Extremely preliminary notes - November 2021
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590 Utah State University Special Collections and Archives has number 12.n ←for SCA items.
Subject and Genre
Artist’s book, Private press, Small press, or Livre d’artiste?
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655 Genre and Format terms:
In the past we have used Rare Books Binding & Genre Thesaurus (in SCA) or the Art and Architecture Thesaurus, but there are also newer sources available, such as Library of Congress Genre and Format Terms (available in Classification Plus, which makes it particularly useful).
On occasion, we have used our own Local list of genre terms, usually for SCA items.
Selection of examples:
655 7 Artists’ books. |2 lcgft n ←in general, prefer lcgft for non-SCA items, if the term is in there
But older records might have:
655 7 Artists' books. |2 rbgenr
OR:
655 7 artists' books (books) |2 aat
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650 0 Artists' books |v Specimens.
650 7 Artists' books. ǂ2 fast ǂ0 (OCoLC)fst00817660
655 7 Specimens. ǂ2 fast ǂ0 (OCoLC)fst01423861
655 7 Artists' books |y 20th century. |2 lcgft
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655 7 Broadsides (Posters) |y 20th century. |2 lcgft
710 Name of the Press/Publisher
The name of the producer of the Artists book is useful
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to add
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if missing. Sometimes it is difficult to find. If there is no information for item, check the title in dealer’s catalogs; they will often have the publisher/press listed.
710 2 Name of Press (Midnight Moon Press, |e publisher. ← check for authorized form, if available)
Selection of training resources
Lewis, N., McCormack, A., Skeen, B., Wiederhold, R. (2019, May 15). Beyond Books: Cataloging Special
Format Items [Pre-conference training workshop]. Utah Library Association Annual Conference, Sandy, UT
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