Hi Laura,
I am very interested in this and would love to hear about the fields folks are suggesting if you get comments off-list.
Full disclosure, I am not a cataloger!
A permissions field/statement (allowing not-for-profit use of images of the work) would be a great addition so that the institution that is collecting the work could publicize it and the artist on their site, in exhibition catalogs, etc. Thinking educational use situation. I know some librarians are already getting this approval upon acquisition.
Cataloging fields and artist/dealer input about them is something that has been a discussion topic in ARLIS for a while (so I am told). I am only in my second year as the chair of the ARLIS Book Arts Special Interest Group and we have begun to talk about this and sketch out some ideas for a form (online or in print) that an artist or dealer could complete at the time of acquisition so that valuable information about the book is not lost if it were to go to an inexperienced cataloger, in the backlog, etc.
The Book Arts SIG is scheduled to meet on Sunday, 6:30pm 1 April in the Sheraton, room TBD. It would be great to have you there to speak about your project and get feedback from the other attendees. All interested in this topic are welcome of course. I will send out details about the SIG closer to the conference.
Cheers, Teresa
Teresa M. Burk
Head Librarian
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Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:23:52 -0800
From: Laura Russell <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Artist Book Cataloging Fields Feedback Request
Hello ARLIS Friends,
We are in the process of developing a new web site for the artist books we
carry in inventory here at 23 Sandy Gallery. I am writing to ask for your
feedback regarding the cataloging data that you need for the books you
purchase for your collections.
For all new books and broadsides that we add to the web site we are asking
our artists to provide the following information to populate the
“Additional Information” fields that we’ve built into our web site. These
fields are in addition to the artist’s statement about the work and the
artist’s biography. The fields are:
Title
Subtitle
Artist/Creator
Press Name/Publisher
Place of Publication
Author of Text or Poet
Additional Image Makers
Book Bound By
Number of Images
Book Structure
Medium/Materials
Paper Stock
Typography
Number of Pages
Dimensions
Publication Date
Edition Size
Signed and Numbered?
My question to you is: what other information do you need? We are happy to
add more fields as they make sense. Fields that do not apply to a
particular book do not appear on the web page for that book.
You can get an idea of how the books pages work on our web site by
strolling through our current exhibition of artist books by Elsi Vassdal
Ellis at the link below.
http://23sandy.com/works/product-category/elsi-vassdal-ellis
Currently less than half of our regular inventory is posted with the goal
of having all works listed by early March. You can see other books here:
http://23sandy.com/works/product-category/artist-books
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. You are welcome to contact me
off list if you prefer at [log in to unmask]
Have a good day,
Laura
P.S. I'll be at the conference in Toronto. If there are any books that
you'd like to see in person, drop me a line and I'll bring them along.
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