I doubt that what is called Podunk U's websites are being discussed here when referring to e-only catalogue raisonnes. Rigorously researched, edited, designed, & peer reviewed publications released in electronic format only are now available in our disciplines. We must indeed collect them just as we did print sources, we need to describe and include relevant e-only publications in our library catalogs, and we need to consider these formats when we plan for the preservation of collections.
Cheers,
Janine J. Henri
Architecture, Design, and Digital Services Librarian
UCLA Arts Library
1400 Public Affairs Library
Box 959312
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1392
Tel: 310-206-4587
Fax: 310-825-1303
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Exclusively online catalogues raisonnés are, in my opinion, huge lawsuits waiting to happen.
For prints, maybe; for drawings or paintings, forget it.
Unlike bibliographies, catalogues raisonnés are not merely convenient repositories of information: including a work in a catalogue raisonné unequivocally declares it to be authentic.
I realize that many works featured in traditional (i.e., printed) catalogues raisonnés have, over the years, been shown to be fakes--people will always be human, after all. And in those cases the reputation of the compiler (and thus of his/her scholarship) is diminished. So there is a clear incentive to get it right the first time.
What do you think will happen when a rich Wall Streeter buys a $5 million painting, relying on a catalogue raisonné entry on the Podunk University website--and then three years later finds that the entry has been deleted?
I don't know the answer to this question, but I sure wouldn't want to be one of Podunk U.'s lawyers.
Best
Bill Cole
Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery
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>> On Oct 29, 2013, at 12:13 PM, Amy E Lucker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> Hi folks,
>>> we here at NYU are starting to think about how to deal with e-only
>>> catalogues raisonnes. Has anyone out there come up with a plan for
>>> how to collect, catalog, and disseminate these resources? If so,
>>> please share.
>>>
>>> thanks so much,
>>> Amy
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