Dear Jennifer,
You may find helpful the article I published in Art Documentation, Spring 2005 (vol. 24, no. 1), about artists' books in libraries. Here is a link to the pdf: http://hdl.handle.net/10090/2944. The article covers cataloging, which turned out to be "dear to my personal and professional interests" as well! I encourage you to pursue the topic.
I hope this is of some help, and best of luck to you.
Sincerely,
Louise
Louise Kulp
Visual Resources Librarian
Shadek-Fackenthal Library
Franklin & Marshall College
P.O. Box 3003
Lancaster, PA 17604-3003
717-291-4242
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Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 18:43:27 -0400
From: Jennifer Chisnell <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: MLIS student researching artist book cataloging
I am a library science student currently enrolled in a Research Methods
course, and I am particularly interested in the issue of cataloging artists'
books. However, I am encountering a dearth of relevant literature; thus far,
I have identified only the several Drucker articles in *Bonefolder*, Nina
Schneider's 2006 RBMS presentation, a manual published by ARLIS-UK, and a
similar question posted by a student in a similar situation to the BKARTS
listserv several years ago (which met with very limited response, as well
may my own query, but I thought I would make the attempt nonetheless). I
also emailed the individual who presented the AB cataloging workshop at this
year's ARLIS conference (I was unable to attend) but was unable to establish
contact.
Collective Wisdom, can you point me in the right direction and help counter
the slim-to-null hits that database-searching is thus-far engendering, or is
this thorny topic simply one that has as of yet been only glancingly
addressed in the scholarly literature? While the subject is dear to my
personal and professional interests, I must decide quickly whether or not to
abandon it and select something that will yield a heartier literature
review.
My sincere thanks, a happy memorial day to all, and please excuse
cross-posting.
Regards,
Jennifer
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