Library Cataloging
Detailed Dates
Results for How often do you use a detailed date in 008?
42% - Whenever the information is available (13 votes)10% - Only in certain cases (3 votes)16% - Never (5 votes)32% - What is an 008 (10 votes)
I was surprised that the majority use them some or all the time. I don't often bump into them in records.
The poll had a comment about creating full rich records the first time. In theory I agree. However, there are circumstances when less then full records are all that is required. For example, here at the Lunar and Planetary Institute I give full cataloging to most Q and T materials. I don't spend much time on the computer manuals like
PowerPoint for Dummies. It is not important to our collections and will likely be weeded when the next presentation software is bought. Items like that I generally accept without any checking or enrichment. Just a matter priorities and very real time constraints.
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Problems With Names
Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names shows the computer folks are finding names a problem. We could have told them that a long time ago.So, as a public service, I?m going to list assumptions your systems probably make about names. All of these assumptions...
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Rda News
News from RDA.The Co-Publishers of RDA Online (the American Library Association, the Canadian Library Association, and the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) have reached the conclusion that further time is required to complete...
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Marc Authority Records
Here is a poll. Make your opinion count.I am trying to simplify the saving (downloading) of records from LC Authorities and would like to ask LC to change the default format for saving such records from text format to MARC format. Currently, when we retrieve...
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Getting Out Of Town
I'll be taking a break for a few days, heading up to Austin for a change of scenery and do some visiting with a great group of catalogers. Postings may be few or none for the next few days. So, I'm posting a poll. The results should change, even...
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Poll
I've discontinued the "Is MARC Dead?" poll. The voting tool was generating pop-up and pop-under ads. I could live with an ad on the result page, but that was too much. In case anyone is interested, there were 17 votes. One thought MARC was dead, 16...
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