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Art cataloging: looking back in North America 1972-1982

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Mary Jane Cuneo
Mary Jane Cuneo*
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Fine Arts Library, Fogg Museum, Harvard University
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Abstract

Some key developments over the last ten years in the cataloging of art library materials are surveyed. They are grouped into short essays, wherein the author looks for their broader implications. Details are omitted, but extensive footnotes will aid the reader who wants to track them down. The citations emphasise particularly ARLIS/NA’s role in the decade’s activities.

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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 7 , Special Issue 4: ARLIS/NA Tenth Anniversary , Winter 1982, pp. 11 - 22
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Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1982

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