SCCTPBASIC SERIALS

CATALOGING WORKSHOP

Serials Cooperative Cataloging Training Program(SCCTP)

Presenters:

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1: Background, Objectives, Organization

1. Context of the workshop2. FRBR as Foundation of RDA3. Overview of RDA

4. Goals of the workshop

5. Outline of modules content

6. Overview of workshop schedule

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Context of the Workshop

• Standardized cataloging • Descriptive cataloging tools• RDA Implementation

• Serials and serial cataloging

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Descriptive Cataloging Tools

• RDA (Resource Description & Access)– LC-PCC PS (Library of Congress-Program for Cooperative

Cataloging Policy Statements)– MARC & ISBD

• PCC Task Group Reports: http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/rda/RDA%20Task%20Groups.html

• CONSER Cataloging Manual & CONSER Editing Guide• RDA CONSER Documentation:

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FRBR as Foundation of RDA

• Closely tied to FRBR/FRAD concepts• International Cataloging Principles

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FRBR as a Foundation of RDA

• Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR; 1998)

• Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD; 2009)

Entities, attributes, relationships, user tasks

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ICP “informs” RDA Principles

• Convenience of the user• Representation• Common usage• Accuracy• Sufficiency and necessity• Significance• Economy• Consistency and standardization• Integration• Defensible, not arbitrary

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Relationship of FRBR to RDA

• FRBR offers a structure to address user tasks• FRBR attributes translate into RDA data

elements

• RDA combines FRBR conceptual model with cataloging principles

FRBR is not a cataloging code -- but it shows the benefit of a code based on FRBR

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Overview of RDA

• RDA: What it is• RDA: Structure

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RDA: What it is

• Content standard • Not …– A display standard– An encoding standard

• ‘Schema-neutral’–Can use• MARC 21• Dublin Core• etc.

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RDA: What it is

• More international • Focus on local user needs– Agencies can make decisions regarding• Language of additions to access points• Language of supplied data• Script and transliteration• Calendar• Numeric system

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RDA: What it is

• Wider scope of resources• Reflect what’s being acquired in libraries– non-printed text resources– non-text resources– unpublished resources

• Defers to specialist manuals of some collaborative communities

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RDA: What it is

• Authority data• Based on attributes and relationships in FRAD• Authority elements, for now, are documented

in authority records

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RDA: What it is

• Controlled vocabularies – Only a few are closed lists

• Content type• Media type• Carrier type• Mode of issuance

– Most are open lists– Cataloger can supply term if not in list

• Vocabularies are available on the Web– http://metadataregistry.org/rdabrowse.htm

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RDA: Structure

• Table of Contents• General introduction• Entities and their attributes– Group 1 (Chapters 1-7)– Group 2 (Chapters 8-16)

• Relationships: chapters 17-22, 24-32• Appendices• Glossary• Index

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RDA: Structure

• Principles applicable to all resources– Not separate chapters for formats (e.g., books,

maps, printed music, etc.)• Identify and relate user tasks• Elements addressed separately– To assemble elements when needed (e.g., in

authorized access points, see the instructions at the end of chapters 6, 9-11)

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RDA: Structure

• Read purposefully, not linearly– Keyword searches– Follow links– Jump directly from Table of Contents

• Some duplication of content

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RDA: Structure

• Core-ness– Based on attributes mandatory for a national level

record (FRBR/FRAD)– Defined at the element level• Always • “Core if” – situation described

• “The element must be recorded if known”• PCC has identified additional elements as core– Indicated in LC-PCC Policy Statements (LC-PCC PS)

Title ProperCORE ELEMENT

Later Title ProperCORE ELEMENT FOR LC/PCC

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RDA: Structure

• Alternatives, Options, and Exceptions• Clearly labeled in the Toolkit by green legends

and vertical bars• Alternatives to an instruction• Options– Additional data– Omission of data

• “agency preparing …” instructions

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LC-PCC Policy Statements

• To facilitate standard interpretation and application

• Jointly crafted by LC and the Program for Cooperative Cataloging– “PCC is an international cooperative effort aimed at

expanding access to library collections by providing useful, timely, and cost-effective cataloging that meets mutually-accepted standards of libraries around the world”

– BIBCO, CONSER, NACO, SACO http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/

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MARC

• Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC)• “Markup language for catalogers”• Understanding MARC Bibliographic– http://www.loc.gov/marc/umb/– Online resource for learning about MARC– Source for the brief overview that follows

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ISBD

• International Standard Bibliographic Description

• 1974• “Internationally accepted framework”• Goal: result in records that are convertible into

machine-readable form• Assigned an order to the elements• System of punctuation

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FRBR vs. RDA vs. MARC

• FRBR is a conceptual model• RDA is a cataloging standard based on the

FRBR conceptual model• MARC is an encoding scheme by which

computers exchange, use, and interpret bibliographic information

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RDA ImplementationThree potential implementation scenarios for RDA data

• Scenario 1: Relational / object-oriented database structure

• Scenario 2: Linked bibliographic and authority records

• Scenario 3: ‘Flat file’ database structure (no links)

http://www.rda-jsc.org/docs/5editor2.pdf

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RDA ImplementationCurrent library environment

• Data will still be ambiguous

• Standards– RDA– LC-PCC PS– MARC– ISBD – CONSER core elements– OCLC or other utility– Local standards, practices, etc.

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Goals for the Workshop• Understand the concept of continuing

resources

• Identify serials and distinguish them from monographs and integrating resources

• Apply RDA instructions for description of serials

• Understand RDA CONSER standard record (CSR)

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Goals for the Workshop• Become familiar with MARC tags used for

serials• Create original serials cataloging records

• Identify appropriate serial copy and needed edits

• Current conventions and practices

• Useful cataloging tools

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Outline of the Workshop Sessions

1. Background, Objectives and Organization2. Serials and Serial Cataloging3. Cataloging Preliminaries & Generals4. Describing Manifestations5. Describing Carriers and Content6. Describing Works and Expressions

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Outline of the Workshop Sessions

7. Basics of RDA Relationships for Serials8. Working with Copy: Finding Appropriate

Records9. Working with Copy (Maintaining Records)10. When Do I Need a New Description?

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Agenda

[First day]• Modules 1-5

[Second day]• Module 6-10

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1: Summary & Questions

1. Background2. Objectives3. Organization4. Agenda

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