciplinary approach in the colombian context. Biblios Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, (88), e012. https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2025.1213

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