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Subject: OCLC-MARC Update 2013, Technical Bulletin 262, and
"Bibliographic Formats and Standards"
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:40:27 -0400
From: Goodson,Luanne <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: askqc <[log in to unmask]>
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[Cross-posted to multiple lists-- please excuse/ignore duplication]
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For some months now, OCLC’s WorldCat Quality Management Division has
been planning and implementing a project to incorporate “Resource
Description and Access” (RDA) practices, references, and examples into
OCLC's "Bibliographic Formats and Standards" (BFAS)
(http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en.html). OCLC’s recent migration to a
new content management system has now allowed this effort to begin.
We are now in the process of incorporating the changes to BFAS that were
part of the OCLC-MARC Update 2012, which was documented in Technical
Bulletin 261
(http://www.oclc.org/support/services/worldcat/documentation/tb/261.en.html).
We are also taking this opportunity to announce the implementation of
the OCLC-MARC Update 2013, which is documented in the new Technical
Bulletin 262
(http://www.oclc.org/support/services/worldcat/documentation/tb/262.en.html).
Highlights are listed below. The changes resulting from this OCLC-MARC
Update 2013 are also being incorporated into BFAS. The updates to BFAS
resulting from these two sets of changes have now begun and will
continue through coming weeks.
As part of these changes, the PDF version of BFAS has been discontinued.
There are two main reasons for this decision:
1) The PDFs had extremely low usage rates. As an example, the most
heavily used PDF covered the 0XX fields and was accessed 3 times per day
on average from February 2008 to February 2013. In contrast, the 0XX
HTML files were accessed 1,323 times per day on average over the same
five-year period.
2) The maintenance of two formats exerted a significant drag on the
speed with which updates could be made.
As a result, we anticipate more timely updates and corrections from now on.
When we finish the task of incorporating the changes from the 2012 and
2013 OCLC-MARC Updates into BFAS, we will begin the larger job of
reviewing BFAS in its entirety. Policies will be updated, links to
“Searching WorldCat Indexes”
(http://www.oclc.org/support/services/worldcat/documentation/searching/searchworldcatindexes.en.html)
will be added, occasional references to RDA and the Library of
Congress-Program for Cooperative Cataloging Policy Statements (LC-PCC
PSs) will be incorporated, and some examples will be updated and others
added to reflect RDA practices. This is a huge undertaking and will be
happening gradually over time.
In the meantime, we have brought together on the OCLC “About RDA” page
(http://www.oclc.org/rda/about.en.html) links to LC, OCLC, and other
documentation about RDA. These include the current “OCLC RDA Policy
Statement” (http://www.oclc.org/rda/new-policy.en.html) and a recorded
Webinar that takes an in-depth look at that policy statement
(http://www.oclc.org/worldwide/en_us/events/2013/rdawebinar04-1713.html).
Many
cataloging communities (including AV, music, maps, etc.) are working on
their own RDA “best practices” documents and we will be providing links
to those as they become available.
In short, we have begun our work to bring BFAS into the world of RDA.
You will be seeing changes regularly as the BFAS Update Project progresses.
*Please send any questions or concerns to [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.*
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*OCLC-MARC Bibliographic, Authority, and Holdings Formats Update 2013*
OCLC has now implemented the changes related to the OCLC-MARC
Bibliographic, Authority, and Holdings Formats Update 2013, which are
detailed in OCLC Technical Bulletin 262
(http://www.oclc.org/support/services/worldcat/documentation/tb/262.en.html),
now available. This installation includes MARC 21 Update No. 15 (dated
September 2012), code list additions and changes published chiefly since
May 2012, and other suggestions from WorldCat users and OCLC staff.
Many of these elements, including those from MARC 21 Update No. 15, are
related to Resource Description and Access (RDA). Among the points of
interest:
•In Bibliographic Scores 008/20 and 006/03 (FMus), existing codes “c”
(Accompaniment reduced for keyboard), “d” (Voice score with
accompaniment), and “h” (Chorus score) have been “redescribed” and a new
code “k” for “Vocal score” has been defined.
•In Bibliographic field 024, both old-style (ten-character) ISMNs and
new style (thirteen-character) ISMNs may now be input and coded correctly.
•In Bibliographic field 028, new subfield $q for “Qualifying
information” has been validated.
•Bibliographic fields 261 (Imprint Statement for Films (Pre-AACR1
Revised)) have been converted to field 260 and are no longer valid for
input.
•Bibliographic fields 262 (Imprint Statement for Sound Recordings
(Pre-AACR2)) have been converted to field 260, to the extent that was
safely possible. Field 262 is no longer valid for input. Due to
incorrectly coded or contradictory data, many 262 fields remain
unconverted. Any unconverted or incorrectly converted 262 fields should
be corrected when possible or reported to OCLC via [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
•In Bibliographic field 511, long-obsolete First Indicators blank, 2,
and 3 have been converted and invalidated.
•New Bibliographic and Holdings fields 883 for “Machine-Generated
Metadata Provenance” have been validated, but are intended for future
use. Please do not use field 883 at this time.
•Authority field 368 (Other Attributes of Person or Corporate Body) has
been renamed; existing subfield $c (Other designation) has been
redefined; and new subfields $d (Title of person), $s (Start period), $t
(End period), $u (Uniform Resource Identifier), and $v (Source of
information) have been validated. NACO participants should not input
these new subfields in the Authority 368 field until an announcement
regarding their use is made by the Program for Cooperative Cataloging.
•New indexes will be implemented at a future date, including several
involving Dewey Decimal Classification data in Bibliographic fields 082,
083, and 085; several to account for recently-implemented subfields in
Bibliographic field 502 (Dissertation Note); and an Action Note
Authorization index for both Bibliographic and Holdings fields 583
subfield $f. There will also be some additions to various existing
indexes. OCLC will announce availability via logon Messages of the Day,
Connexion News, and the OCLC-CAT discussion list.
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Jay Weitz
WorldCat Quality Management
Christopher Dawson
Documentation/Implementation
Luanne Goodson
WorldCat Quality & Partner Content Dept.
OCLC, Inc. | 6565 Kilgour Place Dublin, OH 43017 | 800-848-5878 (USA /
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