Bib description:
1. When does the artist's name considered part of the title proper (when at head of title) and goes in 245 |a?
Some are obvious by proximity of the artist's name to rest of title - then record name as 245 |a and add 246:30 for the rest of the title.
ex. 245 |a Dorothea Rockburne :|b indication drawing
246:30: Indication drawing
ex. 245 |a Indication drawing : |b Dorothea Rockburne
246:30: Dorothea Rockburne
Note the ARLIS best practices for title and statement of responsibility states: Exhibition publications often require more use of cataloger's judgment, and more intervention in terms of transposing, omitting, and supplying date.
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. The use of the form subdivisions 'Catalogs' [H1360] and 'Exhibitions' [H 1593 is very confusing even after reading the SHM blurbs. Any advice?
A dealer (person or form) who has created a publication showing his wares for sale = catalog.
Although H1360 states: Use Catalogs under artists or crafts persons and families of artists or crafts persons for works listing their art works or crafts that are located in, or available for purchase at, particular institutions or places. Use Catalogs under names of persons and families doing business as sellers under their own names. Also use Catalogs under types of organizations and names of individual corporate bodies for works listing objects, art works, products, etc., located in or available from those organizations -- this subdivision is usually used under a corporate body, not a personal name. Sometimes personal names are turned into corporate bodies however.
The subdivision 'exhibitions' trumps the subdivision 'catalogs'.
3. What is the difference between "Art, Chinese" and "Art objects, Chinese"?
"Art, Chinese" is actually a pattern heading (H 1148) and does not cover the cover the decorative arts, such as art objects in NK, or architecture, among other things.
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.
3. What is the proper use for A4 for exhibition catalogs?
Use Table N6 where indicated in the N schedule. This is not applicable to the TRs for artistic photography. A4 is used for collections of reproductions including exhibition catalogs.
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]
2. What is the main entry for auction and sales catalogs?
LC practice: Enter an auction catalog or a sales catalog of an art dealer, gallery, etc., under the heading for the dealer, gallery, etc., according to category a of 21.1B2 ("its resources (e.g., catalogues, inventories)") although the dealer, gallery, etc., may have only temporary custody of the contents represented in the catalog. For monographs, make an added entry under the heading for the person or body from whom the contents of the catalog emanated if the person or body is named in the chief source. (If the catalog is devoted to the works of a single artist and contains the reproductions of the artist's works, apply LCRI21.17B.)
Is it better to create a serial record for these catalogs?
It depends on how many you have.
2. What is the main entry for exhibition catalogs by a corporate body?
RDA rules for this are the same as AACR2 rules.
3. What is the main entry for exhibition catalogs by an individual artist?
Helpful references:
1. ULAN or Union list of artist's names: http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/ulan/
2. ARLIS' Cataloging exhibition publications: best practices [AARC2]: http://www.loc.gov/cds/desktop/documents/cep-bp.pdf