Avant-Garde Cataloging: Pushing the Boundaries of Traditional Standards to Better Serve Arts Library Users ALA Midwinter 2010/ACRL Arts Division virtual presentation, Saturday, January 16, 2010, 11am EST

1. Pushing the Boundaries of Traditional Standards to Better Serve Arts Library Patrons

4. Who am I? catalogsofbabes.wordpress.com

5. What is the purpose of cataloging?

7. IDENTIFY

8. SELECT

11. Observation

12. SurveysUser needs assessment 2010 is the Year of Cataloging Research

13. What are artistic patrons looking for, and how are they looking for it? Information needs Information seeking behavior

14. Surveys over time have identified five areas of information that appear most commonly sought by artists: Inspiration Specific visual image needs Technical knowledge (“how-to”) Marketing & career guidance Current trends and events What are they looking for? Hemming, W. S. (2008). The information-seeking behavior of visual artists: a literature review. Journal of Documentation, (64)3, 343-362.

15. visual and physical collection browsing visual information over textual formats human reference assistance rather than self-navigated catalogs and indexes How are they looking for it? Joan M. Day and Elizabeth McDowell, “Information needs and use of art and design students,” Education Libraries Bulletin, 28, No. 3 (1985): 31-41.

17. Unfamiliar classification and vocabulary

18. Focus on text-based & known-item searching

19. Failure to incorporate IFLA criteria

21. Include all material types Include all material types

23. Support physical browsing

24. Classification for browse-based access

25. Alternative classification

27. Color

32. Tweaking Standard Classification

33. Support virtual browsing

41. Enhanced metadata

47. Improved subject access

51. Questions? Rachel “Ivy” Clarke rclarke@fidm.com archivy.net catalogsofbabes.wordpress.com Images from Veer, FIDM Library (Los Angeles) or screenshots of respective websites. Material for this presentation based on “Cataloging and Classification for Art School Libraries: Challenges and Considerations,” in Handbook of Art &Design School Librarianship, forthcoming from Facet in May 2010