Professional Education

  • Beyond Books: Cataloging Special Format Items. In this session, participants will learn how to create metadata for several “unusual” item formats: manuscripts, archival collections, artists’ books, zines, and posters. The basic principles of special collections cataloging and relevant cataloging standards like RDA and DACS will also be taught. Participants will then apply these standards to examples provided by the instructors. Attendees may also submit problematic items prior to the conference for instructors to discuss. (With Nicole Lewis, Becky Skeen, and Rebecca Wiederhold). 05/15/2019 - 05/15/2019.
  • Clarifying the Quagmire of Cataloging Book Arts and Artists' Publications. Cataloging book arts and artists' publications can pose unique challenges, but presents an opportunity to provide and improve access to distinctive collections. This workshop will aid catalogers working with book arts and artists' publications by elucidating common issues and thornier cases. The materials covered in the workshop will include artists' books, zines and graphic novels (including art-zines and comics), with example items sourced from the Marriott Library's Special Collections Division. The workshop will cover basic cataloging of these materials; provide recommendations for applying RDA rules focusing on the new fields and subfields incorporating proper usage and formatting; assigning Library of Congress Subject Headings; appropriate utilization and discussing local headings instead of problematic LCSH; utilization of thesauri AAT, ARLIS' Thesaurus for Artists' Books, and RBMS for form terms; using Library of Congress Genre Form Terms outlining the new terms and drawing on consensus of function and assignment; and naming the creators and the 386 creator characteristics field, how much information is needed, and creator's pseudonyms. (With Kelly Swickard). 03/27/2019 - 03/27/2019.