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A R L I S / N A

the art libraries society of north america

• Cataloging Section home page

• arlis-cpdg list
  • to read messages
  • to join group (and receive emails), please send email to sherman.clarke@gmail.com

• Cataloging Advisory Committee
  • CORE deposits in ARLIS/NA Commons

• conference reports, etc.
  • Review of the year in art cataloging, 2025
  • Review of the year in art cataloging, 2022 (notes on meeting)
  • Review of the year in art cataloging, 2019
  • Review of the year in art cataloging, 2015
  • Review of the year in art cataloging, 2012
  • Review of the year in art cataloging, 2011
  • Cataloging Problems Discussion Group 2010: review of the year in art cataloging, 2009-2010; notes on meeting
  • "Discovery on this side of the virtual wall: evolving authority control resources and techniques in the digital age" (2009; organized by Rodica Tanjala Krauss, sponsored by Duncan System Specialists)
    • "Name authorities: the widening gyre" / Mark Bresnan, Frick Art Reference Library (list of resources)
    • "How do you say "new" in a useful way?" / Sherman Clarke, New York University Libraries (retired)
    • "Cultural Objects Name Authority (CONA): a new Getty vocabulary in development" / Patricia Harpring, Getty Vocabulary Program
    • "Social tagging: implications for cultural heritage professionals" / Susan Chun, steve Project
  • Cataloging Problems Discussion Group 2008: review of the year
  • "Power to the people: controlled vocabularies & social tagging" (2007)
    • introduction by Sherman Clarke
    • Lauren Cornell on Rhizome.org
    • Jenn Riley on "Possibilities for social tagging in a VR collection"
    • Ross Singer on "The Communicat: contribute to the collective collection, comrade"
    • report by Lisa Blankenship in The mountain ledger, newsletter of ARLIS/Mountain West, v. 6, no. 1
  • Cataloging Problems Discussion Group 2007: review of the year
  • Cataloging Problems Discussion Group 2006: review of the year; minutes
  • Cataloging Problems Discussion Group 2005: review of the year
  • "Rules are made to be broken" (Clarke paper on AACR and CCO)
  • Cataloging Problems Discussion Group 2004: review of the year; report of session
  • Monday Night in New York City (2004)
  • "Descriptive and subject cataloging for art materials" (2003 workshop)
  • "Betwixt and between: integrated MARC data with museum object records" (2003 session)
  • Cataloging Problems Discussion Group 2003
  • "Cataloging by yourself in the 21st century: hints for the solo librarian" (ARLIS/MW, Cody, Wyo., Oct. 2002)
  • "Common Ground" (cover page for session, seminar and workshop, 2002)
  • "Stretching the mold: standard cataloging and special materials" (session 2002)
  • Cataloging Problems Discussion Group 2002 (preview) (report)
  • "Subject cataloging first aid for art librarians" (workshop at ARLIS/NA conference, Los Angeles, 31 March 2001)
    • LC subject cataloging for the art library (Julia Wisniewski, University of Maryland)
    • Demystifying LC classification for art and art related material (Sherman Clarke, NYU)
    • Art subject cataloging in the real world (Kathy Corcoran, Joslyn Art Museum)
    • Using alternative vocabularies (Maria Oldal, Morgan Library)
      (published as "Using alternative vocabularies in art cataloging" in Art documentation, v. 21, no. 1 (2002), p. 7-14)
  • Cataloging Problems Discussion Group 2001 (preview) (rough notes)
  • "Still codeless after all these years: the history and possible future of subject cataloging in the field of art" (panel at ARLIS/NA conference, Pittsburgh, March 2000)
  • Cataloging Problems Discussion Group 2000 (agenda) (report) (rough notes)
  • Cataloging Problems Discussion Group Agenda 1997
  • Cataloging Problems Handout 1997

• regional groups
  • DC/Maryland/Virginia (more info from chapter website/blog)
  • Midwest
  • New York City
  • Southern California (more info from ARLIS/SC blog/website at http://arlis-sc.org, items tagged "scascc")

• systems for smaller libraries (opac and/or integrated)

• GLIRT paper on access to bibliographic information on gay and lesbian artists and bio for San Antonio

Last edited: 19 May 2025