Hello all cartographic catalogers!  Some current additions and changes to documentation.

 

For those of you who subscribe to Cataloger’s Desktop, they have added a new resource called “Cartographic Resources Manual.”  Although there is no title page, I assume this is the manual recently written by LC’s Geography & Maps Division catalogers.  The old, faithful, Map Cataloging Manual has been withdrawn from Cataloger’s Desktop.

 

Also fyi, a new release to the RDA Toolkit took place yesterday in which substantial changes appear in the section on Scale.  See this page http://rda-rsc.org/newrscdocs and select the 7August entry named RSC/Sec/4, which documents the changes to these sections and others:

 

3.19.8.3 (and following)  Recording digital representations of cartographic content

3.4.1.3   Recording extent – see Exceptions at the end of this section, which includes a list of terms.

3.4.2.2   Recording extent of a cartographic resource

3.11.1.3  Recording layout – the terms “back to back” and “both sides” have been merged into a larger list of terms.

3.6.1.3   Recording base materials – terms such as “plastic” have been consolidated into a single larger list of terms. See an exception for cartographic materials, following the list of terms in 3.6.1.3, which allows for use of a more specific term if it does not appear in the list.  Example:  silk, used as base material for a map.

3.9.1.3   Recording production methods.  A consolidated list includes terms such as “blueline process” and “blueprint process.”

7.25.1  Basic instructions on recording scale.  (PDF page beginning with page 67.) This section has been extensively revised.  It now applies to still images or three dimensional forms (7.25.2) and cartographic content (7.25.3-7.25.4).  It has been rearranged and lists of controlled vocabulary terms have been consolidated.  Also, there is now a separate section for “Scale designation” (7.25.6) which includes controlled vocabulary phrases to use when there is no designation of scale on the resource. 

 

I don’t believe that these revisions should change our current practices, which are well documented in Cartographic Materials (AACR2) and the new “Cartographic Resources Manual.”  RDA allows for cataloging communities to develop their own best practices, which is what U.S. map catalogers have done over the years.  

 

If I have missed or mis-stated anything, please jump in with your additions and changes!

 

Best,

Louise

 

Louise Ratliff

Social Sciences and Map Catalog Librarian
UCLA Library Cataloging & Metadata Center
11020 Kinross Ave.
Box 957230
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7230
(310)206-5853

 

From: Cataloger's Desktop Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]GOV] On Behalf Of Johnson, Bruce
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2016 6:02 AM
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Subject: [Desktop] Cataloger's Desktop 2016 Issue 3 released

 

Colleagues:

 

I'm pleased to report that 2016 Issue 3 of Cataloger's Desktop was released Tuesday evening. Updates include:

 

·         Autocat

·         BIBFRAME

·         CONSER Editing Guide (CEG), Update 21, 2016

·         DCM: Descriptive Cataloging Manual, 2016 Update 3, August 2016

·         LC-PCC PS: Library of Congress-Program for Cooperative Cataloging Policy Statements, Current update

·         LCGFT: LC Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials

·         LCSH: Free-Floating Subdivisions

·         LCSH: LC Subject Headings: Introduction

·         MARC Discussion List

·         MARC Format for Authority Data, Update no. 22, April 2016

·         MARC Format for Bibliographic Data, Update no. 22, April 2016

·         MARC Format for Classification Data, Update no. 22, April 2016

·         MARC Format for Community Information, Update no. 22, April 2016

·         MARC Format for Holdings Data, Update no. 22, April 2016

·         PCCList

·         RDA: Resource Description and Access, Current Update

·         RDA-L (RSC)

·         RDA Registry (RSC)

·         RSC: RDA Steering Committee

·         SACOLIST: Subject Authority Cooperative Program Discussion List

·         Subject Headings Manual, 2016 Update 2, June 2016

·         Hundreds of other web resources

 

Additionally, the following were added as new resources:

 

·         Cartographic Resources Manual

·         Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Cartographic)

·         FRBR-LRM: FRBR-Library Reference Model (IFLA)

 

Note: Cartographic Resources Manual replaces Map Cataloging Manual, which is withdrawn with this issue.

 

A major search enhancement was added earlier to this issue:

 

·         When you type your query into the searchbox, Desktop tries to anticipate what you want by typing ahead. For example, if you type “ser” into the searchbox, a dropdown box appears just below the searchbox with up to 8 suggested queries and 5 suggested Cataloger’s Desktop resource titles. Each suggested query or title highlights matches to what you’ve typed into the searchbox and can be selected by either left mouse-clicking or using the down arrow key and then clicking “enter.” This feature also takes advantage of Desktop’s fuzzy matching capabilities (e.g. “serr” will retrieve “serials”). The searches that this feature, called “Query suggestions”, retrieve come from logs of past Cataloger’s Desktop searches and are not identified by user.

 

VERY IMPORTANT: As a reminder, please clear your web browser's cache (memory) before logging into Cataloger's Desktop if you haven’t already done so since Tuesday evening.

 

As always we appreciate your feedback on our service to you. Please let us know if there is anything we can to improve Cataloger's Desktop.  Thank you for your continued support.

 

Bruce

 

Bruce Chr. Johnson

The Library of Congress

Policy & Standards Division

Washington, DC 20540-4263 USA

 

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