Q: If a book has both an ISBN number and an ISBN number by which to order the book, should we include both? A: One of these ISBN might be for the International edition. If you have both on the source and you can qualify them, you must include two 020 tags in your records. [...]
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International ISBN
Posted in AACR2 Area 8 ISBN, Access Points on March 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
ISBN On OCLC Record Only
Posted in AACR2 Area 8 ISBN on February 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Q: If there is no ISBN on the item, but the OCLC record lists one, do we include that in our records? A: These titles are fairly old, so there may not be an ISBN. If you find one on the source then YES, do include it. If you find one in the OCLC record, [...]
ISBN Not On OCLC Record
Posted in AACR2 Area 8 ISBN on February 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Q: If an ISBN is not on an OCLC record should we locate it in another place? A WorldCat search? A: It is not necessary to go to external sources. Some of these exercise titles are too old to have an ISBN.
When the OCLC Record is Missing Information
Posted in AACR2 Area 8 ISBN, ISBD, MARC on September 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. If the OCLC record is missing information from some of the tags that are on the Exercise 2 template, do we look for that information in a different source? A. If there is an ISBD area in your book for that tag, for example, then yes, you can use the book as your source. [...]
Best Way to Search OCLC Connexion
Posted in AACR2 Area 8 ISBN, LCCN, MARC on September 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. What is the best way to search OCLC Connexion? A. Searching by ISBN should come first. But many of these titles do not have an ISBN, so then what? The next best search is LCCN. Don’t forget about the LCCN. If you find one the book, you need to add it to your records. [...]
Always End with Full Stops
Posted in AACR2 Area 1 Statement of Responsibility, AACR2 Area 1 Title, AACR2 Area 6 Series, AACR2 Area 8 ISBN on September 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. Are we supposed to end all our homework problems with a full stop even if AACR2 does not show it? A. Yes. AACR2 does not give final punctuation in examples. You must supply where needed. There are some areas that do not get a full stop so be careful. For example, Area 6 and [...]
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 [...]
ISBNs (multiple) & Binding Information
Posted in AACR2 Area 8 ISBN on March 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. Do we have to include “U.S.” or “Can.” along with the “pbk.” or “softcover” and if so, do they get included in one parentheses or separate for an ISBN? A. Some books list multiple ISBNs and you have to include all of them in your description. If you have the qualification such as [...]
Formatting for Two (2) ISBNs
Posted in AACR2 Area 8 ISBN on March 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. In AACR2 1.8E1, the examples have a full stop after the parenthetical notations of “(cased).” and “(U.S.).” but not after “(bound)” and “(pbk.)” – when is it appropriate to follow these with a full stop, and when is it not? A. This example in AACR2 includes a record with two ISBNs, so when describing [...]
ISBN a Mandatory Field?
Posted in AACR2 Area 8 ISBN, Variable Fields on March 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. There is no ISBN on the source or in the record. Is this a mandatory field? A. If you cannot find one it may be because of the age of the publication. You can just delete this tag. Summers was published right around the time they began to add ISBNs so probably none exists.
Describing the work’s binding …
Posted in AACR2 Area 8 ISBN on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. What kinds of guides are there for describing the work’s binding? A. The binding may be part of the qualification in the ISBN. Otherwise we do not transcribe anything about the binding of a book.
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.
LCCN Numbers
Posted in AACR2 Area 8 ISBN, LCCN, MARC on January 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q. Several of the titles list a LCCN. Is this number just ignored and do we focus more on the ISBN? A. For exercise 1, ignore those LCCN. We will cover them next week and they will be added to the MARC record for the next exercise. They are a totally different number from the [...]
ISBN History and Inclusion
Posted in AACR2 Area 8 ISBN on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. For the Deskins book there is no ISBN. My understanding is that the use of the number didn’t begin until 1966 – 1970. How do we handle this sort of issue? Or am I missing something really obvious? A. ISBNs were first added to books in 1965 (called SBN) now they are international (ISBN) [...]
No ISBN or LCCN?
Posted in AACR2 Area 8 ISBN, LCCN on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. If you cannot find an ISBN and/or a LCCN, do you skip those as well? A. Yes. If no ISBN is found for the book, it is probably due to the age of the item. If neither number is found just skip these fields.
Include price/qualifications in ISBN field if ISBN is absent?
Posted in AACR2 Area 8 ISBN on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. If there is no ISBN, do we still include whether a book is paperback/hard cover along with the price in area 8? If so, do we transcribe it like the examples minus the ISBN? A. Yes you can include this other information such as qualification and cost without the actual ISBN. You would transcribe: [...]
What To Do When No ISBN Is Found
Posted in AACR2 Area 8 ISBN on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. This is a general question for all titles really, but includes Bartlett…when no ISBN is found and no price is listed…is this field left completely blank? A. If you find no ISBN is area 8 information, completely skip the area.
Random number in Davenport a price ….?
Posted in AACR2 Area 8 ISBN on March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. In Davenport, there is a number – 11.65 does it mean the price of the book? A. We can’t really verify what this number is. Ignore it.
Can prices go solo?
Posted in AACR2 Area 8 ISBN on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. If we cannot find the ISBN, but can find the price, should the price be included and if so how is it labeled? A. You can include the price. It is just added for example as $102.00 in card format style at the end of the record. In MARC it would have its own [...]
“Is acid free paper significant to area 8?”
Posted in AACR2 Area 8 ISBN on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. Is acid free paper significant to area 8? A. Yes, this is the type of paper it is printed on and will be unique to the ISBN.
What if there’s no ISBN?, ISBN History, & LCCN History Post 2
Posted in AACR2 Area 8 ISBN, LCCN on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. I can’t find any ISBN’s for any of the five practice titles? A. Some of the books are older than the time publishers began to add ISBN numbers. Look closely, some of the exercise 1 titles may have some information associated with the ISBN. History of ISBN: ISBNs were first added to books in 1965 [...]
Area 8 – Price, paperback, & no ISBN, Post 2
Posted in AACR2 Area 8 ISBN on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. When I read the rule # 1.8E2: “If there is no standard number give the terms of availability before any qualification” you would transcribe $1.95 (pbk.) A. This is correct, if this is the only information you have on the ISBN, then the qualification comes before the terms of availability.
Area 8 – Price, paperback, & no ISBN
Posted in AACR2 Area 8 ISBN on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. If a book includes information that it is paperback and costs $1.95 but includes no ISBN, do we simply transcribe the paperback and price info without the ISBN info? A. Yes you can do this. The term paperback must be in the AACR2 abbreviation and inside parens.
What if there’s no ISBN? & ISBN History, Post 1
Posted in AACR2 Area 8 ISBN on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. What do you use when there is no ISBN number? Do you use the card catalog number? What if you can’t find the edition? A. ISBNs have only been added to works since the mid 1960′s. History of ISBN: ISBN were added to books in 1965 (called SBN) now international ISBN standardized in 1972). [...]
Formatting, Post 2 – Missing Areas
Posted in AACR2 Area 2 Edition, AACR2 Area 6 Series, AACR2 Area 7 Notes, AACR2 Area 8 ISBN, Variable Fields on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Q. If you cannot find an area, for example the edition, what do you do? Do you skip a line to indicate there is not one available or do you just proceed? For example, for a couple of the assignments I can’t find an edition or any series info. So do I just leave a [...]
