Q. Do you have to list any of the general rules when you’re listing them for each area, since the rules in each area refer back to the general rules? A. There is a document that I attached in a message to all students that helps with the pertinent rules. All areas will have punctuation, so that [...]
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Ex. 1 Rules
Posted in 1 on September 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Punctuation Rules for ToC
Posted in 1, AACR2 Area 7 Notes on September 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. What are the punctuation rules for a Table of Contents with no authors? A. Each section or area has a set of rules for punctuation. You should review them closely. Sometimes the full stop for the area is found in the next area. Where it says, precede this area with a full stop.
Partial vs. Full Contents
Posted in 1, AACR2 Area 7 Notes on September 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. How do we decide when to list contents fully or partially? A. It is up to the cataloger. First you have to consider your patrons. You can pick and choose among the Table of Contents entries but it’s best to include all. Some ToC are very lengthy that you may want to do only [...]
Publisher and Distributor Listed
Posted in 1, AACR2 Area 4 Publisher on September 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. What do we do when a book lists a publisher which is part of a distributor? Do you still list both? A. No, just include the publisher.
Ex. 1 – Labeling AACR2 Rules
Posted in 1 on September 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. I’ve completed exercise 1, but I feel I’ve missed labeling some of the rules. Do you have advice on how to orderly go through the homework, to list the rules? A. Part of the exercise is to list the rules. Work through the area and decide which rules you needed to visit in order [...]
Ignore Copyright Date
Posted in 1, AACR2 Area 4 Date of Publication on September 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. If the publication date and the copyright date are the same, do we include them both? A. Transcribe only the publication date. Ignore copyright date—it is not the LC practice to transcribe both. Note: it is Optional in AACR2.
Internationally Known Cities
Posted in 1, AACR2 Area 4 Place of Publication on September 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. How would you determine if a city is “internationally known”? A. Only cities that are obvious like NY and LA and Chicago, Paris, Rome. You would not be wrong to include larger jurisdiction if uncertain. Most places are NOT internationally known.
Brackets Around States
Posted in 1, AACR2 Area 4 Place of Publication on September 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. How do you know when to put brackets around a state? A. If the larger jurisdiction is NOT listed on the source and you need to include it, then you include it (with correct AACR2 abbreviation) and enclose in [ ]. This will be for all place but cities internationally known if not found [...]
Editor in the Edition Statement
Posted in 1, AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility, AACR2 Area 2 Edition on September 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. One of the examples lists an editor after the edition. When exactly should we do that? A. If you have an edition statement immediately followed by a statement of responsibility, then that person goes in Area 2 as the statement of responsibility for that edition (and not in Area 1). But only if it [...]
Examples for Ex. 1
Posted in 1, AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility, AACR2 Area 1 Title, AACR2 Area 2 Edition, AACR2 Area 4 Date of Publication, AACR2 Area 4 Place of Publication, AACR2 Area 4 Publisher, AACR2 Area 5 Physical Description, AACR2 Area 6 Series, AACR2 Area 7 Notes, AACR2 Area 8 ISBN on September 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. Is there a resource for general examples for practice and/or reference that might help us check our work for Ex. 1? A. Use the help documents in Oncourse. Examples can be found in the Area 1-8 document and the Maxwell book. Review the practice title answer keys. Practice and sample records are very good sources. You [...]
GMD Format
Posted in 1, AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility on September 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. What does GMD stand for? A. General Material Designator. Ignore GMD, you do not use for monographs. Examples in AACR2 are for other formats. Just leave this out of your transcription.
Word of Advice on Final Projects
Posted in 1 on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One word of advice on final projects and any records, always review them several times for mistakes. They are easy to make.
Part II DDC #4&5
Posted in 1, DDC on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. For part 2 of Exercise #6 I am having trouble finding the DDC for no. 4 and 5 A. Ok, no. 4 is about art sculpture. Follow Up Q. For no. 5 I tried education and also philosophy of education but had no luck A. No. 5 is about secondary educ. You have to [...]
Is it necessary to use each variable field?
Posted in 1, ISBD, Variable Fields on March 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. What if ISBD areas are not present in the item? Do we need to use each variable data field for each record on the MARC work form? A. It depends. Some elements of the record are mandatory, such as the info in the 245 (title) and the 260 while others are not such as [...]
Editing Exercise, Summers
Posted in 1, LCCN on March 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. Why does it have a 010 and a 020 field in the OCLC record? (Summers) A. You must add the LCCN if you have it. Recheck OCLC for your record. You may be looking at the wrong record. Check you pub date and publisher. And the correct title. There is another title that comes [...]
Editing Exercise, Peters
Posted in 1 on March 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. I found the description “Donated by Changsob Kim” in field 500 of my OCLC search. I don’t understand what it means? (Peter’s Record Editing Exercise) A. This sounds like a local copy note for that particular book. I think you are in the wrong record. Recheck OCLC. You have an ISBN for this record [...]
Editing Exercise Part II
Posted in 1 on March 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. Can you at least give me an estimate on about how many fields there are for the Grossman title? Mine seems a bit sparse. A. Remember part of this assignment is to find the correct OCLC record. You can search with LCCN or ISBN or use the author/title and date of publication to narrow [...]
Editing Excerise
Posted in 1 on March 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. When you say we will be making a lot of edits to the records we find in OCLC, can you give me an estimated number of about how many edits on each record? I seem to be making only 2-3. A. I cannot estimate the number. Each record is different. You must review each [...]
What is a DLC record?
Posted in 1 on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. In Part 2, what do you mean by the DLC record? A. DLC is the Library of Congress record. DLC indicates that the Library of Congress created the record and that it is “superior” to others.
Rule 1.4B6 (ficticious publication, distribution, etc) – Ignore
Posted in 1, AACR2 Area 4 Place of Publication, AACR2 Area 4 Publisher on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. 1.4B6 in Ch. 1 gives instructions for when “an item is known to have fictitious publication, distribution, etc.” That is extremely confusing, and I wouldn’t think you would get the information from the chief source of information (i.e. t.p. verso) How could this happen? And how would it be commonly known? A. AACR2 covers [...]
Punctuation, space dash space, Part II
Posted in 1, Variable Fields on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. Do you mind if we use the card catalog space dash space? A. I will not take off if I see the dashes, but the are NOT necessary.
Punctuation, space dash space?
Posted in 1, Variable Fields on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. To clarify from the email questions, the only time we need to include the space dash space is in the card format, but not for exercise 1. Correct? A. Correct. You need final punctuation, not the space dash space. Follow up: Q. So does that mean in ex. 1 that we should start a [...]
Copy Cataloging vs Importing
Posted in 1 on February 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. Is there is a difference between copy cataloging and using the Z39.50 to import a record? Or is that what you consider copy cataloging? So you would consider an import a copy catalog? A. Most libraries that copy catalog download or import records from OCLC and modify them to a certain extent. The import [...]
Finding information in other sources (for series, ISBN, notes)
Posted in 1, AACR2 Area 6 Series, AACR2 Area 7 Notes, AACR2 Area 8 ISBN on February 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. Since an ISBN can be taken from any source do we need to find one if it is not on the scanned pages you provide for us? A. I don’t expect you to go to outside sources for series, ISBN, and notes.
Can some records be really short?
Posted in 1 on February 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. Can some records be really short? A. Yes, some records can be very brief.
