New Morris Codes Replacing the eRD September 26, 2006
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The electronic materials coding chart document can now be found on the Bibliographic Services website. You will be able to find the document, in pdf format, in a few different places at the site (collection codes, electronic resources, A-Z index). The URL to go directly to the document is New Morris Codes Replacing the eRD
This document describes the various types of electronic material catalogued, the collection codes to be used, and whether to update the NeRD or not. Please refer to this document when cataloguing electronic materials.
Source OECD Piggybacking September 25, 2006
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The electronic versions of our Source OECD titles have their own item type code, “oecd”.
Due to this unique item type, Karen has asked that we not piggyback the electronic version onto the print record in cases where we hold both. Instead, we will leave the print and e-resource on separate records. We will need to bring in an appropriate record from OCLC and make any necessary edits to upgrade the brief bib for the e-resource even if a print record already exists in MORRIS.
Is it a serial? September 20, 2006
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As we’ve worked through the OECD titles, we’ve found that some take more investigation to determine whether they should be catalogued as a monograph or a serial. Here are some things to look for on the OECD website (the first pages we see from the link in MORRIS) or the PDF itself that can help us decide if it’s a serial or a monograph:
- The resource bears numbering. This could be numbering in the form of volume, date, edition, part, number, issue number etc., such as:
- vol. 1
- 1998
- 10th ed.
- part 4
- no. 7
- issue 12
- 12th volume
- The resource bears a frequency. This could be annual, biennial, yearly, monthly, etc.
- The resource is intended to continue indefinitely. For example, if the resource calls itself “First report”… it could be a serial if the intention appears to be to continue with an indefinite number of reports.
- Look for a high edition number (eg. 10th ed.) Anytime a resource bears a high edition number, consider that it may be a serial.
- The resource contains a word or words that reflect seriality such as yearbook, directory, newsletter, performance report, review Some statistical publications may be serials. Statistics are usually compiled over multiple years.
- Look for titles, especially the title proper, that are identical. If you come across more than one publication with the same title, it may be a serial, even if you don’t see an obvious date or issue number on the resource. Subtitles often change with serials, so we want to look primarily at the 245 $a.
A serial could have any one, or all, of these characteristics, and they could be part of the title, edition statement, or stand alone.
ISBNs aren’t valid for serials, so even if an individual issue has an ISBN it won’t appear in the OCLC record for the serial. If you spot any of the clues above, try a title search in OCLC to check for a serial record.
Angela also had a title recently that looked to be a monographic series. The brief bib was for a monograph, but the link took her to a list of titles. My preference would be to bring in a record for each title in the series and give the user a direct link, as we do with Springer and others, but we need to follow up with Kathy or Mary on that and get briefs created with the proper URLs.
Source OECD Serials September 14, 2006
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While she was working on an OECD serial, Lynn found that a bib record for the print version of the title was already in Horizon (bib #1022352).
We discussed with Kathy how to handle these titles and decided we would:
- Add the URL for the e-resource to the existing record
- Add the 920 $a gov
- Create copy and item records for the e-resource
- Delete the duplicate bib record
- Return the sheet and a print of the edited bib record to the binder
I’ve created another tab in the binder for e-maintenance. We’ll put any of these edited older records there for e-maintenance to review and decide how to handle.
Wade
No More Printing! September 8, 2006
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Thanks to Karen for setting us up with a new item status code for original cataloguing! The new code, “so”, identifies records that need to be sent to OCLC. They will be extracted from MORRIS and loaded to OCLC as a batch process. This change will save us the time we used to spend in printing, filing, and re-searching the records before they were sent to OCLC.
ISBN-13 September 8, 2006
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The Book Industry Study Group has posted a Quick Facts sheet for ISBN-13. It provides a good summary of why the change from 10-digit to 13-digit ISBNs is being made and what to expect as it is implemented. Some of the key points:
- Until January 1, 2007, books will be published with 10-digit ISBNs. After that date, all books will be published with ISBN-13s.
- The EAN (International Article Number) displayed with the barcode is already a 13-digit equivalent to the current 10-digit ISBN. This number usually begins with “978″.
- After January 2007, the ISBN-13 is required to appear in the usual hyphenated form of ISBNs and to be identified as “ISBN” or “ISBN-13″.
- At some point in 2007 it is likely that a new “979″ prefix will appear, as publishers request new numbers.
Fortunately, we’re ready for the change. Horizon (a.k.a. MORRIS) already accepts the 13-digit ISBN for both cataloguing and searching and we’re coding the 13-digit ISBNs appropriately.
Welcome to Bibliographic Services September 4, 2006
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Bibliographic Services provides cataloguing and description for resources found in the three University Libraries–Mills, Thode, and Innis. These descriptions are added to MORRIS, the Libraries’ catalogue, to support the study, research, and teaching needs of the McMaster community.
Our blog is a place for us to ask questions and share information with each other. It also gives us an opportunity to share what we’re working on with others at Mac and beyond. We encourage you to read our posts, visit our Project page, and leave your comments!
