Tag Archives: Cataloging
Artist Files in Action No. 3 – Scott Grant Barker Artist Files Collection
The artist files community owes a debt to Scott Grant Barker, a respected scholar of early-to-mid-twentieth century Fort Worth art, who has authored or contributed to over twenty-one titles on the topic. During the course of his research, he also … Continue reading
Artist Files SIG Update – December 18, 2018
Hi all and happy holidays! The Artist Files SIG welcomes 37 new members to the SIG since my last update on August 17, 2018. We currently have 342 members Artist Files SIG at the ARLIS/NA 2019 Conference, Salt Lake City … Continue reading
ARLIS/NA 2019 Conference Workshop – Data In Sight: Leveraging MarcEdit To Bring (Better) Data To Light
I have just learned from Bronwen Bitetti, ARLIS/NA Cataloging Advisory Committee chair, that the MarcEdit workshop she proposed is now live on the 2019 ARLIS/NA Salt Lake City conference schedule. The Artist Files SIG and the Cataloging Advisory Committee are … Continue reading
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
Best Practices For Cataloging Artist Files Using MARC
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
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
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.
Artist Files Revealed: Documentation and Access
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