Hello All!
Please excuse any cross posting
The Atlanta College of Art Library has a sizeable collection of artist books
(but not fine press books), which is stored separately from the circulating
collection. We currently have most of them in a standalone FileMaker
database, but I am thinking of putting records for them into our main
catalog.
Can those of you who also have artist book collections provide me with some
guidance and information on the issue of cataloging artist books? Please
send me your experience and answers to the following:
* Do you catalog artist books in with your regular collection? If so,
what system are you using?
* Do you use a separate database? If so, what system are you using?
Is it available to your users? Through your website? Only in the library?
Paper copy?
* Do you find the MARC format is sufficient for the artist book
records? If not, how have you compensated for this?
* What have you done differently in your cataloging of artist books
than you do with regular books (i.e., create new MARC fields)?
* Do you create original records or are you able to find records on
WorldCat/OCLC/RLIN? Are they sufficient or do you add information to your
local record?
* Do you record details of construction, materials, production
techniques, etc.? If so, in what MARC fields? Do you have a standard
vocabulary/terminology source that you use?
* What special handling processes do you have for artist books? A
special cataloger?
* Do you have any written cataloging policies/procedures for artist
books that you'd be willing to share?
* Anything else you feel is important for me to know?
Thank you all very much for your feedback! I'll be happy to share responses
with others who have similar questions re: artist books.
Moira
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Moira Steven, Head Librarian
Atlanta College of Art
1280 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone: 404-733-5021/Fax: 404-733-5312
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