Walk in the Park? A Walk-Through of Descriptive Cataloging

LIB 630 Classification and Cataloging
Spring 2013

A Walk in the
Park?

A Walk-Through of Descriptive Cataloging

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AACR2 Cataloging Areas
1. Title and Statement of
Responsibility Area
Includes:
Title Proper [GMD] = Parallel title ; Other titles /
Statements of responsibility
2. Edition Area
3. Special Area for serials, maps, etc, and music
4. Publication, Distribution, etc. Area
5. Physical Distribution Area
6. Series Area
7. Notes Area
8. Standard Number Area

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A simpler way of organizing this information

Title proper = Parallel title : Other title
Area 1 information [GMD] / Statement of
responsibility

Area 2 Edition area

Area 3 Special area for serials, maps, music

Area 4 Publication area
Area 5 Physical description
Area 6 (Series information)
Area 7 Notes area
Area 8 Standard number

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Where do we get the information from?

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Does it make a difference?

Compare cover and title page

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Dilemma
• Is “Today vegetables . . . Tomorrow
the World!” part of the title
information?
– AACR2 says the chief source of
information for books, pamphlets and
other printed information is the title
page, not the cover

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So, what is the title?
• The title of the book, as we would
write it for a bibliography, is:
– Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery

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So, what’s the first area?

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What’s the title proper, again?
• Title proper:
– The title proper is the chief name of an item and
includes any alternative title, but excludes
parallel titles and other title information. It is
often presented on the item in a type face distinct
from other information on the page.
• Bibliographic Processing Cataloging Rules

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So, what do we do with it?

That’s easy this time!!!!

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What other title info is there?
• No parallel or alternate titles
• But there is a subtitle—
remember, that‟s basically what
catalogers call “other title
information”

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Other title information
• Rule 1E1: Transcribe other title
information (for example, a subtitle)
appearing in the chief source
of information
• Rule 1A1: Precede other title
information by a space, colon, space ( : )
Bunnicula : a rabbit-tale of mystery

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OK—who’s responsible?
• Statement of responsibility
– Does the title page tell us about anyone
who might have something to do with
creating the work?

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Notice something?
• The rule for first statement of responsibility
(1F1) doesn’t say it explicitly, but the rule for
other statements (1F2) does:
– “Give other statements of responsibility . . . in the
form . . . in which they appear there . . .”
(emphasis added).
• The convention is also to do so for first
statements of responsibility, so that we write:
– Bunnicula : a rabbit-tale of mystery / by Deborah
and James Howe ; illustrated by Alan Daniel

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Complete Area 1?
Bunnicula : a rabbit-
Title proper =
Parallel title : Other tale of mystery / by
Area 1 title information Deborah and James
[GMD] / Statement
of responsibility Howe ; illustrated by
Alan Daniel

Compare BCCLS’ version:
Title: Bunnicula : a rabbit tale of
mystery / by Deborah and
James Howe ; illustrated by
Alan Daniel.

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What’s next for Bunnicula?
Title proper = Parallel
Bunnicula : a rabbit-tale of
title : Other title
Area 1 information [GMD] /
Statement of
Alan Daniel
responsibility

Area 2 Edition area

Special area for serials,
Area 3
maps, music
Area 7 Notes area

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Edition information from Bunnicula

Verso (reverse) of Title Page

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Writing the edition statement

• Therefore:
– 1st Aladdin paperbacks ed., August, 1996

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The story so far . . .

Title proper = Parallel Bunnicula : a rabbit-tale
title : Other title
of mystery / by Deborah
Statement of and James Howe ;
responsibility illustrated by Alan Daniel

1st Aladdin paperbacks
Area 2 Edition area ed., August, 1996

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OK, Bunnicula, where do we go from here?
Bunnicula : a rabbit-tale of
title : Other title
Statement of
Alan Daniel
responsibility
1st Aladdin paperbacks ed.,
Area 2 Edition area
August, 1996
Special area for serials, This is neither map, magazine
Area 3
maps, music nor music
Area 7 Notes area

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What publication info is there here?

Place of publication: New York
Name of publisher: Aladdin paperbacks
Date of publication: Good question!!

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What do we do about the date?
• Rule 4E1:
– Give the year of publication
of the edition named in the
edition area

Therefore:
1996
Some might write:
1996, c1979

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Putting it all together to this point:
Title proper = Parallel Bunnicula : a rabbit-tale
title : Other title
of mystery / by Deborah
Statement of and James Howe ;
responsibility illustrated by Alan Daniel.
1st Aladdin paperbacks
Area 2 Edition area
ed., August, 1996.
Area 3
maps, music
New York : Aladdin
paperbacks, 1996.

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OK, Bunnicula, what’s next?

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So, what do we do?
• Rule 5B2. Extent of books, atlases, and other printed
items.
– Record the number of pages in the main numbered
sequence
– If there is more than one numbered sequence, give the
number of pages in the order in which the sequence
appears in each item.
– Ignore unnumbered sequences and minor sequences.
• For Bunnicula, there is an editor‟s note numbered xi
and xii (it starts on the 11th page from the cover), and
then the main story is from 3-98 (the first page of the
story is on the 3rd page from the end of the note).
– Some might therefore write: xii, 98 p.
– Concise AACR2 would say simply: 98 p.

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Other details
• What other details?
– Any illustrations?
Yes, Bunnicula has
several.
• Rule 5C1) says:
“If the bibliographic resource contains
illustrations, give „ill.‟.”
– Dimensions
• Rule 5D 1) says: “Give the outside height in centimetres
(cm.) to the next centimetre up.”
– Outside height? Measure the height of the front cover.
Bunnicula measures 19.5 cm., so round up to 20!

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Get out your
ruler!

This
is the
vertical
height!

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Punctuation
(Oh, oh! Here we go!)

Ignore this! It‟s only for catalog cards!
Rule 0D says: “if the description is to appear in an online catalogue in
which each area is labeled, use only the punctuation that is internal to
each area.”

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What is the physical description, then?
• Pagination, illustration, dimensions:
– Bunnicula?
xii, 98 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Rule 5A1: Rule 5A1:
“Precede the other “Precede the
details (i.e., other than dimensions by a
extent and dimensions) space, semicolon, space
by a space, colon, space ( ; ).”
( : ).”

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Almost home!
title : Other title Bunnicula : a rabbit-tale of mystery
Area 1 information [GMD] / / by Deborah and James Howe ;
Statement of illustrated by Alan Daniel
responsibility
1st Aladdin paperbacks ed., August,
Area 2 Edition area
1996
Area 3
maps, music
1996.
xii, 98 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Area 7 Notes area

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Is this part of a series?
• Well, yes, in one sense, because there are
several Bunnicula books
• On the other hand, there is no specific title
for the whole series
– Concise AACR2 definition:
Series. A group of separate bibliographic
resources related to one another by the fact
that each bears, in addition to its own title
proper, a collective title applying to the
group as a whole.

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Nothing in Area 6, then?
What about Area 7?

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What is “useful descriptive information”?
• Frequency
– if a serial, i.e. magazine, etc.
• Audience
– grade level, age, a specific
• System requirements, etc. group, e.g. graduate
– if electronic students, etc.
• Nature of the item • Summary
– if it is not obvious from the – This does not [should not!]
rest of the description have to give away the end of
• Language the story—just be enough
to give a sense of what
– if not English
happens!
• Adaption of another work • Any special information
– who did it? or who did the
about this specific copy
original?
– Location, missing parts,
• Contents, cast list, credits, restrictions on use, etc.
etc.

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Possible notes here?
• For children’s books, especially,
summaries are often provided:
– Though scoffed at by Harold the dog,
Chester the cat tries to warn his human
family that their foundling baby bunny
must be a vampire.

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What’s left, Bunnicula?

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Standard Number?
• ISSN for serials:
– Magazines, journals, newspapers, etc.

• ISBN for books
– This edition of Bunnicula?
• ISBN 0-689-80659-0

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Remember also ISBN-13
• Does the ISBN-13 have any meaning imbedded in the
numbers? The five parts of an ISBN are as follows:
1. The current ISBN-13 will be prefixed by “978”
2. Group or country identifier which identifies a national or
geographic grouping of publishers;
3. Publisher identifier which identifies a particular publisher
within a group;
4. Title identifier which identifies a particular title or edition
of a title;
5. Check digit is the single digit at the end of the ISBN which
validates the ISBN.
• Frequently Asked Questions about the ISBN

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Our matrix is complete!
Title proper = Parallel title :
Bunnicula : a rabbit-tale of mystery /
Other title information
Area 1 by Deborah and James Howe ;
[GMD] / Statement of
responsibility
illustrated by Alan Daniel

Area 2 Edition area
1996
Special area for serials, maps,
Area 3
music

1996.
xii, 98 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Though scoffed at by Harold the dog,
Chester the cat tries to warn his
Area 7 Notes area
human family that their foundling
baby bunny must be a vampire.
Area 8 Standard number ISBN 0-689-80659-0

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Here’s how Louisville Free
Public Library does it

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Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools

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