Cataloging Advisory Committee Business Meeting
Philadelphia, PA
March 7, 1998, 8:30am-10:00am

Chair Daniel Starr began the meeting promptly at 8:30am by introducing the
members of the
Cataloging Advisory Committee (CAC).  As incoming Moderator of the
Cataloging Section,
Patricia Siska will be an ex-officio member.  The other new member is Trudy
Olivetti from the
National Gallery of Art, replacing Linda McRae.

The first agenda item was the draft of the Library of Congress (LC) rule
interpretations for
establishing uniform titles for named works of art, which the CAC prepared
at LC's request.  LC had accepted the rule interpretation (RI) in principle
but were working on its language.  Bob Hiatt from LC, who was drafting the
RI, would be coming to the ARLIS conference during the Cataloging Section
business meeting to discuss any final changes.

LC had asked the CAC if it would like to now attempt a proposal for an LCRI
for establishing
uniform titles for unnamed works of art, a much more complex undertaking.
Committee member Liz O'Keefe felt the CAC should start on one, and Starr
suggested that the ARLIS chapter catalogers' groups in New York City and
Southern California would be good places to initiate discussion.  O'Keefe
will start on a draft which will be given to Starr for continuation.

The next agenda item concerned the changes to period subdivisions used for
art headings in
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH).  The CAC responded to queries
from LC, and LC will begin to put the new policies into practice.  However,
because of LC's search for a new integrated library system, deadlines for
implementation there are being pushed back.

Mark Ziomek reported on the consolidation of the lists of subdivisions to
be used after names of literary authors and after personal names.  LC has
decided to drop the subdivision "--Biography" after personal names
entirely, after polling the library community at large and receiving a
majority of supportive responses.  This news came as a great disappointment
to the CAC, which had been lobbying for the consolidation of the two lists
and hoped this would make it possible for art catalogers to use
"--Biography" after the names of artists.  It is expected that the two
lists will be consolidated into one -- subdivisions used after personal
names -- by fall 1998.

The latest draft of a discussion paper on establishing headings for
anonymous artists (of the type "School of..." or "Follower of...") was
discussed at length.  The current draft can be found on Sherman Clarke's
homepage at:  http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/9783/anonart.html. 
After discussions with LC, O'Keefe had sent the draft to MARBI for
consideration, but MARBI responded that the CAC should make a stronger
statement about its preferred solution.  Elizabeth Robinson explained her
suggestion to use $e to show the relationship between the anonymous artist
(the follower) and the known artist (the followed), instead of trying to
construct a name for the unknown artist.  Starr emphasized the importance
of coming up with a standard way of handling this problem as more
communities (i.e., the museum community) begin to look to library
catalogers for solutions for managing their own data.  O'Keefe and Robinson
delineated the pros and cons of determining a bibliographic solution (e.g.,
$e) versus an authority heading solution (e.g., $c), and the idea of
recommending a new subfield entirely was mentioned.  It was clear that the
CAC would need to make a strong case for adding a new subfield, but
whatever the solution,
a list of standardized terms would be needed.  O'Keefe agreed to work on
the draft discussion
paper and turn it into a proposal, with a list of terms appended.  It was
decided to notify VRA, via VRA-L, of the paper once it was ready for
distribution.

Roger Lawson, ARLIS/NA Past President, introduced himself as the Executive
Board liaison to the Committee and reminded the CAC of the deadlines for
1999 conference proposals and budget requests. 

Maria Oldal reported that she had submitted additions to the USMARC Relator
Codes List
(which is used with $e) to the MARBI office and had received no reply.  The
need for terms such as "patron," "juror," and "contributor" was expressed.
Starr and O'Keefe noted that MARBI maintains the list of established codes,
not the terms themselves.  The CAC decided to examine existing USMARC
guidelines regarding $e and follow up on Oldal's query.

Starr asked the Committee about the possibility of recommending a
core-level record for
exhibition catalogs.  After some discussion on the nature of exhibition
publication cataloging and core-level records, Kay Teel suggested that
ARLIS/NA guidelines, drafted by the CAC, might be more applicable.  Teel
volunteered to draft a document with input from Olivetti and Nancy Norris. 

The final item of business was Committee communication.  Starr proposed
that the CAC would continue its work throughout the year via e-mail and
through meetings of local cataloging discussion groups.  Preliminary drafts
and discussions would take place on e-mail between Committee members only,
and final drafts-for-comment would be posted on ARLIS-L for broad input.

The meeting adjourned promptly at 10:00am.

Submitted by Kay Teel, Cleveland Museum of Art
teel@cma-oh.org