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Photographing Artists’ Books: Creating and Sharing a Collection: 

Photographing Artists’ Books: Creating and Sharing a Collection VRA 2006 Conference Session 4: DAMS Right! Using MDID for Managing Metadata and Sharing Collections Heather Cleary, Visual Resources Librarian Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles

An Artist Book Can Be…: 

An Artist Book Can Be… Small edition Fine press Comic Book Conceptual Monograph Game LP

Otis Library’s Collection of Artists’ Books: 

Otis Library’s Collection of Artists’ Books History of our collection Begun in 1960s by Joan Hugo Expanded by Judith Hoffberg Added student work from Otis Lab Press Limited access to collection Partial list of books by artist Few items listed in library catalog (OPAC) Desire to make all items known and available

Planning and Grants: 

Planning and Grants Grant funding from the Getty Getty Electronic Cataloguing Initiative Getty Planning Grant, 2001-2002 Getty Implementation Grant, 2003-2005 Organization-wide collaboration Incorporated into Otis branding project, Otis Tech Plans, and Otis Strategic Plan Make a campus resource, not a library resource

Project Components: 

Project Components Cataloging Create and enhance MARC records Use VRA Core 3.0 for image cataloging Add student work separately (non MARC) Photography 3-5 images per book Represent the book, not replace it Delivery Teaching – Include in MDID Library – Records (and images?) in OPAC Public – Include in Otis web

Project Staffing: 

Project Staffing Cataloging books Cataloger P/T cataloger Cataloging images VR Librarian P/T Photographer P/T Image Tech Delivery VR Librarian Programmer

Data Preparation: 

Data Preparation Decided which fields are necessary in each place Created field structure Synched authorities Decided where data resided (different DBs) Created data dictionary and crosswalks to Dublin Core

Sample MARC Record: 

Sample MARC Record Title Artist Press Genre/Form

MARC Fields: 

MARC Fields

Stripping a MARC record: 

Stripping a MARC record

Enhanced MARC Fields: 

Enhanced MARC Fields Binding = 563 ‡a Folded sheet Case binding Process/Technique = 595 ‡a Rubber stamp printing Collage Genre/Form = 655 ‡a, 699 ‡a Calendars Playing cards Movable books

Data Dictionary: 

Data Dictionary

Best Practices: 

Best Practices

Image Info: 

Image Info

Image Info Editing: 

Image Info Editing View Description

Delivery Methods: 

Delivery Methods MDID Available for teaching Resource for local & contemporary art Expert users Image is primary Library OPAC Physical object location & availability Eventually add link to public site Work record is primary Public Site Graceful display of the images and works Catalog data is secondary General audience

Web Access: 

Web Access Information available at three sites: OtisDID: http://did.library.otis.edu Library OPAC http://opac.library.otis.edu Otis Collections Online: http://content.library.otis.edu/collections/ artistsbooks.htm

OtisDID: Cross-Collection Searching: 

OtisDID: Cross-Collection Searching

Full record (Work/Image) in MDID: 

Full record (Work/Image) in MDID

Image in MDID FlashViewer: 

Image in MDID FlashViewer

OtisDID: Guest Access: 

OtisDID: Guest Access

Copyright: 

Copyright “If you an artist holding copyright on any of these works and you object to having your work represented in this database, please notify us immediately. Our intention is purely educational, but we will promptly remove any images you do not wish included.”

Where we are now : 

Where we are now Thought we had 3,000 artists’ books, but only ~2,000 including Otis Lab Press 1300 are fully available on line 300 have placeholder records plus ~300 Lab Press placeholders Rolled out new collection software (CONTENTdm) Adding all the images to teaching (MDID2)  

Acknowledgments: 

Acknowledgments Sue Maberry, Librarian and Artist Began the project, continued the legacy of artists’ books at Otis, wrote most of the grants and tech plans The Project Staff Cathy Chambers Matthew Ballard Laura DaRoca Elizabeth Spatz

Thank You!: 

Thank You! Heather Cleary hcleary@otis.edu Presentation available at: http://library.otis.edu/presentations/