The citations below indicate the variety of descriptive standards work
related to cataloging visual materials that the archival, library, and
cultural resource communities have undertaken in the past ten years.
In addition, the Society of American Archivists expects to publish two
new manuals in 2005/6, one for managing photographs and one for
architectural resources. The books will cover arrangement and
description as well as other topics such as appraisal, preservation,
digitizing, and user services.
For many more examples of digital project guidelines, subject indexing
tools, and articles or case studies that address visual materials
cataloging, see the "Visual Materials: Processing & Cataloging
Bibliography" at the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs
Division Web site, http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/resource/vmbib.html The
general "Cataloging & Digitizing Toolbox" page offers additional tip
sheets and resource lists to assist folks working with photographs,
posters, drawings, cartoons, and other visual materials at
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/cataloging.html
Betz, Elisabeth W. Graphic Materials: Rules for Describing Original
Items and Historical Collections. Washington, DC: Library of Congress,
1982. 155 p. [The updated edition (1996) added several rules and
MARC-tagged examples. Available online at
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/gm/graphmat.html ]
Describing Archives: A Content Standard. Chicago: Society of American
Archivists, 2004. [Replaces Archives, Personal Papers, and Manuscripts
(Steven L. Hensen, 1989). DACS has many examples that include visual
materials, but "contains no specific rules for the description of
particular media." Archivists who need specialized rules are advised
to consult the media-specific standards listed in Appendix B.]
Klijn, Edwin, and Yola de Lusenet. SEPIADES: Cataloguing Photographic
Collections. Amsterdam: European Commission on Preservation and Access,
2004. 49 p. Also available online at
http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/sepia/publications.html
Research Libraries Group. Descriptive Metadata Guidelines for RLG
Cultural Materials. RLG, 2004.
http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=214 [Features visual
materials.]
Visual Resources Association. Cataloguing Cultural Objects: A Guide to
Describing Cultural Works and Their Images. 2004.
http://www.vraweb.org/CCOweb/ [Covered in earlier e-mail from Ann
Whiteside, along with the CDWA and VRA Core.]
Brett Carnell
Team Leader, Technical Services Section
Prints and Photographs Division
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C. 20540
(202) 707-9059
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Dear List,
I am writing a paper for my graduate class on recent changes in
cataloging/descriptive standards for visual materials. I haven't found
a
lot of material in the journal databases I searched. I also checked
web
sites for organizations like ARLIS, VRA, RLIN, OCLC and LC for drafts
of
documents which might be pertinent.
Have I missed something major or is it accurate to say there hasn't
been much happening in the last 5 years? I understand MARC 21 has
come
out and AACR2 has been revised again, but aside from those?
Thank you for suggestions.
Lois Hamill, C.A.
Asst. Archivist & Special Collections Librarian
P.O. Box 3A
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA 01610-2395
Ph (508) 793-2575
Fax (508) 793-2372
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