WELCOME TO TULANE UNIVERSIY BIBCO TRAINING

TRAINERS: Kate Harcourt Columbia University Robert Killheffer Yale University

TODAY’S AGENDA PCC OVERVIEW LIBRARIES TODAY SERVING OUR USERS WHAT ABOUT QUALITY CATALOGING?

PCC Components: u NACO: Name Authority u SACO: Subject Authority u BIBCO: Bibliographic Record.

FIRST BIBCO LIBRARIES CLEVELAND PUBLIC UCLA U COLORADO - BOULDER U MARYLAND YALE NYPL STANFORD NORTHWESTERN OBERLIN COLUMBIA STOCKTON-SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY

PCC GOALS u Increase availability of bibliographic and authority records u Avoid duplication u Increase records available for copy cataloging u Develop and maintain acceptable standards u Increase timely access & promote cost- effective cataloging u Increase use of foreign records.

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WELCOME TO PART TWO OF TULANE UNIVERSITY BIBCO TRAINING

PROGRAM FOR COOPERATIVE CATALOGING (PCC) u National-level records u Cataloged locally u Contributed to world record pool u Dynamic records shared and updated.

PRESSURE POINTS: u Rising costs u Lower budgets u Cost/benefit u Savings/harm.

SUCCESSOR TO NCCP u Lower cost to participate u Easier interconnectivity u Fewer system-based limitations.

PCC GOALS u To increase the supply of quality records in the world cataloging record pool u To increase the number of catalogers and cataloging institutions contributing such records.

A QUALITY RECORD u Dependably usable.

USABILITY Requires little or no u Verification u Modification, or u Postponement of use.

DEPENDABILITY: Count on: u Accurate description u Controlled access points.

CORE STANDARD CHARACTERISTICS u Minimum standard u Identification/retrieval u Dependably usable u Known quantity.

A MINIMUM STANDARD u Minimum not minimal u Provides floor or base u “Upwardly compatible” u May include additional fields up to full.

CORE STANDARD u First defined for books materials u Then defined for other types of materials u Apply in spirit as well as letter to nonbook materials.

BOTH CORE AND FULL Standards have the same: u Authority control for headings u Adherence to rules/practices u Main entry choice and form u Title page & series transcription u Physical description.

PARADIGM SHIFT: LIMIT: You must/must not VS. FLOOR: You must at least/you may add (up to full)

CORE RECORDS: u Are national-level records u Provide dependable cataloging within full record catalogs u Distinguish local and nonlocal data as with full records.

A CORE RECORD CONTAINS: u At least Core Standard elements u Additional elements if called for up to full level.

CORE RECORD JUDGEMENT BOUNDED BY: u AACR2R and LCRIs u Core record standard u Institutional policies u Identification / retrieval.

CORE GUIDELINES: 1.Would the proposed addition be correct in a full record? 2a.Will the proposed addition materially aid retrievability? or 2b. Will the proposed addition materially aid identification?

CORE RECORDS: u Source = c u Enc Lvl = 4 (or 039 core in OCLC) u 042 = pcc u 040 = Library’s symbol.

APPLYING THE CORE STANDARD: Q. Do you ever remove data from a record to meet the core standard? A. NO.

APPLYING THE CORE STANDARD: Q. If a Core Standard record contains the same fields as a full record, is it coded core or full?

CORE STANDARD -- FIXED FIELD u Code fully u Same as full record.

CORE STANDARD --020, 0XX u Supply 020 $a if present on item u Other 0XX fields.

CORE STANDARD -- 0XX Call or class number: Supply a number from a recognized scheme.

CORE STANDARD -- 1XX Main entry: u Include if applicable u Establish if not already established.

CORE STANDARD Uniform title: u Include if known/inferable u Establish if not already established.

CORE STANDARD u Include all applicable fields u Same as full-level cataloging.

CORE STANDARD -- 4XX/8XX Series: u Transcribe series if present u Tracing optional u If traced, support with SAR.

CORE STANDARD -- 5XX If applicable, make notes at least for: u Title source if not t.p. u Contents if multipart items have separate titles u Thesis note (502) u Reproduction note (533).

CORE STANDARD -- 5XX Some Notes Issues: u Language, translation (2.7B2) u Statements of Responsibility (2.7B6) u Dissertations u Other notes.

CORE STANDARD -- 6XX If applicable, include: At least 1 subject heading -- from recognized list -- at appropriate level of specificity.

SOME SUBJECT ISSUES Use of other thesauri or lists LCSH issues: -- lack of specific headings -- paired or multiple headings Submitting requests for new headings.

CORE STANDARD -- 7XX (OR 246) If applicable: u Primary added entry relationships u Important title access information u Up to full level.

REVISION ISSUES: Primary added entry relationships u Remember guidelines u Dependably usable records u Retrievability and identification.

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