On behalf of the ARLIS/NA Communications and Publications Committee it is my pleasure to announce the launch of a new ARLIS/NA Online Publication:
Written and compiled by:
Lynda Bunting, Sherman Clarke, Marly Helm, S. Isidor Justeson, Elizabeth Lilker, Elizabeth O'Keefe, Sarah Quimby, Daniel Starr, Lori Van Deman.
This new Online Publication provides invaluable insights into cataloging subject heading fields for exhibition catalogs -- illuminating the particular issues and challenges associated with these 6xx fields, including meeting names, named works of art,
and the use of genre terms.
This publication of best practices, created by the ARLIS/NA
Cataloging Advisory Committee, is devoted to providing practical guidance to catalogers
working with art exhibition publications. These guidelines are intended to be used in conjunction with other cataloging documentation, including Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 2nd edition, 2002 revision (AACR2), and its successor, Resource Description and
Access (RDA), Library of Congress Rule Interpretations (LCRI), and MARC21.
The cataloging of exhibition publications poses unique challenges to new and experienced catalogers alike. These types of publications often require more use of a cataloger's judgment, and more intervention in terms of transposing, omitting, and supplying data.
Decision-making about the choice of a primary access point can be quite involved, and local practices and guidelines greatly affect how an exhibition publication is cataloged.
This new online publication is the third devoted to providing best practice guidelines for cataloging exhibition catalogs. The series of three are:
Or simply select "Online Publications" from the "Resources" tab at
Kraig A. Binkowski
ARLIS/NA Professional Resources Editor
Chief Librarian
Reference Library and Archives
Yale Center for British Art
1080 Chapel Street
P.O. Box 208280
New Haven, CT 06520-8280
Phone: (203) 432-2846
Fax: (203) 432-7180
For up to date information on forthcoming workshops and free visits
please see the online ARLIS/UK & Ireland Events Calendar 2009 at
http://www.arlis.org.uk/