• From et al. to add all: increasing visibility of lesser-known artists in existing collections

    Author(s):
    Andrea Puccio (see profile)
    Date:
    2022
    Subject(s):
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    Item Type:
    Conference poster
    Conf. Title:
    Past, Present, Future: Aspiring to New Heights
    Conf. Org.:
    ARLIS/NA
    Conf. Loc.:
    Chicago, Illinois
    Conf. Date:
    April 5-9, 2022
    Tag(s):
    2022 ARLIS/NA Conference
    Permanent URL:
    https://doi.org/10.17613/a20z-4w64
    Abstract:
    PAST: Generations of catalogers were instructed to follow the “rule of three”. Born from the catalog card’s limited real estate this rule applied to resources with more than three authors (or artists) resulting in only the first named individual appearing in the bibliographic record followed by “… [et al.]”. The adoption of RDA reversed this instruction (at least in theory) but its legacy remains. For art libraries this translates to countless artists who participated in group exhibitions and whose names are missing from the record. Usually these are not well-established artists who also have monographs published about them but rather emerging artists, artists of color, LGBTQ+ artists, artists outside the established canon who at times would not otherwise appear in the database. PRESENT: Begun as a remote work project during the COVID shutdown, Clark Art Institute library staff have continued systematically enhancing records for existing holdings by adding all artists names to group exhibition catalogs as content notes as well as authorized access points. Authority records are then created in the Library of Congress Name Authority File when needed and the enhanced bibliographic records are reuploaded to Worldcat. FUTURE: This may be one case where more is better. Including more artist’s names means more visibility, more access, more connections to researchers and scholars and eventually (hopefully) through linked data.
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    Published
    Last Updated:
    10 months ago
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    Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives
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