Making MARC Records
Copy cataloging: finding a record previously made and using its codes. Go through record field by field and make sure records are right/current. ie: http://catalog.loc.gov
Anglo-American-Cataloging-Rules AACR2 over /antiquated is now RDA (Resource Description and Access)
RDA=The new content standard: a standardized way of cataloging content. RDA creates the same MARC records but presents it differently.
Access points= subject index (author, title, subject) (Title page contains cataloging info.)
- How do you form access points?
- How should info be indexed/what form of subject heading should you use?
AACR2
In cataloging there are 8 main areas of description. They are based on:
International
Standard
Book
Description
1. Consider publication: is it a Monograph? Series?
2. Title Page is the usual Chief Source of Information (spine, cover could suffice).
3. If no title/chief source, put the title I choose in square brackets
ie: [Rock Climbing for Dummies] (title is field 245 in MARC records)
4. Punctuation in AACR2 is case sensitive
… = “I left some stuff out here” / = precedes statement of responsibility (author) [ ] = record maker made it up.
MARC is how AACR2 information is electronically recorded
1. Title statement in MARC #245
- (statement of responsibility is a transcription of authors name from title page and is always used in MARC title statement with a / )
- Indicator 1= 1=Main entry is the author name, 0=Title is the main entry, no author given ie: no 100 MARC field entry.
- Indicator 2= NONFILING CHARACTERS ie: THE in title, don’t want to use THE in title catalog. 0-9 nonfiling character #’s: THE has four (three letters plus the space) A is represented by the number 2
- … in title replaced with -
- Transcribe title wording, order, spelling but not necessarily punctuation
- Subfield A (in MARC)= $aThe photographic history (do not capitalize all words, even if on title page; First letter and proper names get capitalized)
- Subfield C = $cLarry J. Whatever
2. Practice
- 245 00 $aSix exposures
$bessays in celebration of the opening of the Harrison D. Horblit collection of early photography.
3. Always have a 520 (summary or abstract with useful key words) or 505 (table of contents) entry. Do only one of these options, unless they have totally diff information
4. MARC biblographic page gives a list of all the MARC fields:
020= LOC ISBN entry field
5. 100 is established form of person’s name; Main Entry. Editors do NOT go in 100; title is therefore main entry; editors go in 700.
6. 250 Edition Statement
Editions are always abbreviated ie: $a6th ed.
http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ecbdnumb.html#mrcb010
homework reading:
http://www.loc.gov/marc/umb/
