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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Thanks to Shawn Steidinger, Watson Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art, for taking the minutes and drawing up the following report. Danny Fermon Assistant Librarian Museum of Modern Art Library [log in to unmask] (212) 708-9434 > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Minutes from CDG, 4/12/99, Uris Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art > -recorded by Shawn Steidinger, Watson Library/MMA > > The meeting was opened by Emily Roth, Assistant Museum Librarian, Uris > Library, who suggested we begin with general announcements, followed by > reports from those who attended the ARLIS/NA conference in Vancouver. > > ANNOUNCEMENTS > -Heidi Hass, Pierpont Morgan Library, announced that special funding has > been received from the Getty for a special project to contribute > manuscript > images to the Index of Christian Art at Princeton University. Two hundred > and fifty iconographically significant images will be posted to the site, > and are to be cataloged by staff from the Getty. > > -There is a part-time cataloger position for the Reference Collection of > the Pierpont-Morgan Library currently available. > > ARLIS/NA VANCOUVER CONFERENCE REPORTS > > -Daniel Starr, MOMA, gave a report of the CAC (Cataloging Advisory > Committee). Items discussed were general house-keeping issues; anonymous > artist relationships and subfield coding; a draft of a proposal for an > LCRI > concerning headings for buildings (this proposal will be presented for > discussion to the entire membership via ARLIS-L after having passed > through > the CDG and CAC); core-level cataloging for exhibition catalogs (Kay Teel > will come up with core as well as procedures for application - this will > go > to CAC and ARLIS/NA via ARLIS-L, then LC's PCC group); proposal for > core-level record for SCIPIO (it was suggested that this issue may be > better addressed by RLG's SCIPIO advisory committee - CAC could perhaps > propose a core-level record and procedures for application for cataloging > AUCTION CATALOGs, which could be based on the draft created by the SCIPIO > group and presented to LC-PCC. RLG could choose to follow it or not...) > > -Rodica Preda, Frick Art Reference Library, spoke about the recon of > auction catalogs at the Frick. She said RLG didn't propose any standards, > rather, it was left up to the individual libraries. Standards are needed > for fields and content and could be gleaned form ACRIIr, LCSH and/or AAT. > * could AUCTION CATALOGS be a form/genre 655 heading? > > Daniel Starr explained that using a "core-level" procedure for a record is > better because it REQUIRES authority work on ALL headings. Levels offered > by AACRIIr and LC/MARC do not require this authority work. > > Kay Teel's "Proposed Core for Exhibition Catalogs--DRAFT" was passed > around, and there was some discussion regarding some of the footnotes > relating to the 245/246 fields. > > -Sherman Clarke, NYU, summarized the ArtNACO meeting. Issues discussed > included ARA (Authority Records Assistant) from RLIN. In order to use > this > product effectively, you will need a Z39.50 client connection and have > multiple sessions of RLIN running. > > -Sherman also gave a summary of the Cataloging Problems Discussion Group. > Reports came from Liz O'Keefe re: MARBI,; Daniel Starr re: CAC. Issues > discussed included collection management systems and OPAC's, and building > names residing in name or subject files. > > Other ARLIS Vancouver items discussed included Michael Gormans's keynote > speech (did he dismiss our art cataloging "nitpicking" by saying "look to > AACRIIr for all answers?), and the session " Paving the Cow Path?: How > the > Past Affects the Present in the Cataloging and Indexing of Bibliographic > Materials", Panelists: Trudi Olivetti, Senior Cataloger, National Gallery > of Art, Alison Dickey, Director, Westchester Campus, Palmer School of > Library and Information Science, Anna Hunt, Editor, Art Index > Retrospective > (Trudi Olivetti's bibliography from the session was handed out.) Someone > asked whether this bibliography could be added to the Cataloging Section > website. > > -The final discussion at today's meeting regarded the ARLIS/NA Strategic > Plan Survey and a comment posted to ARLIS-L regarding the benefit of > filling out the Survey questions #4 and #5 with colleagues to stimulate > discussion. (The survey can be found at > www.lib.duke.edu/lilly/arlis/survey/99membership.htm) In answer to the > question "What issues haven't been addressed by ARLIS and how should these > issues be addressed" Emily Roth stated that she felt ARLIS/NA should be > the > initiator of policies and procedures, just like the main body of ALA. > This > led to a discussion of how ARLIS could strengthen its ties to other > organizations and increase cooperation with bodies such as ALA. Someone > suggested that a joint or concurrent conference with ALA might be > beneficial. Emily then suggested that perhaps we could have a "cell" at > each ALA conference made up of members from chapters local to the location > of the ALA conference city. This led to the idea of having such a "cell" > at IFLA, also. Another suggestion was for ARLIS to sponsor a table or a > pre-conference at ALA or IFLA. > > The survey needs to be submitted by May 31st. Sherman Clarke wondered if > CDG should submit a "corporate response". Shawn Steidinger offered to > write > up the CDG suggestions, present them via email to the CDG and send them in > to ARLIS/NA. > > The meeting was adjourned at 5:15 PM. > > Update: Daniel Fermon sent an email message regarding the omission of a > decision on the date/time/place of the next CDG - this has not yet been > resolved as of the submission of these minutes. --SES 4/28/99 > > **************************************************************** > Shawn Steidinger, Librarian Ph. (212)650-2438 > Thomas J. Watson Library Fax (212)570-3847 > Metropolitan Museum of Art E-mail: [log in to unmask] > 1000 Fifth Ave. > New York, NY 10028 > ***************************************************************