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At 04:55 PM 7/3/96 EDT, Polly wrote:
>Being in a traditional library school, I have been encouraged take
>the traditional cataloging class (AACR2, LC subject headings, etc.). I would
>like the take of art librarians on the usefulness of such a class to an art
>librarian.
I find that the Library of Congress does not catalog most of the art
exhibition catalogs we get from galleries and on exchange, so we end up
doing a lot of independent cataloging. You too could end up in a library
which cannot afford ARLIN or OCLC, so my advice is "Take the class!"
It's a lot easier to get an introduction to the rules with a teacher nearby
to ask questions of, rather than try and figure it out from the rulebooks on
your own.
Dan Lucas, Rex Arragon Library Director
Portland Art Museum & Pacific NW College of Art
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