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Not my father’s auction catalog database! SCIPIO, 1980 to 2003

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Kay Downey
Kay Downey*
Affiliation:
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ingalls Library, 11150 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106-1797, USA
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Email: kdowney@clevelandart.org
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Abstract

Thirty years ago new computer technology made it possible for libraries to develop co-operative solutions for technical services. It was at that time that a small group of art librarians worked together to create SCIPIO – the Sales Catalog Index Project Input Online – in an innovative effort to streamline bibliographic control over their auction sales catalog collections. Driven by advancing technological changes and the move toward standardization, the database has since evolved to become the most comprehensive source for bibliographic control and access for auction sales catalogs.

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Research Article
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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , 2004 , pp. 17 - 22
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2004

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