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Hi all and happy holidays! 

The Artist Files SIG welcomes 37 new members to the SIG since my last update on August 17, 2018. We currently have 342 members. We had 33 members at our 2018 meeting in NYC.

Artist Files SIG at the ARLIS/NA 2019 Conference, Salt Lake City

The Artist Files SIG meets on Friday, March 29, 2019, 4:10 pm – 5:00 pm. I realize this is late in the conference. Will this time be a problem for anyone?

On Thursday, March 28, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm, Artist Files SIG member Anne Evenhaugen moderates the session, “ … READ FULL POST

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I have just learned from Bronwen Bitetti, ARLIS/NA Cataloging Advisory Committee chair, that the MarcEdit workshop she proposed is now live on the 2019 ARLIS/NA Salt Lake City conference schedule. The Artist Files SIG and the Cataloging Advisory Committee are co-organizing the workshop.

MarcEdit’s creator, Terry Reese, will present the workshop, and Bronwen will moderate. Data In Sight: Leveraging MarcEdit To Bring (Better) Data To Light happens on Tuesday, March 26, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm. I’ll bet seats are limited, so be sure to register early. … READ FULL POST

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Best Practices for Cataloging Artist Files Using MARC updates the cataloging recommendation included in Artist Files Revealed: Documentation and Access, published by the Artist Files Working Group in 2009/2010, and was guided by the following goals:

  • Provide conformance to RDA
  • Specify a reasonable level of descriptive detail, including an updated definition of artist files
  • Improve indexing, especially for grouping and processing large sets of records in union cataloging environments such as WorldCat
  • Lower the barrier for institutions to create MARC cataloging for their artist files
  • Lower the barrier for institutions who have already completed MARC cataloging to normalize them
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