Best Practices for Cataloging Artist Files Using MARC updates the cataloging recommendation included in Artist Files Revealed: Documentation and Access, published by the Artist Files Working Group in 2009/2010, and was guided by the following goals: Provide conformance to RDA Specify a … Continue reading
Artist Files Revealed: Documentation and Access provides general guidelines for creating MARC records representing artist files. It also provides recommendations for the physical maintenance of files and day-to-day procedures of processing and arranging the numerous and varied items found in artist … Continue reading
The Artist Files Revealed: Online Directory project, proposed in 2005 and launched in 2010, was created as a digital resource for cultural institutions to provide information about their collections of artist files and to facilitate users’ discovery and use of those resources. In … Continue reading
Conceived in part from discussions at the ARLIS/NA 2009 conference panel, Where Libraries & Archives Converge: Artists Files and Artist Files Working Group meetings, the 2010 Digital Survey was a first step towards developing policies for collecting digital ephemeral material … Continue reading
NOTE: The following text originally published as a section in Artist Files Revealed: Documentation and Access. Introduction This chapter provides recommendations for the physical maintenance of artist files. It addresses the day-to-day procedures of processing the numerous and varied items found inappropriate … Continue reading