WELCOME TOTULANE 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:

NACO: Name Authority SACO: Subject Authority 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

Increase availability of bibliographic and authority records

Avoid duplication Increase records available for copy

cataloging Develop and maintain acceptable standards Increase timely access & promote cost-

effective cataloging Increase use of foreign records.

END OF PART ONE

WELCOME TO PART TWO OF TULANE UNIVERSITY

BIBCO TRAINING

PROGRAM FOR COOPERATIVE CATALOGING

(PCC)

National-level records Cataloged locally Contributed to world record pool Dynamic records shared and updated.

PRESSURE POINTS:

Rising costs Lower budgets Cost/benefit Savings/harm.

SUCCESSOR TO NCCP

Lower cost to participate Easier interconnectivity Fewer system-based limitations.

PCC GOALS

To increase the supply of quality records in the world cataloging record pool

To increase the number of catalogers and cataloging institutions

contributing such records.

A QUALITY RECORD

Dependably usable.

USABILITY

Requires little or no

Verification Modification, or Postponement of use.

DEPENDABILITY:

Count on:

Accurate description Controlled access points.

CORE STANDARD CHARACTERISTICS

Minimum standard Identification/retrieval Dependably usable Known quantity.

A MINIMUM STANDARD

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

CORE STANDARD

First defined for books materials Then defined for other types of

materials Apply in spirit as well as letter to nonbook

materials.

BOTH CORE AND FULL

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

PARADIGM SHIFT:

LIMIT: You must/must not

VS.FLOOR: You must at least/you

may add (up to full)

CORE RECORDS:

Are national-level records Provide dependable cataloging within full

record catalogs Distinguish local and nonlocal data as with

full records.

A CORE RECORD CONTAINS:

At least Core Standard elements Additional elements if called for up to full

level.

CORE RECORD JUDGEMENT BOUNDED BY:

AACR2R and LCRIs Core record standard Institutional policies 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:

Source = c Enc Lvl = 4 (or 039 core in OCLC) 042 = pcc 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

Code fully Same as full record.

CORE STANDARD --020, 0XX

Supply 020 $a if present on item Other 0XX fields.

CORE STANDARD -- 0XX

Call or class number:

Supply a number from a recognized scheme.

CORE STANDARD -- 1XX

Main entry:

Include if applicable Establish if not already established.

CORE STANDARD -- 240

Uniform title:

Include if known/inferable Establish if not already established.

CORE STANDARD -- 245-300

Include all applicable fields Same as full-level cataloging.

CORE STANDARD -- 4XX/8XX

Series:

Transcribe series if present Tracing optional If traced, support with SAR.

CORE STANDARD -- 5XX

If applicable, make notes at least for:

Title source if not t.p. Contents if multipart items have separate

titles Thesis note (502) Reproduction note (533).

CORE STANDARD -- 5XX

Some Notes Issues:

Language, translation (2.7B2) Statements of Responsibility (2.7B6) Dissertations 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:

Primary added entry relationships Important title access information Up to full level.

REVISION ISSUES:

Primary added entry relationships

Remember guidelines Dependably usable records Retrievability and identification.

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