Another catch basin for some of these materials could be NX - I notice an
assortment in the NX section in LC, subdivisions of which include "Arts in
General", "Interrelationships among the arts", "Exhibitions", and "History
of the Arts", and "Special subjects, characters, persons...".
Since its artS plural it seems to encompass multidisciplinary and
performance work. In our library it includes books on artists like Dan
Graham, Andrea Fraser, and Joan Jonas, "body art" (Stelarc, Abromavich), a
book on sound in art, and many other special topics, needless to say.
I'm not a cataloger, but a reference librarian, and NX is definitely one
stop on the list of sections for browsing multidisciplinary stuff. Someone
with a cataloger's viewpoint could probably parse out the logic better than
I!
Kathy Cowan
Katherine Cowan
Senior Reference Librarian, Decker Library
Maryland Institute College of Art
Tel: 410-225-2714
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Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] Dewey to LC conversion: 709
Mo,
I don't think the literature handles that new stuff very well. The very fact
that you have to use four terms to describe it is a good indicator of the
problem. If you could class it, it wouldn't be alternative. There was just a
conversation on VRA-L about how to class Jenny Holzer (they're using "class"
in a classified-catalog kind of way, not LCC or Dewey). Some argued for
conceptual art which I don't think I would have thought of. Until the
literature settles down, it is hard for us catalogers to get it "right" or
even near right.
All that said, when you get the next book or whatever, you have to figure
out somewhere to put it. Lots of not-otherwise-classifiable books end up in
catch basins. I don't know 709.04 but there's lots of stuff in N6490
(general 20th-century art) or in exhibition numbers (N6486-6488). Now we're
beginning to use similar 21st-century numbers.
Sherman Clarke
NYU Libraries
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From: Mo Dawley <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, July 27, 2007 10:22 am
Subject: [ARLIS-L] Dewey to LC conversion: 709
To: [log in to unmask]
> All,
> Carnegie Mellon Libraries are converting their collections from Dewey
> to LC
> this summer.
> In redesigning my intro classes, I'm trying to gauge how the 709's esp.
> 709.04 (often the catch basin for
> interdisciplinary/multi-displinary/alternative/new media works) is
handled
> in LC.
> My classes will most likely occur before or during the time when
relabeling
> takes place, so I have to project for the students what they might
> find in
> various scenarios.
> Does LC deal with non-traditional art media more effectively than Dewey
> does?
> Any insights you have or any literature you can point me to that
> deals with
> the topic would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Mo
>
> Mo Dawley
> Art and Drama Librarian
> Senior Librarian
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> http://www.library.cmu.edu/Research/Arts/Art/index.html
> http://www.library.cmu.edu/Research/Arts/Drama/index.html
> http://www.greenarts.org
>
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