discovering hidden collections
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Discovering Hidden Collections:
Cataloging Ethnographic Auction Catalogs in the Brooklyn
Museum Library
Rebecca PlockLIS 698 Seminar & Practicum
Fall 2014
Auction Catalogs
• In 2012, the Council on Library & Information Resources added the Brooklyn Museum Library’s auction catalog collection to their Hidden Collections Registry.
• Approximately 50% of the estimated 30,000+ auction catalogs in the Library’s holdings represent sales of American art, Latin American art, & ethnographic art (African, Oceanic, Native American)• So, just how is the Brooklyn Museum making this hidden auction catalog collection visible?
NYARC : New York Art Resources Consortium
• Brooklyn Museum Library
• The Frick Art Reference Library
• Museum of Modern Art Library
The M-LEAD II (Museum Library Education and Digitization) internship program is funded by an IMLS-grant (Institute of Museum and Library Services), which fosters collaboration between Pratt Institute’s School of Information & Library Science, the Brooklyn Museum Library, the Frick Art Reference Library, and NYARC.
KEEP / WEED CRITERIA
There are exceptions to these rules!
The Copy Cataloging Process
• If there are no holdings in Arcade, search for a SCIPIO (Sales Catalog Index Project Input Online) auction catalog bibliographic record in OCLC’s Connexion.
• SCIPIO launched in 1980, creating a shared database for auction catalogs.
OCLC Record Before Brooklyn Museum Edits
OCLC Record After Brooklyn Museum Edits
Record in Millennium
Record in Brookmuse / How it appears in the OPAC
Value of Ethnographic Auction Catalogs
• Cultural Identity
• Market Value History
• Provenance
• Repatriation