Princeton has created unique call nos. for artists so that all works on an artist/architect/corporate body sit together on the shelf, at least in Marquand and a few other locations (not so for art books in other Princeton libraries). The "Princeton Artist File" was an outgrowth of the locally-modified N schedule. For further questions about it, feel free to contact me directly. Best, Rebecca
Rebecca K. Friedman
Assistant Librarian, Marquand Library
McCormick Hall, Princeton University
609-258-3163
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From: Mona Chapin <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 10:32 am
Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] Shelving dilemma
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> We were for many years the library for a local college level
> studio art school. The librarian who was here in the 1960s
> established an "artist room" where all of the books on one artist
> were shelved together under the artists' name. It has been very
> successful. The students loved it. It encourages browsing and
> serendipitous discoveries. Even though we no longer serve as the
> library for this school we have maintained the artist room
> arrangement because our members and even our curators like it so
> much. The only drawback is that it makes doing inventories of the
> collection much more difficult.
>
> Mona L. Chapin
> Head Librarian
> Mary R. Schiff Library & Archives
> Cincinnati Art Museum
> 953 Eden Park Drive
> Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-1557
> Tel: (513) 639-2976
> Fax: (513) 721-0129
> Email: [log in to unmask]
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST [mailto:ARLIS-
> [log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Anandasivam Geraldene Kasthuri
> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 11:49 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [ARLIS-L] Shelving dilemma
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> We are a new art, design & media library and have a rapidly
> growing collection of about 15,000 volumes.
> We use the LC classification for our collection.
>
>
>
> We have had some feedback about the way some of the books are
> shelved, to make browsing easier. For example: a student has
> pointed out that all books on Van Gogh should be shelved together
> irrespective of whether they are on his paintings, drawings,
> biography, criticism etc. This is because based on LC
> categories, the books are shelved according to their genre.
>
>
>
> Have any of you experienced a similar issue. Would appreciate any
> feedback on how we could deal with this.
>
>
>
> Thank you
>
>
>
> Kasthuri Anandasivam
>
> Head, Art, Design and Media Library
>
> Nanyang Technological University
>
> 81 Nanyang Drive
>
> ART-01-03
>
> Singapore 637458
>
> Tel: +65 6316 8950
>
> Fax: +65 6791 9539
>
>
>
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