-------- Original Message -------- 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]> Reply-To: askqc <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> [Cross-posted to multiple lists-- please excuse/ignore duplication] _____________________________________________________________ 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. If you have questions, please send email to: [log in to unmask] Luanne Goodson Consulting Database Specialist OCLC Quality Control Section 6565 Kilgour Place MC 139 Dublin, Ohio, USA 43017-3395