Here at Brooklyn Museum Library we’ve been adding MARC fields for Brooklyn Museum collection objects for many years (since 1986 or 1987).

We use MARC 699 in this format:

699 04 Brooklyn Museum object ǂn object accession number ǂt Title (Artist)

e.g.,

699 04 Brooklyn Museum object ǂn 41.1087 ǂt Fresh Air (Homer, Winslow)

 

Our custom left-anchored "Brooklyn object" OPAC search targets the accession number and title subfields.

 

Here are some representative records:

 

Serious play: design in midcentury America

https://arcade.nyarc.org:443/record=b1447841~S2

 

French moderns

https://arcade.nyarc.org:443/record=b1402153~S2

 

More than a likeness

https://arcade.nyarc.org:443/record=b1280168~S2

 

Art and appetite

https://arcade.nyarc.org:443/record=b1273032~S2

 

Beth Kushner
Librarian
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052
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