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Buildings:what’s the problem? Sherman Clarke New York University Libraries & Art NACO ALA Midwinter: SACO-At-Large San Antonio, January 2006 sherman.clarke@nyu.edu
issues for catalogers, particularly those in art/architecture or historical collections • name and body may share name, may not • construction of “artificial” names for building, e.g., Banca Commerciale Italiana Building (New York, N.Y.) [670 = Phone call to Paul Cohen, archivist at Lehman Brothers in New York City. Building now owned by Banca Commerciale Italiana and known by that name] • “-- Buildings” as subdivision under corporate names • historical names: resource in hand may be about building under earlier name, particularly important in picture collections • buildings can change name, function, even location • venues for exhibitions (space vs organizing group)
ARLIS/NA Cataloging Advisory Committee proposed LCRI to CPSO • http://artcataloging.net/ala/mw04/bldg2002.html • SAC Task Force on Named Buildings and Other Structures • http://www.ala.org/ala/alctscontent/catalogingsection/catcommittees/subjectanalysis/nbos/nbos.htm (final report and appendix of examples)
some buildings act like corporate bodies … • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum • Palazzo ducale di Colorno • St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church (New York, N.Y.) • Scotiabank • Pierpont Morgan Library • Carnegie Library (San Antonio, Tex.) • Orpheum Theater (Manchester, N.H.) HINT: all of these headings appear in LC/NAF, based on AACR
some corporate bodies act like buildings … • Williamsburgh Savings Bank Building (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y. : Broadway) • Carnegie Mansion (New York, N.Y.) • Villa Rotonda (Vicenza, Italy) • SONY Building (New York, N.Y.) • Palazzo ducale (Sassuolo, Italy) • Orpheum Theatre (Sioux Falls, S.D.) HINT: all of these headings appear in LC/SAF, based on SCM:SH
... or both • Museo di Palazzo vecchio (Florence, Italy) • Palazzo vecchio (Florence, Italy) • [SAF] Scope Note Here are entered works on the Palazzo vecchio as a building. Works on the museum housed within the Palazzo are entered under the name heading Museo di Palazzo vecchio (Florence, Italy). • Salone dei Cinquecento (Palazzo vecchio, Florence, Italy)
... or not? • Palazzo ducale (Mantua, Italy) [heading on n 88215117] • Museo di Palazzo ducale (Mantua, Italy) [reference/variant] • [one of 670s] references on sh 88006052: Castello dei Gonzaga (Mantua, Italy), Ducal Palace (Mantua, Italy), Gonzaga Castle (Mantua, Italy), Reggia dei Gonzaga (Mantua, Italy))
SAF/NAF • “divided world”: related to capability for authorship • buildings, ancient sites, artist groups • ease of record creation (SACO Program has eased the process of creating SH proposals; as with name authority work, internet resources can often help in verifying names of structures)
FRBR • entities in groups • Group 1: work, expression, manifestation, item • Group 2: persons, corporate bodies (capability of authorship) • Group 3: concept, object, event, place (subjects) • corporate bodies vs. FRBR objects • classes of objects vs. individual objects in those classes
AACR2 & earlier rules • institutions (e.g., churches, monasteries, public libraries, museums, theaters, hospitals) • name changes • AACR2 uses sequence of headings • SCM:SH uses latest name
issues for catalogers, particularly those in art/architecture or historical collections(continued) • historical names: resource in hand may be about building under earlier name, particularly important in picture collections • venues for exhibitions (space vs organizing group)
overview of SCM:SH H 1334 • model • heading: [name of structure] ([geographic qualifier]) • reference(s): [alternate name(s)] (geog. qualifier) • broader term: [type of structure] $z [country or first-order subdivision] • direct order entry • preference for vernacular for post-1500 entities; preference for English for pre-1500 if well-established name in English • latest name
LCSH or AAT • AAT doesn’t include individual buildings and building complexes • may be useful for building types • mixing vocabularies can be problematic • proposing LCSH based on AAT
sources for building names • National register information system - http://www.nr.nps.gov/ • Philadelphia architects and buildings - http://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/ • The great buildings collection - http://www.greatbuildings.com/gbc.html • The dictionary of art - online as http://groveart.com • Avery index to architectural periodicals(Avery Library, Columbia University and Getty Trust) • Google and other web browsers
more sources for building namesand related issues • your colleagues via: • SACOLIST • ARTNACO • SACO Mentor Program • more information on the buildings problem including links to reports of the SAC Task Force on Named Buildings and Other Structures