These are draft metadata standards for cartoons in Digital Collections. Version 2021-04-15

Note: DCRM(G) (https://rbms.info/dcrm/dcrmg/) is a useful content standard for describing cartoons.

DC examples:

Bill Sanders, "Step right up, folks! Profit's my name, death's my game!" (https://hdl.handle.net/1811/17f298ab-b067-4a91-8b0a-c717af2c336a)
Derf, "Do you know me? I'm a USG official. I don't do too much that's worthwhile, so I'm not readily recognized..." (https://hdl.handle.net/1811/3f2b81b6-bdc2-40c0-a969-e5a2fa36f359)

Examples at other institutions:

Political Cartoons Collection, The Library Company of Philadelphia, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3APOLCA
Fred Wright Cartoons, University of Pittsburgh, https://digital.library.pitt.edu/collection/fred-wright-cartoons
John Tinney McCutcheon Collection of Editorial Cartoons, University of Missouri Libraries, https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A419811
John Carter Brown Political Cartoons Collection, https://jcb.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet
Jerry Doyle Papers, Penn State University Libraries, https://libraries.psu.edu/about/collections/jerry-doyle-papers
Cartoon Drawings, Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/acd/

Label	Obligation	Repeatable	CV/Syntax	Notes	Examples
Type/Resource Type	Required	No	DCMI Type Terms	Use "Image" for all cartoons regardless of additional text	Image
Title	Required	No	BICLM prefers title case if the creator uses it. However, titles can be entered in sentence case if transcribed from a speech balloon or caption.	Title may be found on work or devised by cataloger based on speech balloon or description. See Description - Examples for how to clarify source of title in Description field.	Step right up, folks! Profit's my name, death's my game!
Alternative Title	Optional	Yes	BICLM prefers title case if the creator uses it. However, titles can be entered in sentence case if transcribed from a speech balloon or caption.
Creator	Recommended	Yes	Use of LCNAF is preferred.	For creators not in LCNAF, follow LCNAF's standards, i.e. name in inverted order.	Sanders, Bill, 1933- (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010163117)
Contributor	Optional	Yes	Use of LCNAF is preferred	For creators not in LCNAF, follow LCNAF's standards, i.e. name in inverted order.
Genre	Recommended	Yes	Getty AAT		editorial cartoons (http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300123431)
Language	Recommended	Yes	ISO 639-2 codes		eng
Publisher	Recommended	Yes	Use of LCNAF is preferred.	Only use this field for published versions of works.
Date Created	Required, if available	Yes	W3C Date Time Format (DTF); Extended Date Time Format (EDTF)
Date Issued	Required, if available	Yes	W3C Date Time Format (DTF)
Date Copyrighted	Required, if available	Yes	W3C Date Time Format (DTF)	If there is a copyright statement on the work, enter the year indicated as YYYY (four-digit year).
Date	Optional	Yes	W3C Date Time Format (DTF)	Use only for original art when the date on the work is the presumed date of publication.
Summary	Recommended	Yes	n/a	Briefly describe in about one to three sentences the imagery. May refer to color or monochrome aspects of work either in Summary or Description.	This monochrome cartoon shows a skeleton salesman offering guns in a store display to prospective buyers. Behind the salesperson is a sign, “GUN LOBBY INC. ONE HANDGUN SOLD EVERY 13 SECONDS IN THE U.S.”
Description	Optional	Yes	n/a	If title was found on item, use example #1. If titles derived from text in speech balloons, use example #2. The same concept can be used from random text on item (see LC example). For artificial titles, use example #3. (No text on item.) If appropriate, transcribe copyright statement. If appropriate, note if there are multiple panels within the cartoon.	Title appears as it is written on the item. Title devised from text in first speech balloon. → Title from item. Title devised by cataloger. ©1983 The Lantern
Version	Optional	No	Local: original art mechanical reproduction clippings
Staff Notes	Optional	Yes	n/a	Note controlled vocabularies used for specific fields.	Genre=Getty AAT; Subject=LCSH & LCNAF
Format	Required, if available	Yes	IANA Media Types		image/tiff
Medium	Recommended	Yes	Getty AAT recommended	While Getty AAT is recommended, local terms may be used as appropriate. For example, "duotone paper" is not in Getty AAT.	ink duotone paper
Extent	Optional	Yes		Record height × width in centimeters.	28.5 x 36 cm
Repository	Required, if available	No	LCNAF	For reformatted works, only indicate repository if the item is physically held by OSUL.	Ohio State University. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
Collection	Required, if available	No	n/a	Collection name should be consistent with how it is listed in related records, e.g. finding aid and catalog record.	International Museum of Cartoon Art Collection and Records
Provenance	Optional	Yes	n/a	For donors, may enter as "Donor:" before indicating name.
Related Finding Aid	Optional	Yes	URL	Use version in Special Collections Registry.	https://library.osu.edu/collections/SPEC.CGA.IMCA/
Related URL	Optional	Yes	URL	If there is another DC record that is related to the work being described, enter the record's permanent link (handle). For instance, BICLM may have another version of the work being described.
Identifier	Required, if available	Yes	n/a	For BICLM, enter the finding number and d #.	Digital ID: d_19366 Finding Number: IMCA 91 90
Collection Identifier	Required, if available	No	n/a	Enter the ID associated with the collection in the Special Collections Registry. This will allow the recor	SPEC.CGA.IMCA
Published In	Optional	Yes	n/a	Use only for original art. Use Publisher for published works. Do not enter dates as their own entry in this field.	Milwaukee Journal
Subject	Recommended	Yes	LCNAF and LCSH	Subject terms may refer to imagery and/or aboutness. It is useful to focus on identifying people, places, events, symbols, and/or situations.
Place (Topic)	Optional	Yes	LCNAF and LCSH	Place terms should conform to LCNAF. When appropriate terms are not available in LCNAF, use LCSH.
Time Period (Topic)	Optional	Yes	local CV	This field should be used in terms of aboutness. If a cartoon depicts a different time period, the other time period should be used for this field. Enter as decade(s) or century if unknown.	1980s (1980-1989)
Rights Statement	Required	No	https://rightsstatements.org/en/	Enter term as URL. If Copyright Services has not selected a rights statement, use "Copyright Not Evaluated" (http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/).	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Rights Note	Required	No	local CV	This item, made available for research and educational purposes, may be protected by copyright; the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status. The Ohio State University Libraries believes this object is in the Public Domain, users are responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing.

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