Transcript Strolling through the park?

LIB 630 Classification and Cataloging
Spring 2010
A Walk in the
Park?
Descriptive Cataloging from scratch
AACR2 Cataloging Areas
1. Title and Statement of
Responsibility Area
Includes:
Title Proper [GMD] = Parallel title ; Other titles /
Statements of responsibility
2. Edition Area
3. Special Area for serials, maps, etc, and music
4. Publication, Distribution, etc. Area
5. Physical Distribution Area
6. Series Area
7. Notes Area
8. Standard Number Area
A simpler way of organizing this information
Area 1
Title proper = Parallel title : Other title
information [GMD] / Statement of
responsibility
Area 2
Edition area
Area 3
Special area for serials, maps, music
Area 4
Publication area
Area 5
Physical description
Area 6
(Series information)
Area 7
Notes area
Area 8
Standard number
Starting the walk
What with?
Where do we get the information from?
Does it make a difference?
Compare cover and title page
Dilemma
• Is “Today vegetables . . . Tomorrow
the World!” part of the title
information?
– AACR2 says the chief source of
information for books, pamphlets and
other printed information is the
titlepage, not the cover
So, what is the title?
• The title of the book is:
– Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery
So, what’s the first area?
What’s the title proper, again?
• Title proper:
– The chief title of a publication in the form
in which it appears on the title page (or
substitute), along with any alternative title
or any other titles or title information
appearing ahead of the chief title on the
title page. This definition excludes parallel
titles and other title information following
the chief title . . . See also Chief title.
So, what do we do with it?
That’s easy this time!!!!
Other title information
• Rule 1E1: Transcribe other title
information (for example, a subtitle)
appearing in the chief source
of information
• Rule 1A1: Precede other title
information by a space, colon, space ( : )
Bunnicula : a rabbit-tale of mystery
OK—who’s responsible?
• Statement of responsibility
– Does the title page tell us about anyone
who might have something to do with
creating the work?
Rules?
Notice something?
• The rule for first statement of responsibility
(1F1) doesn’t say it explicitly, but the rule for
other statements (1F2) does:
– “Give other statements of responsibility . . . in the
form . . . in which they appear there . . .”
(emphasis added).
• The convention is also to do so for first
statements of responsibility, so that we write:
– Bunnicula : a rabbit-tale of mystery / by Deborah
and James Howe ; illustrated by Alan Daniel
Complete Area 1?
Area 1
Title proper =
Parallel title : Other
title information
[GMD] / Statement
of responsibility
Bunnicula : a rabbittale of mystery / by
Deborah and James
Howe ; illustrated by
Alan Daniel
Compare BCCLS’ version:
Title: Bunnicula : a rabbit tale of
mystery / by Deborah and
James Howe ; illustrated by
Alan Daniel.
What’s next for Bunnicula?
Area 1
Title proper = Parallel
title : Other title
information [GMD] /
Statement of
responsibility
Area 2
Edition area
Area 3
Special area for serials,
maps, music
Area 4
Publication area
Area 5
Physical description
Area 6
(Series information)
Area 7
Notes area
Area 8
Standard number
Bunnicula : a rabbit-tale of
mystery / by Deborah and
James Howe ; illustrated by
Alan Daniel
Edition statement
Edition information from Bunnicula
Verso (reverse) of Title Page
Writing the edition statement
• Therefore:
– 1st Aladdin paperbacks ed., August, 1996
The story so far . . .
Area 1
Area 2
Title proper = Parallel
title : Other title
information [GMD] /
Statement of
responsibility
Edition area
Bunnicula : a rabbit-tale
of mystery / by Deborah
and James Howe ;
illustrated by Alan Daniel
1st Aladdin paperbacks
ed., August, 1996
OK, Bunnicula, where do we go from here?
Area 1
Title proper = Parallel
title : Other title
information [GMD] /
Statement of
responsibility
Area 2
Edition area
Area 3
Special area for serials,
maps, music
Area 4
Publication area
Area 5
Physical description
Area 6
(Series information)
Area 7
Notes area
Area 8
Standard number
Bunnicula : a rabbit-tale of
mystery / by Deborah and
James Howe ; illustrated by
Alan Daniel
1st Aladdin paperbacks ed.,
August, 1996
This is neither map, magazine
nor music
Publication area
What publication info is there here?
Place of publication: New York
Name of publisher: Aladdin paperbacks
Date of publication: Good question!!
What do we do about the date?
• Rule 4E1:
– Give the year of publication
of the edition named in the
edition area
Therefore:
1996
Some might write:
1996, c1979
Putting it all together to this point:
Area 1
Title proper = Parallel
title : Other title
information [GMD] /
Statement of
responsibility
Bunnicula : a rabbit-tale
of mystery / by Deborah
and James Howe ;
illustrated by Alan Daniel.
Area 2
Edition area
1st Aladdin paperbacks
ed., August, 1996.
Area 3
Special area for serials,
maps, music
Area 4
Publication area
New York : Aladdin
paperbacks, 1996.
OK, Bunnicula, what’s next?
So, what do we do?
• Rule 5B2. Extent of books, atlases, and other printed
items.
– Record the number of pages in the main numbered
sequence
– If there is more than one numbered sequence, give the
number of pages in the order in which the sequence
appears in each item.
– Ignore unnumbered sequences and minor sequences.
• For Bunnicula, there is an editor’s note numbered xi
and xii (it starts on the 11th page from the cover), and
then the main story is from 3-98 (the first page of the
story is on the 3rd page from the end of the note).
– Some might therefore write: xii, 98 p.
– Concise AACR2 would say simply: 98 p.
Other details
• What other details?
– Any illustrations?
Yes, Bunnicula has
several.
• Rule 5C1) says:
“If the bibliographic resource contains
illustrations, give ‘ill.’.”
– Dimensions
• Rule 5D 1) says: “Give the outside height in
centimetres (cm.) to the next centimetre up.”
– Outside height? Measure the height of the front cover.
Bunnicula measures 19.5 cm., so round up to 20!
Get out your
ruler!
This
is the
vertical
height!
Punctuation
(Oh, oh! Here we go!)
Ignore this! It’s only for catalog cards!
Rule 0D says: “if the description is to appear in an online catalogue in
which each area is labeled, use only the punctuation that is internal to
each area.”
What is the physical description, then?
• Pagination, illustration, dimensions:
– Bunnicula?
xii, 98 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Rule 5A1:
“Precede the other
details (i.e., other than
extent and dimensions)
by a space, colon, space
( : ).”
Rule 5A1:
“Precede the
dimensions by a space,
semicolon, space ( ; ).”
Almost home!
Area 1
Title proper = Parallel
title : Other title
information [GMD] /
Statement of
responsibility
Area 2
Edition area
Area 3
Special area for serials,
maps, music
Area 4
Publication area
Bunnicula : a rabbit-tale of mystery
/ by Deborah and James Howe ;
illustrated by Alan Daniel
1st Aladdin paperbacks ed., August,
1996
1st Aladdin paperbacks ed., August,
1996.
xii, 98 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Area 5
Physical description
Area 6
(Series information)
Area 7
Notes area
Area 8
Standard number
Is this part of a series?
• Well, yes, in one sense, because there are
several Bunnicula books
• On the other hand, there is no specific
title for the whole series
– Concise AACR2 definition:
Series. A group of separate bibliographic
resources related to one another by the fact
that each bears, in addition to its own title
proper, a collective title applying to the
group as a whole.
Nothing in Area 6, then?
What about Area 7?
What is “useful descriptive information”?
• Frequency
– if a serial, i.e. magazine, etc.
• System requirements, etc.
– if electronic
• Nature of the item
– if it is not obvious from the
rest of the description
• Language
– if not English
• Adaption of another work
– who did it? or who did the
original?
• Contents, cast list, credits,
etc.
• Audience
– grade level, age, a specific
group, e.g. graduate
students, etc.
• Summary
– This does not have to give
away the end of the
story—just be enough to
give a sense of what
happens!
• Any special information
about this specific copy
– Location, missing parts,
restrictions on use, etc.
Possible notes here?
• For children’s books, summaries are
often provided:
– Though scoffed at by Harold the dog,
Chester the cat tries to warn his
human family that their foundling
baby bunny must be a vampire.
What’s left, Bunnicula?
Standard Number?
• ISSN for serials:
– Magazines, journals, newspapers, etc.
• ISBN for books
– This edition of Bunnicula?
• ISBN 0-689-80659-0
Remember also ISBN-13
• Does the ISBN-13 have any meaning imbedded in the
numbers? The five parts of an ISBN are as follows:
1. The current ISBN-13 will be prefixed by “978”
2. Group or country identifier which identifies a national
or geographic grouping of publishers;
3. Publisher identifier which identifies a particular
publisher within a group;
4. Title identifier which identifies a particular title or
edition of a title;
5. Check digit is the single digit at the end of the ISBN
which validates the ISBN.
•
Frequently Asked Questions about the ISBN
Our matrix is complete!
Area 1
Title proper = Parallel title :
Other title information
[GMD] / Statement of
responsibility
Area 2
Edition area
Area 3
Special area for serials, maps,
music
Area 4
Publication area
Bunnicula : a rabbit-tale of mystery / by
Deborah and James Howe ; illustrated
by Alan Daniel
1st Aladdin paperbacks ed., August,
1996
1st Aladdin paperbacks ed., August,
1996.
xii, 98 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Area 5
Physical description
Area 6
(Series information)
Area 7
Notes area
Though scoffed at by Harold the dog,
Chester the cat tries to warn his human
family that their foundling baby bunny
must be a vampire.
Area 8
Standard number
ISBN 0-689-80659-0
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