Draft workflow - December 2021
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245 10 Celsius 233 / ǂc Philip Zimmermann.
300 40 unnumbered pages : ǂb illustrations, ǂc 17 x 23 cm ǂe 1 Blu-ray HD DVD in box.
336 text ǂb txt ǂ2 rdacontent
336 still image ǂb sti ǂ2 rdacontent
336 two-dimensional moving image ǂb tdi ǂ2 rdacontent
337 unmediated ǂb n ǂ2 rdamedia
337 video ǂb v ǂ2 rdamedia
338 volume ǂb nc ǂ2 rdacarrier
338 video disc ǂb vd ǂ2 rdacarrier
500 "[H]andbound using a multi-needle Coptic stitch with sewn-on hard covers made of acid-free solid-core black museum board. The paper is acid-free Pop-Tone French Paper. The images are printed using archival inkjet ink with three-color foil stamping on the cover, the title page and back cover. The interior flame sheets are loose-inserted in a slot in each interior folio. It is printed in a signed and numbered edition of 50 and comes in an acid-free phase box. A DVD is included with a one-channel video that can be used to create a viewing environment"--Publication information sheet
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245 10 Spring opens the mountain green : ǂb a poem for Yosemite ; with a quote by John Muir / ǂc Peter and Donna Thomas.
500 One-of-a-kind artist’s book.
500 Four original watercolor paintings of named locations in Yosemite on handmade paper, mounted on double leaves, accompanied by text or maps on alternating leaves. Lettering in black, with illumination in blue and green.
500 Nested double-leaved accordion-fold book; endpapers attached to bound covers, double leaves not attached to spine; marbled paper strips woven into page edges. Covers bound in brown leather with colored leather inlays depicting mountain landscape, front and back. Issued in blue-grey paper-covered clamshell box with watercolor title label mounted on top.
500 Limitation Statement: Number in/of edition, signed, dated, etc.
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590 Utah State University Library has number #
590 Utah State University Library has copy 26; Library’s library’s copy not signed.
590 Utah State University Library has number 12/20; library’s copy not dated.
590 Utah State University Special Collections and Archives has number 12. ←for SCA items.
Subject and Genre
Artist’s book, Private press, Small press, or Livre d’artiste?
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RBMS Rare Books Thesaurus (often used in SCA)https://rbms.info/vocabularies/index.shtml
When using RBMS terms, use the individual thesaurus as a parenthetical qualifier (except for RBMS Genre); we have been subdividing these with place and/or time, but RBMS would prefer we don’t.
Accordion fold format (Binding) ǂ2 rbbin
Bark papers (Paper) ǂ2 rbpap
Adhesive bindings (Binding) ǂ2 rbbin
Art and Architecture Thesaurus https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/aat/
Library of Congress Genre and Format Terms (available in Classification Web) https://classweb.org/ or in OCLC authority files (sca ge: artists' books)
In practice, prefer lcgft for non-SCA items, unless the term does not exist in there.
The genre Artists' books can be found in many thesauri
655 7 Artists’ books. |2 lcgft ←Preferred for non-SCA artists books
655 7 Artists' books. |2 rbgenr ← RBMS Thesaurus genre term (no parenthetical qualifier for genre)
655 7 Artists' books (books) |2 aat ← Art and Architecture Thesaurus term (capitalize 1st letter)
There’s no need for three identical 655 fields for the same term, but we can include similar 650/655 combos in the same record. Also, we leave in all OCLC fast subject headings even though they duplicate the 650 text:
650 0 Artists' books |v Specimens.
650 7Artists' books.ǂ2 fast ǂ0 (OCoLC)fst00817660
655 7Specimens. 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
655 7 Accordion fold format (Binding) |z United States |y 20th century. |2 rbbin
655 7 Private press books (Publishing) |z United States |y 20th century. |2 rbpub
655 7 Livres d’artistes |2 rbgenr
655 7 Coptic bindings (Binding) ǂz United States ǂy 20th century. ǂ2 rbbin
655 7 Conceptual art (general art genre) ǂ2 aat
710 Name of the Press/Publisher
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710 2 Midnight Moon Press, |e publisher. ← check authority record for form, if available
Art Book Room Sierra codes, Locations, and labels:
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949 N 7433.4 .call number ǂi barcode ǂl iab ǂt 6 ← Basic ABR 949 field
949 N 7433.4 .call number ǂi barcode ǂl iabov ǂt 6 ← ABR oversize
949 N 7433.4 .call number ǂi barcode ǂl ialoc ǂt 6 ← ABR case and ABR case oversize
907 Overlay Sierra Bibliographic Record field
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909 Jane Doe|b2021-10-03|cEDIT|dCMS STATS|eISSUE: 520 ADDED ← Sierra Bib Record Edit
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, UTUSU Digital Commons copy here: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1143&context=lib_present – see slides 36-66 for Cataloging Artists’ Books by Allison McCormack.
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