Library Cataloging
I've noticed a lot of records, some in my catalog, that still have the note "Closed-captioned for the hearing impared." That was changed in 1998 to just "Closed-captioned." Also this is a language note and so belongs in field 546, not 500. In our catalogs there should be a way to do a global change and fix the note. Not sure if that is possible in OCLC and RLIN.
- Typos In Our Catalogs
This morning I corrected two typos in my catalog, Ethiopia had been misspelled. One time it was in a note field, another time in the subject heading. The note field would just make us look bad, but the subject field can decrease access to the title. (I...
- Linking To Amazon Or Open Worldcat
A while back I received a nice note from a person at OCLC mentioning that I could link to Open WorldCat rather than Amazon when mentioning a book. The truth is I get about $20.00 to $40.00 a year in Amazon credits by linking to them. It has been a nice...
- Bibliographical References
Over on AUTOCAT a series of posts brought to my attention that the correct form of the note is "Includes bibliographical references." not bibliographic. No big deal. But something I'd not been conscious of before. I had 84 with the wrong term in my...
- Dissertations
A rant. I'm currently cataloging many dissertations from UMI. Our current rules for doing this are just wrong. It violates one on the guiding principles of AACR, Catalog the item in hand. What the current rules have us doing is cataloging the original,...
- Archives
I've just noticed I've yet to mention the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC). This co-operative effort ranks with OCLC and RLIN as one of the most useful in the history of information description.The National Union Catalog...
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I've noticed a lot of records, some in my catalog, that still have the note "Closed-captioned for the hearing impared." That was changed in 1998 to just "Closed-captioned." Also this is a language note and so belongs in field 546, not 500. In our catalogs there should be a way to do a global change and fix the note. Not sure if that is possible in OCLC and RLIN.
- Typos In Our Catalogs
This morning I corrected two typos in my catalog, Ethiopia had been misspelled. One time it was in a note field, another time in the subject heading. The note field would just make us look bad, but the subject field can decrease access to the title. (I...
- Linking To Amazon Or Open Worldcat
A while back I received a nice note from a person at OCLC mentioning that I could link to Open WorldCat rather than Amazon when mentioning a book. The truth is I get about $20.00 to $40.00 a year in Amazon credits by linking to them. It has been a nice...
- Bibliographical References
Over on AUTOCAT a series of posts brought to my attention that the correct form of the note is "Includes bibliographical references." not bibliographic. No big deal. But something I'd not been conscious of before. I had 84 with the wrong term in my...
- Dissertations
A rant. I'm currently cataloging many dissertations from UMI. Our current rules for doing this are just wrong. It violates one on the guiding principles of AACR, Catalog the item in hand. What the current rules have us doing is cataloging the original,...
- Archives
I've just noticed I've yet to mention the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC). This co-operative effort ranks with OCLC and RLIN as one of the most useful in the history of information description.The National Union Catalog...