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Re: Photograph Cataloging?



Thank you!  Thank you!

Its unfortunate but I did not misunderstand my instructor.  She spoke with me
again on this project just Tuesday and reiterated her position on MARC and
AACR2.

I appreciate the information!  Thank you again!

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>Many, many archives actually "catalog" their photographs at both the
>item level and the collection level. In general, archives have been
>moving to collection level cataloging of photographs in the last 15
>to 20 years. There was a MARC format especially for photographs,
>called MARC-VM, there is a compendium of pracrice for its use, based
>on photograph cataloging practuces at over a dozen archives:
>
>ACCESSION:      18621367
>AUTHOR:         Evans, Linda J.
>TITLE:          MARC for archival visual materials : a compendium of practice
>PLACE:          [Chicago, Ill.] :
>PUBLISHER:      Chicago Historical Society,
>YEAR:   1988
>PUB TYPE:       Book
>FORMAT:         1 v. (loose-leaf) ; 30 cm.
>ISBN:   091382013X
>SUBJECT:        MARC formats -- United States. Cataloging of archival
>material -- Data processing. Cataloging of audio-visual materials --
>United States -- Data processing. Cataloging of nonbook materials --
>United States -- Data processing. Cataloging of graphic materials --
>Data processing.
>OTHER:          Will, Maureen O'Brien.
>
>You will also find records for photographs at both collection level
>and item level in OCLC and RLIN, and even many OPACS.
>
>There are even item level records for photographs in OCLC's CORC
>(OCLC's cooperative online resource cataloging project) database, for
>digitized photographs from the Denver Public Library.
>http://corc.oclc.org/ try doing a search on creek, and see what you
>get! Records in CORC can be viewed in either Dublin Core or MARC
>format.
>
>LC's Prints & Photos has been cataloging photographs into a number of
>systems using MARC for many years, and there is an LC Theasaurus for
>Graphic Materials, commonly referred to as LCTGM. You can look at
>their catalog on the WEB at
>http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html .
>
>There are many digitizing projects putting cataloged photographs on
>the Web, like LC's American Memory, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ OR
>Duke's Digital Scriptorium
>http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/scriptorium/
>
>Basically , there is a huge volume of work done on cataloging
>archival photographs, with many resources for you to turn to; perhaps
>you misunderstood your professor??
>
>Regards,
>Debra.
>
>
>
>
>>I'm a graduate student at the University of Illinois in Library and
>>Information Sciences concentrating on archives and I'm doing a research
>>project on whether or not archives, museums, historical societies, etc. are
>>actually "cataloging" their original photographs.  My cataloging professor
is
>>convinced that archivists just shove their photographs in a box.....????????
>>
>>Considering how inadequate MARK and the AACR2 rules are for photographs, I
was
>>wondering what, if anything, is being used to catalog those photographs, and
>>what types of fields/subfields are being used?  What information is
absolutely
>>essential to creating a usable catalog record?  Do you research the
photograph
>>so that more information can be provided like names of people, places,
events,
>>etc.?
>>
>>If anyone can provide me with alternative cataloging system such as software
>>packages, etc. or websites (like the Library of Congress' American
Memories),
>>I would be eternally grateful.
>>
>>Thank you.
>>Donna Schaal
>>
>>You can contact me off list at schaal@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
>
>dshapiro@slis.wisc.edu
>Debra Shapiro
>Continuting Education Services
>UW-Madison SLIS
>4282 Helen C. White Hall
>Madison WI 53706
>608 262 9195

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