Hi Ella -

These are the Roles that we use in TMS:
Contributor
Copyright Holder
Manufacturer
Primary Maker
Publisher
Secondary Maker
Source
Subject Associated
Subject Depicted/About

I use mainly the Display Suffix field to explain the role of the person or
organization.  For example:

Primary Maker: Andy Warhol (artist)
Secondary Maker: Rupert Jason Smith (printer)
Subject Depicted/About: Julia Warhola (depicted)

If your question is about a phonograph record, and the role of the Record
Company which published it - for all of the phonograph records in our
collection, I have the Record Company's listed as publishers.
Publisher: Elektra/Asylum Records (publisher)

I think it is correct according to the library MARC format, to list Record
Company's in the Role of "Publisher", although it's possible that in the
Display Suffix field - they should be listed as "distributor" instead of
"publisher".

Does anyone out there have an opinion about Record Company's as publishers
vs. distributors...?


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the warhol:
Allison A. Smith
Collection Manager / Database Administrator
117 Sandusky Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
T   412.237.8345
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W  www.warhol.org < http://www.warhol.org <http://www.warhol.org/> >
W  www.warholstore.com < http://www.warholstore.com
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The Andy Warhol Museum
One of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
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From: Ella Rothgangel [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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Subject: role question


We have a Bruce Nauman record in the collection for which we are trying to
come up with an appropriate role for the company that actually produced the
record.  (Bruce Nauman's role is artist).  We have used maker, manufacturer,
and publisher before in TMS, but I'm not sure that those are appropriate for
this case.  I'd appreciate anyone's suggestions or thoughts on what the
object-related roles should be.

Thank you,

Ella Rothgangel
Collections Database Administrator
Saint Louis Art Musem
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