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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Dear Polly ... et al.: Studying "traditional cataloging" or ICONCLASS and AAT shouldn't have to be an either/or choice. If your cataloging course is any good, you will be allowed to steer your papers toward special tools or areas of interest, like ICONCLASS, the Art & architecture thesaurus, or image cataloging. The theory of cataloging includes the fundamental study of why we describe something and how we gain access to it. We may describe it according to the "ages-old" traditional library methods (now represented by AACR2) or methods like HTML or SGML. We are still describing or indexing a document in order to gain access. We may gain access through LCSH and LC classification, or other subject or classification schemes (including virtual electronic arrangements). I would suggest that you take the traditional cataloging class for the general theory and talk to the professor about your interest in art materials. Aim your papers or projects toward the subject. Sherman Clarke NYU Libraries