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|((| Ellen Chapman
|))| University of Hawaii at Manoa Library
On Fri, 20 Apr 2007, Raymond Smith wrote:
> As someone who uses OCLC WorldCat occasionally for bibliographic research, I
> am often amused if not totally shocked by some of the felicitously incorrect
> contributions. I was looking up a book titled The Artist in America,
> Compiled by The Editors of Art in America, and published by W.W. Norton in
> 1967, to determine its authorship (i.e., Art in America? Editors of Art in
> America? Lloyd Goodrich, introduction?).
>
> What I found was a complete surprise. The author is Art in America (A
> Musical Group).
>
> Here's the citation in brief:
>
> The Artist in America.
> Art in America (Musical group)
> 1967 [1st ed.]
> English Book 256 p. illus. 29 cm.
> New York, Norton
>
>
> ---------------------------------
>
> This is the only citation for this book in OCLC. It indicates 1199
> libraries own this book. Do all of these librarians accept Art in America
> as a rock band, a singing group, a jazz combo, or a string quartet perhaps?
> I'm trying hard to imagine then septuagenerians Jean Lipman, Mary Black and
> Lloyd Goodrich in any of these roles; unfortunately OCLC is rather vague
> about the kind of musical group they formed.
>
> As subscribers, we are encouraged to add comments or reviews. I have
> offered a correction but have no idea if it will be accepted or included.
> Oh for the good old fashioned National Union Catalogue.
>
> Do librarians write these bibliographic entries, or are they outsourced
> to the overseas editors of Rolling Stone?
>
> Raymond Smith / R.W. Smith Bookseller
> New Haven
>
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