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Subject: OCLC QC Tip of the Month / Feb 2012: Message of the Day
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:33:20 -0500
From: Goodson,Luanne <[log in to unmask]>
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[Cross-posted to multiple lists-- please excuse/ignore duplication]
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Logging on to OCLC Connexion brings you first to a greeting screen which
includes the Message of the Day.  OCLC posts different Messages each
day, topics range from upcoming webinar announcements, conference
information, to useful tips on using Connexion or specific
cataloging-related items.

Here are some examples of Messages of the Day that have recently been
posted that provide useful information for catalogers:


Librarian's Toolbox http://www.oclc.org/us/en/toolbox/default.htm has
links to OCLC's most often used Web resources from Cataloging
documentation to Order forms. The Toolbox is accessible from the bottom
of the OCLC homepage http://www.oclc.org/us/en/default.htm by clicking
the link labeled MORE.  Once there, explore the Quality control link
under the Cataloging Tools to learn more about OCLC quality programs and
about external quality programs such as the Program for Cooperative
Cataloging (PCC). The Librarian's Toolbox also contains a list of Logon
Links to OCLC products such as CatExpress, Connexion, Usage Statistics,
WorldCat Registry, etc., to name a few. You can request more links be
added to the Librarian's Toolbox by sending a note via the Feedback link
at the bottom of any screen on the OCLC website.


When cataloging items that meet the criteria for "Large" or "Larger
print" please code 'd' in the Fixed Field (MARC Field 008) element
"Form" (008 byte 23).  OCLC's Bibliographic Formats and Standards BFAS:
http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/fixedfield/form.shtm says: 'd' Large
print. Item is in a large print format. Items are usually identified as
large-print by a qualifier to the ISBN, a series statement, or a formal
edition statement. According to the standard set by the National Library
Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped of the Library of
Congress, 14-point type is the minimum to be regarded as large type.
Items labeled "large print" or "larger print," regardless of font size,
should also be coded as large print. Please see Reading Materials in
Large Print: A Resource Guide
http://www.loc.gov/nls/reference/circulars/largeprint.html


Multiple ISBNs are acceptable on a single bibliographic record. Hardcopy
items may have additional ISBNs for the paperback, online, and CD-ROM
versions printed on the item, just to list a few possibilities. Library
of Congress Rule Interpretations 1.8, 1.8B2, and related rules would
have the cataloger record
all ISBNs that appear on the resource, with the ISBN for the item being
cataloged as the first 020, if that applies.  Any parenthetical
identifier for any of the ISBNs should be included; the LCRI says:
"Prefer qualifiers found on the bibliographic resource itself when they
are judged to convey a condition intelligibly. Use judgment to deal with
unusual, complex situations or unusual phenomena." MARC 21 further
stipulates that "Only the ISBN applicable to the entity represented by a
particular record is considered valid on that record," which means that
all of the other ISBNs should be coded in field 020 subfields $z. OCLC
#687665134 is one example of a record with more than one ISBN.


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Luanne Goodson
Consulting Database Specialist
OCLC Quality Control Section
6565 Kilgour Place    MC 139
Dublin, Ohio, USA 43017-3395