Saturday, March 31, 2001

Enrollment Limit: 50 people

Workshop Moderator:

Alexis Curry, Librarian Cataloger, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Research Library

Speakers:

Sherman Clarke, Head of Original Cataloging, New York University, Bobst Library
Kathy Corcoran, Head Librarian, Joslyn Art Museum Library
Maria Oldal, Head of Cataloging and Database Maintenance, Pierpont Morgan Library
Julia Wisniewski, Art Monographs Cataloger, University of Maryland Libraries

Advisor:

Daniel A. Starr, Chief Librarian, Technical Services, Museum of Modern Art

Sponsors:

Cataloging Section; Museum Library Division

Support:

Library Associates

 

This workshop is wheelchair accessible

For small art libraries with minimal staffing, it is often difficult to find instruction specific to cataloging art-related materials. This workshop will benefit librarians who catalog for small art libraries with little or no cataloging support as well as catalogers and reference librarians whose subject cataloging skills need refreshing. Library school students interested in art libraries may also benefit, as this level of specialized course work is lacking in most library school curricula. The workshop will provide specific instructions for cataloging art-related materials, demystify art subject headings and classification for those just entering the field, and sharpen the subject cataloging skills of those who have not had cataloging instruction since library school.

The speakers will guide participants in constructing Library of Congress (L.C.) subject headings and classification numbers for art-related materials. Exercises and handouts will provide participants with hands-on practice. The basic print and electronic tools needed to catalog for an art library will also be surveyed. Also to be discussed are major impending changes in L.C.’s construction of art subject headings; developing a subject cataloging workflow; and using alternative and/or supplementary vocabularies such as the Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT).

Workshop Speakers:

Julia Wisniewski, Art Monographs Cataloger, University of Maryland Libraries
Kathy Corcoran, Head Librarian, Joslyn Art Museum Library
Additional speakers TBA