Category: News from the Field
Artist Files Cataloging Overview
Hi artist files fans, I’ve created a spreadsheet that is an attempt to round up where various institutions are in terms of cataloging their artist files. One of the uses of this document is to help OCLC get a better … Continue reading
The Lynn Igoe Memorial African American Artist Files Collection at the Sloane Art Library, UNC Chapel Hill
Written by Taylor Barrett, Kristina Bush, and Veronica McGurrin [1]; edited by Samuel Duncan. Over the 2017-2018 academic year, a group of graduate students at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, including Taylor Barrett, Kristina Bush, and Veronica McGurrin … Continue reading
MarcEdit (And Other Tools For Batch Processing)
Hi artist files fans, especially those who are interested in learning more about batch processing sets of artist files names into MARC: I’m sharing this super-relevant post written by Karen Smith-Yoshimura of OCLC Research. As we learned at the 2018 Artist … Continue reading
Paul Chan “Artist Files”
At the ARLIS/NA 2018 Annual Meeting convocation and awards ceremony, Paul Chan, keynote speaker, introduced the Society to files, a sly riff on our definition of “artist files” that comments on how digital files are elemental parts of an artist’s … Continue reading
Alex Reigle Presents Update on MARC for Cataloging Artist Files at OCLC Meeting
Alex Reigle addressed attendees at the OCLC Update Meeting at ARLIS/NA 2018, New York City, to share the SIG’s work to improve the MARC standard for cataloging artist files.
Library of Congress Genre/Form Authority Record for Artist Files
I’m so excited to see artist files recently appear as a Library of Congress genre and form heading. I think it does a nice job of pulling together authoritative sources to help define artist files. I particuarly like the succinct scope … Continue reading