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Posted: 25 April 2008
For the art librarian, this publication provides general guidelines for creating MARC records representing artist files. This publication also links the art researcher to a web-based directory of institutional holdings of artist files (Directory of Artist Files) that allows for efficient browsing of collection statements and provides links to further institutional resources from across North and South America as well as Europe.
Written and compiled by: The Artists Files Working Group
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Posted: 17 April 2008
The cataloging of exhibition publications poses unique challenges to new and experienced catalogers alike. These types of publications often require more use of a cataloger's judgment, and more intervention in terms of transposing, omitting, and supplying data. Decision-making about the choice of a primary access point can be quite involved, and local practices and guidelines greatly affect how an exhibition publication is cataloged.
This publication of best practices, created by the ARLIS/NA Cataloging Advisory Committee, is devoted to providing practical guidance to catalogers working with art exhibition publications. These guidelines are intended to be used in conjunction with other cataloging documentation, including Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 2nd edition, 2002 revision (AACR2), and its successor, Resource Description and Access (RDA), Library of Congress Rule Interpretations (LCRI), and MARC21.
This first section of best practice guidelines is devoted to the Title and Statement of Responsibility fields of the MARC record ? this division of record elements follows the data field divisions set forth by the International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD): title and statement of responsibility area; edition area; type and extent of resource area; publication, distribution, etc., area; physical description area; series area; note area; standard number (or alternative) and terms of availability area.
Written and compiled by: Penny Baker, Lynda Bunting, Anne Champagne, Sherman Clarke, Linda Cuccurullo, Claudia Hill, Elizabeth Lilker, Nancy Norris, Elizabeth O'Keefe, Maria Oldal, Trudi Olivetti, Elizabeth Robinson, Judy Silverman, Daniel Starr, Kay Teel.
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Posted: 12 January 2007
Updated with additions: July 2007
Information Competencies for Students in Design Disciplines, for the first time, compiles a list of core information literacy skills for students. Divided into basic, intermediate, and advanced skills in each design discipline, this set of competencies is an invaluable aid to librarians as they strive to define and delimit information literacy skills for students in design disciplines. These competencies are intended to facilitate a systematic means of integrating information literacy skills into the core curriculum of design students, as well as to open lines of communication with faculty as to how competencies can be integrated into specific course goals.
The authors (Jeanne Brown, Jane Carlin, Thomas Caswell, Edith Crowe, Maya Gervits, Susan Lewis, Alan Michelson, Barbara Opar, and Jennifer Parker) developed Information Competencies for Students in Design Disciplines with previously established information literacy standards at its foundation. The ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education as well as specific standards in other disciplines such as: Information Literacy Standards for Science and Engineering/Technology were consulted in the creation of these standards.
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- 2004 Art/Architecture Librarians and Visual Resource Professionals Compensation Survey
Posted: 1 February 2006
The ARLIS/NA 2004 Art/Architecture Librarians and Visual Resource Professionals Compensation Survey consists of fundamental and contextual questions about art/architecture/design librarians, as well as visual resource professionals and their associated compensation levels, incorporating a broad range of institutions throughout North America. The purpose of the compensation survey was to summarize the compensation ranges and duties performed by professionals specializing in these subject areas. The types of settings chosen for the focus were chosen for their similarity of subject matter and duties performed within a specialized subject area and client base. The survey provides users with a much more accurate representation of current pay levels for Art, Architecture and Visual Resource professionals in U.S. and Canadian visual resource settings of all types, and may serve as a valuable management and research tool.
Compiled by Kathrin Dodds & Heather Ball
- Digital Image Database Standards Checklist: Technical, Functional, Content, & Access Recommendations
Posted: 11 January 2006
The Digital Image Database Standards Checklist (DIDSC) may be used as a guide to determine whether a particular electronic image product is appropriate for your library, campus, museum, or other institution. Although designed to evaluate image databases that are content repositories with asset management and presentation functionalities, portions of the checklist may be used independently to assess products with fewer capabilities. The DIDSC itself may be modified, expanded, or augmented to accommodate local needs; institutions are encouraged to tailor this document to suit individual application.
The Standards Committee is very interested in your input; please send any comments or recommendations to Donald Juedes, the committee's current chair.
>> Click here to download the DIDSC in MS Word format.
- ARLIS/NA Core Competencies for Art Information Professionals
Posted: 14 November 2005
The Executive Board of ARLIS/NA appointed a Core Competencies sub-committee of the ARLIS/NA Professional Development Committee in 2003. The charge of the subcommittee was to create core competency standards for the art library and visual resources professions. The resulting document identifies the fundamental knowledge, behaviors, and skills currently essential to most professional positions within the art information field. It is intended to be a flexible document that can be revised as the field evolves and changes.
- MICA TextFinder Index
This index allows you to find texts published in books that are owned by the Decker Library. Included are essays, critical and theoretical texts, manifestos, artist statements, and interviews. There are currently 500 source books included, and more than 15,000 essays (as of 4/2008). Updated quarterly.
- Point/Counterpoint on the DMCA & CTEA
In the spring of 2003 the Public Policy Committee of the Art Libraries Society of North America hosted a point-counter-point session at its annual conference in Baltimore, Maryland. The committee invited two attorneys with expertise in copyright law to discuss the implications of Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and the Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA) for libraries in general and art libraries in particular. One month prior to the session the committee furnished suggested talking points to each speaker. The session was recorded and a twenty-one page typescript was subsequently generated. The typescript has been edited to improve readability. The essence of the presentation and audience exchanges remains intact.
- Resource Guide: Materials Libraries
Posted: 3 March 2005
Written and compiled by Heather Ball, Head of the Art and Architecture Library at Virginia Tech. This brief resource guide was compiled in response to requests from members of the Architecture Section for more information about materials libraries and their development. Many thanks to Tara Carlisle and Janine Henri of UT Austin for contributing content to this guide.
- Free Art Resources on the Web
Posted: 3 March 2005
From Laura Graveline, compiler: "I often have questions from students, local artists, and art teachers, about free resources on art and artists that are accessible to them on the Internet. There are several sources I use regularly, often to support or supplement subscription resources, and also as a teaching tool when offering instruction sessions to students, to help them understand and utilize the different kinds of information they kind find online."
- NH Classification Schedule for Artistic Photography (revised edition)
- Careers in Art Librarianship and Visual Resources
- Library Schools in Canada and the United States: Educational Opportunities for Careers in Fine Arts and Visual Resources Librarianship
- Central Plains Union List of Serial Exhibition Catalogs
- Collection Development Policies (samples)
- Criteria for the Hiring & Retention of Visual Resources Professionals
- George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award Winners
- Staffing Standards for Art Libraries & Visual Resources Professionals
- Survey of Small Art Museum Libraries (2002)
- Timelines of Art History
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