Series

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SeriesSeriously?

• John M. Sluk
• Head, Monographs Department
• Oberlin College Library
• April 1, 2008

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Introduction

• Roger

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Introduction

• Roger
• Disclosure

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Introduction

• Roger
• Disclosure
• What about you?

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Introduction

• Roger
• Disclosure
• What about you?
• Background

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Series tracings--why bother?

• Bibliographers
• Other catalogers
• Expedite copy cataloging
• Consistent classification
• Library users

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Functions of a catalog

• Ranganathan
• Noruzi

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Functions of a catalog

• Ranganathan
• Noruzi
• Catalogs and search engines
• Are we done yet?

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Overview of LC practice

• Sarah and the nineties

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Overview of LC practice

• Sarah and the nineties
• George and the uh-ohs

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Overview of LC practice

• Sarah and the nineties
• George and the uh-ohs
• The broader issues

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Series authority work how hard is it?What are
PCC libraries doing?

• Consider the administrator
• NACO series libraries Stepping up?

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Oberlin stats

• 27,531 series authority records
• 58 have references
• 95 have 130 fields
• Oberlin NACO series contributions parallel these
  numbers almost exactly

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SAR Anatomy 101

• Type of series (OCLCSeries)?
• a Monographic series
• b Multipart item
• c Series-like phrase
• n Not applicable
• Form of heading
• 100 w/t
• 110 w/t
• 111 w/t
• 130

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SAR Anatomy 101

• Series numbering (OCLCSer num)?
• a Numbered
• b Unnumbered
• c Numbering varies
• n Not applicable
• LC call number (if classified as a collection)?
• 050 _0 Assigned by LC
• 050 _4 Assigned by someone other than LC

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SAR Anatomy 101

• Series treatment
• 644 Analysis
• f (full)?
• p (partial)?
• n (not analyzed)?
• 645 Tracing
• t (traced)?
• n (not traced)?
• 646 Classification practice
• s (classed separately)?
• c (classed together)?
• m (classed with main or other
  series)?

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SAR Anatomy 101

• Series treatment
• A little more on tracing practice
• Tracing practice is the only one of the series
  treatment fields required of NACO libraries.
• The national-level tracing practice, to be
  followed by those libraries creating BIBCO
  records, is separate from the local tracing
  practice at any PCC institution. The
  national-level tracing decision always will be to
  trace
• 645 5 DPCC

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SAR Anatomy 101

• 643 Series Place and Publisher/Issuing Body
• 670 Source Foundsource(s) on which the form of
  series heading is based

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SAR Anatomy 101

• MARC Leader cz 22n 45 0
• 001 oca06311438
• 008 040329n acaabaaan a ana
• 010 n 2004088976
• 040 DLCbengcDLC
• 130 0 Contesting early childhood series
• 430 0 Contesting early childhood
• 643 New YorkbRoutledgeFalmer
• 644 f5DLC
• 645 t5DLC5DPCC
• 646 s5DLC
• 670 Dahlberg, Gunilla. Ethics and politics in
  early childhood education, c2004bECIP series
  t.p. (Contesting early childhood series) t.p.
  (Contesting early childhood)?

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SAR Anatomy 101

• 643 Series Place and Publisher/Issuing Body
• 670 Source Foundsource(s) on which the form of
  series heading is based
• 4xx, 5xx (See and See also references)?

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SAR Anatomy 101

• Establishing a series heading
• 1. Determine choice of entry based on chapter 21
  of AACR2
• 2. Exclude from the heading the following
  information included in the series statement in
  the analytic bibliographic record
• (a) initial article in subfields a, t, n, and
  p
• (b) other title information
• (c) statement of responsibility
• (d) parallel title(s)
• (e) ISSN and numeric/chronological designations.
• 3. Add a parenthetical qualifier(s) if
  appropriate according to the guidelines in LCRI
  25.5B

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Example A boring, well-behaved series

• MARC Leader nz 22n 4500
• 001 n 42024052
• 008 830423n acaaaaaa n ana
• 040 DLCcDLC
• 130 0 Studies on a just world order
• 642 v. 15DLC
• 643 Boulder, Colo.bWestview Press
• 644 f5DLC
• 645 t5DLC
• 646 s5DLC
• 670 Towards a just world order, 1982
• 678 rsl950207

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Example A multipart monograph

• MARC Leader nz 22n 45 0
• 001 oca07465968
• 008 070702n acabaaaan a ana c
• 010 no2007079642
• 040 NNUbengcNNU
• 050 4 DP66b.F68 20075NNU
• 130 0 Historia de España (Editorial Crítica
  2007)?
• 400 1 Villares, Ramón,d1951-tHistoria de
  España
• 400 1 Fontana i Làzaro, Josep.tHistoria de
  España
• 430 0 Historia de España (Marcial Pons
  (Firm))?
• 640 1 Complete in 12 volumes
• 642 v. 35NNU
• 643 BarcelonabCritica / Marcial Pons
• 644 f5NNU
• 645 t5DPCC
• 646 c5NNU
• 670 Bernal, Antonio-Miguel. Monarquía e
  imperio, 2007bt.p. (Historia de España, Josep
  Fontana y Ramón Villares, Directores)?

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Example An untraced series

• MARC Leader cz 22n 4500
• 001 oca01324639
• 008 850529n acaaaaaa n ana
• 010 n 84730032
• 040 DLCcDLCdDLCdDLC-S
• 130 0 Laurentian library (Series)?
• 643 Toronto, CanadabMacmillan of Canada
• 644 f5DLC
• 645 n5DLC
• 646 s5DLC
• 670 Stacey, C. P. Quebec, 1759, 1984bcover

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Example A series-like phrase

• MARC Leader nz 22n 45 0
• 001 oca07267045
• 008 061129n acacbaaan n ana c
• 010 no2006128282
• 040 NjBlaOCUbengcNjBlaOCU
• 130 0 Penguin mystery original
• 643 New YorkbPenguin Books
• 667 Give as a quoted note
• 670 Black arrow, 2006bp. 4 of cover (A
  Penguin mystery original)?
• 678 ml070917

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Example An unnumbered personal name series

• MARC Leader cz 22n 45 0
• 001 oca05677674
• 008 020128n acabbaaan a aaa
• 010 n 2002015624
• 040 DLCbengcDLC
• 100 1 Pentland, Peter.tScience and scientists
• 400 1 Stoyles, Pennie.tScience and scientists
• 430 0 Science and scientists (Chelsea
  House)?
• 643 PhiladelphiabChelsea House Publishers
• 644 f5DLC
• 645 t5DPCC5DLC
• 646 s5DLC
• 670 Pentland, Peter. Party science,
  2003bE-CIP t.p. (Science and scientists)?
• 670 Phone cal to pub, Jan 28, 2002b(Peter
  Pentland and Pennie Stoyles will jointly be the
  only authors in this series)?

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Example A numbered/unnumbered series

• MARC Leader cz 22n 45 0
• 001 oca00035656
• 008 830422n acaacaaan n ana
• 010 n 42742214
• 040 DLCbengcDLCdDLCdOrU
• 130 0 Penguin classics
• 642 L725DLC
• 643 Harmondsworth, Eng.aNew YorkbPenguin
  Books
• 643 New YorkbGreenwich Housedphoto-offset
  reprint
• 644 f5DLC5DLC photo-offset reprint
• 645 t5DLC5DLC photo-offset reprint
• 646 s5DLC5DLC photo-offset reprint
• 667 Some vols. unnumbered
• 670 Wolfram, von Eschenbach, 12th cent.
  Parzival, 1980
• 670 Photo-offset reprint/Homer. The Odyssey,
  1982bCIP
• 670 LCCN 86-223010 Suetonius. The twelve
  Caesars, 1957b440 field (Penguin classics
  L72)?
• 670 Wind, sand and stars, 2000b(Penguin
  classics unnumbered)?

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Example A partially analyzed series

• MARC Leader cz 22n 45 0
• 001 oca04257224
• 008 970128n acaaaaaan a ana
• 010 no 97005725
• 040 DLC-SbengcDLC-SdDLC
• 050 0 Z999b.P23dCatalogs for which
  separate bibliographic records are not made
• 110 2 Sotheby's (Firm).tCatalogue of sale (New
  York, N.Y.)?
• 410 2 Sotheby's (Firm).tCatalogues of sales
  (New York, N.Y.)?
• 410 2 Sotheby's (Firm).tAuction (New York,
  N.Y.)?
• 430 0 Sotheby's catalogue (New York, N.Y.)?
• 642 Sale 68595DPCC5DLC
• 643 New YorkbSotheby's
• 644 p5DLC
• 645 t5DPCC5DLC
• 646 sdCatalogs for which separate
  bibliographic records are made5DLC
• 646 cdCatalogs for which separate
  bibliographic records are not made5DLC
• 667 Titles in hdg. and refs. supplied by
  cataloger Continues Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc.
  Sale unevaluated catalog hdg. not to be
  confused with Sotheby's (Firm). Catalogue of
  sale (London, England)?

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Example A series classed with its main series

• MARC Leader cz 22n 4500
• 001 oca04477378
• 008 971021n acaaaaaa a ana
• 010 n 97106178
• 040 DLCcDLCdDLC
• 050 BS410b.V452 subser
• 130 0 Supplements to Vetus
  Testamentum.pFormation and interpretation of Old
  Testament literature
• 430 0 Formation and interpretation of Old
  Testament literature
• 642 15DLC
• 643 LeidenaNew YorkbBrill
• 644 f5DLC
• 645 t5DLC
• 646 m5DLC
• 678 jb971216
• 670 Writing and reading the scroll of Isaiah,
  1997bCIP ser. t.p. (Supplements to Vetus
  Testamentum, Formation and interpretation of Old
  Testament literature)?

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Examples of recent LC records with series
statements

• Before
• 040 DLCcDLCdBAKERdUKMdBTCTAdBWKUKdYDXCP
• 050 00 B2430.D454bB36 2007
• 082 00 194222
• 100 1 Ballantyne, Andrew
• 245 10 Deleuze and Guattari for architects
  /cAndrew Ballantyne
• 260 London aNew York bRoutledge,c2007
• 300 xii, 124 p. bill. c22 cm
• 490 0 Thinkers for architects
• 504 Includes bibliographical references (p.
  104-118) and index
• 600 10 Deleuze, Gilles,d1925-1995
• 600 10 Guattari, Felix,d1930-1992 650 0
  ArchitecturexPhilosophy

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Examples of recent LC records with series
statements

• After
• 040 DLCcDLCdBAKERdUKMdBTCTAdBWKUKdYDXCP
• 050 00 B2430.D454bB36 2007
• 082 00 194222
• 100 1 Ballantyne, Andrew
• 245 10 Deleuze and Guattari for architects
  /cAndrew Ballantyne
• 260 London aNew York bRoutledge,c2007
• 300 xii, 124 p. bill. c22 cm
• 440 0 Thinkers for architects v01
• 504 Includes bibliographical references (p.
  104-118) and index
• 600 10 Deleuze, Gilles,d1925-1995
• 600 10 Guattari, Felix,d1930-1992 650 0
  ArchitecturexPhilosophy
• Series authority record created by Oberlin

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Examples of recent LC records with series
statements

• Before
• 040 DLCcDLCdYDXdBAKERdBTCTAdYDXCP
• 050 00 PS374.W6bS65 2008
• 082 00 813/.6099287222
• 100 1 Smith, Caroline J.,d1974-
• 245 10 Cosmopolitan culture and consumerism in
  chick lit / cCaroline J. Smith
• 260 New York bRoutledge,c2008
• 300 ix, 182 p. c24 cm
• 490 0 Literary criticism and cultural theory
• 504 Includes bibliographical references (p.
  163-176) and index
• 650 0 American fictionxWomen authorsxHistory
  and criticism
• 650 0 English fictionxWomen authorsxHistory
  and criticism

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Examples of recent LC records with series
statements

• After
• 040 DLCcDLCdYDXdBAKERdBTCTAdYDXCP
• 050 00 PS374.W6bS65 2008
• 082 00 813/.6099287222
• 100 1 Smith, Caroline J.,d1974-
• 245 10 Cosmopolitan culture and consumerism in
  chick lit / cCaroline J. Smith
• 260 New York bRoutledge,c2008
• 300 ix, 182 p. c24 cm
• 440 0 Literary criticism and cultural theory
• 504 Includes bibliographical references (p.
  163-176) and index
• 650 0 American fictionxWomen authorsxHistory
  and criticism
• 650 0 English fictionxWomen authorsxHistory
  and criticism
• Authority record found in LCNAF

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Examples of recent LC records with series
statements

• Before
• 040 DLCcDLCdYDXdBTCTAdBAKERdOSU
• 050 00 PJ7525.2b.V35 2007
• 082 00 892.709/92870905222
• 100 1 Valassopoulos, Anastasia,d1973-
• 245 10 Contemporary Arab women writers
  bcultural expression in context /cAnastasia
  Valassopoulos
• 260 London aNew York bRoutledge,c2007
• 300 x, 176 p. c24 cm
• 490 0 Postcolonial literatures
• 504 Includes bibliographical references (p.
  155-174) and index
• 650 0 Arabic literaturexWomen
  authorsxHistory and criticism
• 650 0 Women authors, Arab

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Examples of recent LC records with series
statements

• After
• 040 DLCcDLCdYDXdBTCTAdBAKERdOSU
• 050 00 PJ7525.2b.V35 2007
• 082 00 892.709/92870905222
• 100 1 Valassopoulos, Anastasia,d1973-
• 245 10 Contemporary Arab women writers
  bcultural expression in context /cAnastasia
  Valassopoulos
• 260 London aNew York bRoutledge,c2007
• 300 x, 176 p. c24 cm
• 440 0 Routledge research in postcolonial
  literatures v21
• 504 Includes bibliographical references (p.
  155-174) and index
• 650 0 Arabic literaturexWomen
  authorsxHistory and criticism
• 650 0 Women authors, Arab
• Series authority records in LCNAF for both
  series wrong one chosen for this title

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Examples of recent LC records with series
statements

• Before
• 040 DLCcDLCdYDXdBTCTAdBAKERdYDXCP
• 050 00 DS135.I65bT727 2007
• 100 1 Tsadik, Daniel,d1969-
• 245 10 Between foreigners and Shi'is
  bnineteenth-century Iran and its Jewish
  minority /cDaniel Tsadik
• 260 Stanford, Calif. bStanford University
  Press,cc2007
• 300 xxi, 295 p. bmap c24 cm
• 504 Includes bibliographical references (p.
  263-282) and index
• 650 0 JewszIranxHistoryy19th century
• 650 0 IslamxRelationsxJudaism
• 650 0 JudaismxRelationsxIslam

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Examples of recent LC records with series
statements

• After
• 040 DLCcDLCdYDXdBTCTAdBAKERdYDXCP
• 050 00 DS135.I65bT727 2007
• 100 1 Tsadik, Daniel,d1969-
• 245 10 Between foreigners and Shi'is
  bnineteenth-century Iran and its Jewish
  minority /cDaniel Tsadik
• 260 Stanford, Calif. bStanford University
  Press,cc2007
• 300 xxi, 295 p. bmap c24 cm
• 440 0 Stanford studies in Jewish history and
  culture
• 504 Includes bibliographical references (p.
  263-282) and index
• 650 0 JewszIranxHistoryy19th century
• 650 0 IslamxRelationsxJudaism
• 650 0 JudaismxRelationsxIslam
• Authority record found in LCNAF

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Broader issuesALCTS statement on LC decision

• Aside from the nature of the decision itself,
  what is perhaps most disconcerting is the manner
  in which that decision was communicated. It has
  always been recognized that LC's cataloging
  policies are, in the final analysis, most
  pertinent to LC's own environment and operations.
  Nevertheless, the library community has come to
  expect, and appreciate, both significant
  lead-time for implementation of policy changes of
  this magnitude and widespread communication with
  multiple (and international) constituencies. In
  this instance, there was neither sufficient
  lead-time nor broad communication.

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Broader issuesALCTS statement on LC decision

• The Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC)
  libraries may decide to continue doing series
  authority work and take on the role of
  maintaining a national/international series
  authority file. However, this will mean many more
  hours of work for that dedicated group, to create
  SARs and to update LC bibliographic records that
  they previously did not need to touch. Because
  the PCC is mainly composed of academic libraries,
  we are most concerned about children's and
  popular materials.

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Broader issuesALCTS statement on LC decision

• ALCTS requests the Library of Congress to
  return to its former practice of broad
  consultation, prior to making significant changes
  in cataloging policy. It is understood that,
  despite the opinions of those who may believe
  that library cataloging has become fixed at some
  indeterminate moment in the past, in fact both
  policies and practices are in constant states of
  change and development. Nevertheless, unilateral
  and sudden actions on the part of leading
  agencies are as likely to result in further
  fragmentation of the community as they are in a
  kind of forced-march evolution.

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Series authority moving forward in cooperative
cataloging

• Further, we urge LC leadership to re-dedicate
  itself to cooperative cataloging programs and
  cooperative standards efforts, such as the PCC,
  where both LC and partner libraries can benefit
  from standards established together. All
  partners benefit from sharing standards and
  training the result is a more effective and
  efficient copy cataloging process for all
  partners when accepting copy from trusted
  sources.

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Cooperative ideas to consider

• 1. Participate in OCLC Enhance

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Cooperative ideas to consider

• 1. Participate in OCLC Enhance
• 2. Consider NACO membership, or lobby for a NACO
  funnel

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Cooperative ideas to consider

• 1. Participate in OCLC Enhance
• 2. Consider NACO membership, or lobby for a NACO
  funnel
• 3. Join BIBCO

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Cooperative ideas to consider

• 1. Participate in OCLC Enhance
• 2. Consider NACO membership, or lobby for a NACO
  funnel
• 3. Join BIBCO
• 4. Take a series authority workshop at LC

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Contact information

• John M. Sluk
• Head, Monographs Dept.
• Oberlin College Library
• Oberlin, OH 44074
• voice 440.775.5113
• fax [phone]
• email john.m.sluk_at_oberlin.edu