Access issues for nonprint documents: Toys

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Access issues for nonprint documents Toys

• Maureen Southorn
• IST 616

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Toys as nonprint items Why?

• Public and school libraries may offer toy
  collections to serve their young patrons.
• Toys provide a unique learning experience, and
  may be used for storytime programming or to
  promote literacy in reluctant readers.

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Toys as nonprint items Issues

• Toy is listed as a general material designator
  by AACR2, section 1.1C1.
• However, toys may present a variety of issues for
  the standard library cataloger.

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Issue 1 Classification choices

• Dewey Decimal versus ascension numbers
• Dewey could link toys to subject matter, making
  toys appear as stronger hits in patron catalog
  searches. For instance, if a patron searched for
  dinosaurs, search hits could include books
  about dinosaurs and toy dinosaurs.
• Animal puppets 636 series?
• Slinkies 796.2 series?
• Barnyard playset 631?

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Issue 1 Classification choices (cont)

• Dewey Decimal versus ascension numbers (cont)
• Ascension numbers, often used for video
  recordings in small public libraries, would
  reduce classification agony. For instance, the
  board game RISK could fall under the 910s
  (Geography), 327s (International relations), or
  796s (Games).

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Issue 1 Classification choices (cont)

• Catalogers may instead opt to establish a new
  classification, i.e. codes for type of toy
  coupled with ascension number or codes for age
  level.
• Most catalogers would probably opt to create a
  new collection for toys, and associate the items
  with Library of Congress subject headings. For
  example
• New category J TOY
• Subject headings
• Toys.
• Toys and movable books.
• Automobile (toys).

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Issue 2 Title

• Many toys do not arrive with an official title,
  or title missing a prominent piece.
• The My Scene Un-Fur-Gettable Kennedy Doll should
  probably include the label Barbie to
  standardize the collection.
• Donated toys may arrive without packaging to
  provide an official name.

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Issue 3 Creative responsibility

• Frisbees see http//inventors.about.com/library/w
  eekly/aa980218.htm
• Kids found that tins from the Frisbie Baking
  Company (1871-1958) flew nicely.
• In 1948, Los Angeles building inspector Walter
  Frederick Morrison and Warren Franscioni invented
  a plastic version.
• Rich Knerr of the Wham-O Company registered the
  Frisbee trademark in 1964.
• Does creative responsibility fall with
  manufacturer? Inventor?

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Issue 4 Editions and version control

• In some cases, it will be clear that items
  require a different record.

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Issue 4 Editions and version control (cont)

• In other cases, it may be less clear when a new
  record is required.

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MARC tags

• Field 100 should be omitted, since pinpointing an
  author is tricky.
• The cataloger may have to use brackets to supply
  the title for field 245, the records key access
  point. The medium Toy should be entered for
  subfield h.

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MARC tags (cont)

• Field 246, the varying form for title, or fields
  440 or 490 may be useful for capturing a series
  or standardizing toy editions.
• Catalogers could capture the manufacturer or
  distributor in field 260 a East Aurora, NY b
  Fisher-Price c c. 2001

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MARC tags (cont)

• Fields 300, 500, and 650 could capture the
  descriptive information for the toy.
• The 740 field could be used to link the record to
  other toys.
• The 900 fields could capture local information,
  such as who donated the toy or where
  the toy is located.

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A case study Middle Country Public Librarys toy
collection

• Middle Country Public Library, located
  in Centereach and Selden, NY, has
  established a system for lending out a variety of
  toys, from puppets and puzzles to museum kits
  (toys included) on dinosaurs, the American West,
  architecture, aviation, and many other topics.
• (See http//www.mcpl.lib.ny.us/museum_corner.html
  KITS for their kit collection.)

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Case study MCPL (continued)

• MCPL established a Juvenile Toy Collection
  category and has cataloged toys by Dewey Decimal
  number. Toys can be found in the OPAC using
  subject search Toys at http//www.mcpl.lib.ny.us
  /search.html.

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A MARC record for one of MCPLs toys Source
http//www.mcpl.lib.ny.us/search.html
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Case study MCPL (cont)

• MCPL uses the 505 field, the Formatted contents
  section, to denote the toys age level.
• The 740 field includes an alternate name for the
  toy, using three instead of 3.
• Colors and toy parts are captured in the 300 b
  physical description field.
• The 650 fields use LC subject headings.
• All other relevant information was entered into
  the 500 field.

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References

• The Dewey Decimal Classification System.
  (Undated). Ready reference card for librarians
  provided by the Onondaga County Public Library
  System to its member libraries. Obtained in
  Oct, 2006 as part of the Jordan Bramley Library
  new employee packet.
• Gorman, M., Winkler, P.W. (editors), and Joint
  Steering Committee for Revision of AACR. (1988).
  Anglo-American cataloguing rules - Second
  edition. American Library Association Chicago.
• Library of Congress. Understanding MARC Authority
  Records Machine Readable Cataloging. Retrieved
  Nov. 6, 2007 from http//www.loc.gov/marc/uma/
• Willis-Camp, T. (Dec. 2, 1999). Toys
  Classification and description. Retrieved Nov. 6,
  2007 from http//www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr513/
  2000-2001-wt1/presentations/willis/default.htm
• All unmarked graphics were retrieved on Nov. 6,
  2007 from http//strongmuseum.com/NTHoF/NTHoF.html