Bib description:
1. 245 |a -when is artist name considered part of the title proper (when at head of title)?
Some are obvious by proximity of name to rest of title - record name as 245 |a and add 246:30 for the rest of the title.
If not entered under the artist's name, add a 246 for this access.
2. If a book if primarily reproductions of art, do I need to add a 336 for still images?
It's recommended. Some at ARLIS are starting to add these.
3. Should I add a 700 for artistic content (if artist is not main entry)?
It's recommended unless the book if primarily text, like a biography.
4. Should I add analytics for a named essay included in an art book?
You can in RDA, but you can't have a relationship designator and a |t title analytic. If you want to retain relationship designators, then a quoted note may be better. Note: related works don't have to be traced in added headings in RDA
Subject headings:
1. H1250#2. 'Art by a single artist' states we should assign additional headings for style or movement, theme, location, and ownership, but I see many variation in this practice. What is recommended?
These are not as necessary for the very general headings, such Art, Modern. Add for less common topics, such as Minimal art. Note that LCSH gives narrower terms, so try to be as specific as possible.
2. Are chronological subdivisions legal after headings such as Geometry in art, Mathematics in art? H620
No.
Classification:
1. In regards to artists' organizations the schedules seem inconsistent. For England firms are included under special artists:
NK942.A-Z Special artists, A-Z
Subarrange individual artists by Table N6. Including individuals, families, or firms of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales
But for other countries, it's not explicitly stated, such as for Slovenia below:
N7255.S563A-.S563Z Special artist, A-Z
Subarrange individual artists by Table N7 [note no mention of families or firms]
In the latter case, how does one handle the cuttering of firms/artists' organizations?
While there are variations in how an individual artist may be cuttered, there is some basic consistency in the classification for individual artists. Sometimes they get a whole number like NK942, sometimes they have to be crammed into a cutter such as N7255.S563. There is U.S. and western European bias. As the new countries developed in Europe, there was room only for extended cutters. This means that Slovenian artists don't have the space that British or American artists have. For some countries, there may not even be a breakdown for artists. The consistency generally comes in the range of numbers for a particular place, often a general number followed by some chronological or stylistic numbers, and then followed by cuttering for individual artists. The subdivision table related to how much space is allotted, and that varies.
2. When an artist has done more than one media, should we try to collocate an artist into one media?
No.
Access points:
1. Is there a preferred of relationship designators for a single access point?
No, but each is given it's own |e
ex. Jacquette, Yvonne, |d 1934- , |e artist |e interviewer. [Note a comma separates the multiple |e]
Cull, Dave |c (Writer on art) |e writer of added text [Note there is no comma after |c and before |e]