Hello Leslie,
I am not a "real" cataloger and cannot answer about WHY the books on Native
American Art have been consistently flung into Ethnology by the original LC
catalogers, but there are more cataloging headaches caused by ambivalence,
for example about Archaeology (when must an "antiquity" be considered a
work of art?) or famous monuments in towns, which are cataloged in F and
would be needed by our art students who only look within the N
holdings. Anybody thinking of the graphic or industrial design books? Or
the architecture of schools and hospitals?
In our Art Library I have only jurisdiction on books in the classes from N
to Z, so that I can keep all the photography books and a selection
of my liking of the books I may order that are cataloged from P through Z .
Whenever it makes sense and is in my power I change numbers to fit my needs
according to the regular N schedule, but in the case of Native American Art
I follow an "in house" schedule created by my predecessor which fits the
whole class within N 5311 with appropriate
decimals added for individual civilizations. Although it is a bit crude
and not perfect it serves our needs quite well.
Our technical services specialist has never objected!
Anna Bigazzi
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>Hi Leslie,
>You make a good point, but there are several other strange classifications
>you'll probably notice over time. I work in a "Dewey" library, but as I
>recall, photography is not in the N's; it's in the T's. In Dewey, we have
>costume design in 391, not in the 700's with the rest of the arts.
>Screenplays are in the 790's, but how to write a screenplay is in the 800's.
>
>Just the tip of the iceberg, I'm sure.
>Andrea Segall
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> >>> Leslie Andersen 07/30/03 02:26PM >>>
>Hi - As a rather new *art* librarian (not new to librarianship but new
>to collection development in art) I am puzzled as to why books on Native
>American art and artists are classed in E 98 instead of the N's. I
>notice that no other ethnicities (such as Asian-American art,
>African-American art, etc.) are classed there. Can anyone shed some
>light on this for me? I'm concerned that my students are never going to
>find biographical information on Native-Americans there. Thanks very much -
>
>Leslie
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