Lois, That is a good question. The staff and director want them cataloged, so I think that is the direction we are headed, but we do need to consider time and expense. I think many of the approaches mentioned in answer to my post would be good to consider, so I think that at the end of the week I will collect them all together and present them to the staff to discuss.
Thanks for all of the responses and advice,
Judy
Lois Crane <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
body{font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;background-color: #ffffff;color: black;} Judy, Do you really want to catalog all your auction catalogs? Will it be worth the time and expense? At the Wichita Art Museum I shelve them by date, so if someone asks if we have Christy's American paintings... of such and such a date, I can just look on the shelves. I DO catalog a few that are restricted to a particular artist or painting. And only those devoted to a personal collection are cataloged if they are limited to a certain artist, such as Joe Blow's collection of Andy Warhol paintings. It seems to satisfy our needs. There are databases out there that can search for more general topics/auction houses/works of art, but we can't afford them, and if necessary, a reference librarian at the Nelson Atkins Museum in Kansas City has offered to do a search for me. I've very rarely had to call on him for that. Let me know if you have any questions.
Lois F. Crane, Librarian
Wichita Art Museum
1400 West Museum Blvd.
Wichita, KS 67203-3296
316-268-4918 [log in to unmask]
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From: Judith Gustafson
Sent: Mar 15, 2008 2:49 PM
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Subject: [ARLIS-L] cataloging auction catalogs
Hi all,
I am a library student volunteering at Loyola University Museum of Art in Chicago in helping to set up their library (Solomon Cordwell Buenz Sacred Art and Architecture Library). We are about to begin cataloging our auction catalogs and I would like to find out how other libraries arrange their auction catalogs. It seems that a couple libraries that I know of catalog by auction date, but does anyone do it by subject matter? One of the staff people here would like to have them arranged by subject (e.g. all Old Master Paintings together, etc.), which I am not sure would be practical. Any advise?
Thanks,
Judy Gustafson
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