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'Smartphones' is already a recognized subject heading, as is 'Tablet computers,' so adding one or both of those rather than 'cell phones' alongside 'Photography--Digital techniques' would work pretty well for me. I wouldn't want to break it down further because of the cross-applicability between smartphones and tablets, with their shared software and hardware. Sarah Mackowski On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 4:17 PM Sam Duncan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I think there is enough "uniqueness" to photography as carried out in > smartphones to warrant a separate heading. For instance, I think there’s > the obvious mobility issue (which has always been an aspect), then I think > there’s the computational photography aspect which is closely tied to > smartphones these days, then I think there’s maybe the "cloud" to consider. > All these aspects rolled together make for something different. So it makes > me critical about trying to combine existing terms to build up subject > access. Just thinking out loud. > > To me, "Smartphone cameras" would focus on the technical aspects of > cameras developed for smartphones. "Smartphones as cameras" seems > weird—maybe because to me the camera is inherent to the device. I could be > wrong. > > I certainly think we’ve gone beyond cell phones, though that heading would > still be applicable to an older class of device. > > So if our museum's photographer did a staff presentation on how to take > great photographs with a smartphone (which he did), how would the subject > analysis look? Right now it would be, as Chris Handy points out … > > Cell phones. > Photography—Digital techniques. > > Are we happy with that? > > Also, as Katy Parker points out, where does video fit into this discussion? > > Started plotting this out in a mind map. Hope it will help corral the > ideas. > > *Samuel Duncan | Head of the Research Library* > Amon Carter Museum of American Art > 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76107 > [log in to unmask] *|* 817.989.5042 > *cartermuseum.org <http://www.cartermuseum.org/>* > > On Jan 26, 2021, at 12:30 PM, Sherman Clarke <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > Sam-- > I want to give it some more thought but my immediate reaction is a couple > impulsive concerns/issues. My old dumb phone (LG, kind of like a > Blackberry) could take pictures. So could my iPod. I have taken pictures > with my digital camera and uploaded them to Flickr and then posted them to > Instagram. When it's on Instagram, I don't think its history would be > clear. I recognize a potential need to convey "smartphone photography" but > I wonder if pairing a new heading like "Smartphones as cameras" or > "Smartphone cameras" with "Photography--Digital techniques" would be a > better place to go. > > Sherman Clarke > Alfred, NY > > On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 12:57 PM Sam Duncan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Do others agree that it’s time for a LC subject heading, "Smartphone >> photography"? Would love to hear others’ thoughts about whether this is the >> right direction. Also, would like someone to help guide me on the subject >> proposal process. >> >> 550 Photography--Digital techniques ?? >> >> Not sure about literary license. Doesn’t look like Wikipedia has a >> dedicated article, fyi. >> >> *Samuel Duncan | Head of the Research Library* >> Amon Carter Museum of American Art >> 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76107 >> [log in to unmask] *|* 817.989.5042 >> *cartermuseum.org <http://www.cartermuseum.org/>* >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about >> joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna >> Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to >> [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: >> http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy >> Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining > ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send > administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to > [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy > Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~