Library Cataloguing Pt. 1

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Library Cataloguing (Pt. 1)

• LIS 502
• 7 Nov 2008

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Outline

• Functions of a library catalogue database
• Creation of surrogates conceptual analysis
  translation
• Use of authority control system vocabulary

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information
analysis
translation
catalogue
database
standards
translation
analysis
queries
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Cutters Objects of the Catalogue

• 1. To enable a person to find a book of which
  either
• (A) the author
• (B) the title is known. finding
• (C) the subject
• 2. To show what the library has
• (D) by a given author
• (E) on a given subject gathering
• (F) in a given kind of literature.
• 3. To assist in the choice of a book
• (G) as to its edition (bibliographically).
  advisory
• (H) as to its character (literary or topical).

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What is Authority Control?

• Consistency of form in the headings (names or
  subjects) used in a library catalog
• Authority control is the process of pulling
  together into a single authority record
• all forms of name that apply to a single name,
• all the variant titles that apply to a single
  work

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What is Authority Control?
Authority records

• Bibliographic records
• Item One A B C
• Item Two B C
• Item Three A C E

A (author) B (title) C (subject heading)
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What is Authority Control?
Example J. K. Rowling
Joanne Kathleen Rowling Joanne
K. Rowling
Library of Congress Authorities
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Personal Names Authority

• Diana, Princess of Wales, 1961
• not Spencer, Diana Frances,
  Lady, 1961
• Anatole France
• not Jacques Anatole Thibault
• George Orwell
• not Eric Arthur Blair
• Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875
• not Hans Christian Andersen

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Corporate Names Authority

• Canada. Passport Office
• UF Canada. Passeport UF Canada. External
  Affairs and International Trade Canada. Passport
  Office
• Canada. Canadian Armed Forces
• Canadian National Railways
• UF CNR CN
• Canadian Government Railways
• Noted Canadian Government Railways. Absorbed
  Jan. 1923 by the Canadian National
  Railways

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Subject Authority

• Folk literature
• See also narrower term Tales
• Folk tales
• Use Tales
• Folktales
• Use Tales
• Tales
• See also broader term Folk literature

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information
Cataloguers create catalogue records
analysis
translation
Catalogue records surrogates
database
standards
translation
analysis
queries
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Conceptual Analysis
Aboutness
Users interests
Aim of the specific information service
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Translation
Free language
Controlled vocabularies
Cataloguing
Indexing
Extraction indexing
Indexers terms
Subject Headings LCSH and CSH, Sears
Thesauri ERIC, MeSH, AAT
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information
analysis
translation
Standards in catalogue records AACR2 LCSH / CSH
/ Sears LCC / DDC MARC
database
standards
translation
analysis
queries
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An Example

• Tales, then and now more folktales as literary
  fictions for young adults...
• LC Control Number2001038274
• Personal Name Altmann, Anna E.
• Main TitleTales, then and now more folktales
  as literary fictions for young adults / Anna E.
  Altmann, Gail de Vos.
• Published/CreatedEnglewood, Colo. Libraries
  Unlimited, 2001.
• Related Names De Vos, Gail, 1949-
• Descriptionxxiii, 296 p. 26 cm.
• ISBN1563088312 (pbk.)NotesIncludes
  bibliographical references and indexes.
• Subjects Folklore in literature.
• Literature and folklore.
  Young adult fiction--History and criticism.
  Tales--History and criticism.
  Youth--Books and reading.
• LC ClassificationPN56.F58 A45 2001
• Dewey Class No.398.2/0835 21

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000 01197cam 22003018a 450 001 12451244 005
20011113091708.0 008 010625s2001 cou b 001 0 eng
010 __ a 2001038274 020 __ a 1563088312
(softbound) 040 __ a DLC c DLC 050 00 a
PN56.F58 b A45 2001 082 00 a 398.2/0835 2 21
100 1_ a Altmann, Anna E. AACR2 245 10
a Tales, then and now b more folktales as
literary fictions for young adults / c Anna E.
Altmann, Gail de Vos. AACR2 260 __ a
Englewood, CO b Libraries Unlimited, c 2001.
AACR2 300 __ a xxiii, 296 p. c 26 cm.
AACR2 504 __ a Includes bibliographical
references and index. AACR2 650 _0 a Folklore
in literature. 650 _0 a Literature and
folklore. 650 _0 a Young adult fiction x
History and criticism. 650 _0 a Tales x
Adaptations x History and criticism. 700 1_
a De Vos, Gail, d 1949- AACR2
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000 01197cam 22003018a 450 001 12451244 005
20011113091708.0 008 010625s2001 cou b 001 0 eng
010 __ a 2001038274 020 __ a 1563088312
(softbound) 040 __ a DLC c DLC 050 00 a
PN56.F58 b A45 2001 082 00 a 398.2/0835 2
21 100 1_ a Altmann, Anna E. 245 10 a
Tales, then and now b more folktales as
literary fictions for young adults / c Anna E.
Altmann, Gail de Vos. 260 __ a Englewood, CO
b Libraries Unlimited, c 2001. 300 __ a
xxiii, 296 p. c 26 cm. 504 __ a Includes
bibliographical references and index. 650 _0 a
Folklore in literature. LCSH 650 _0 a
Literature and folklore. LCSH 650 _0 a Young
adult fiction x History and criticism.
LCSH 650 _0 a Tales x Adaptations x History
and criticism. LCSH 700 1_ a De Vos, Gail, d
1949-
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000 01197cam 22003018a 450 001 12451244 005
20011113091708.0 008 010625s2001 cou b 001 0 eng
010 __ a 2001038274 020 __ a 1563088312
(softbound) 040 __ a DLC c DLC 050 00 a
PN56.F58 b A45 2001 LCC 082 00 a
398.2/0835 2 21 DDC 100 1_ a Altmann, Anna
E. 245 10 a Tales, then and now b more
folktales as literary fictions for young adults
/ c Anna E. Altmann, Gail de Vos. 260 __ a
Englewood, CO b Libraries Unlimited, c 2001.
300 __ a xxiii, 296 p. c 26 cm. 504 __ a
Includes bibliographical references and index.
650 _0 a Folklore in literature. 650 _0 a
Literature and folklore. 650 _0 a Young
adult fiction x History and criticism. 650
_0 a Tales x Adaptations x History and
criticism. 700 1_ a De Vos, Gail, d 1949-
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Discussion re Gorman reading

• Comments on Gormans article?
• What do you think about Gormans view that
  cataloguing the Web is not only unattainable but
  undesirable?

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Gormans Resource Types

• Gorman has identified six different types of
  resources
• Ephemera
• Print-derived resources
• Commercial sites and pornography
• Electronic journals
• Digitized archives (textual, sound, visual)
• Original creative works (digital artists,
  cyberpoets and electronic musicians)

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Fundamental Problems in Organizing Electronic
Documents

• There are too many of them
• A lot of them have never been, and will never be,
  of interest to libraries and library users
• The majority of electronic documents are of
  temporary use, local use or no use at all
• There is no guarantee that any given electronic
  document is what it says it is
• We have no assurance that any given document or
  site will be the same when next located or that
  it will even exist

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What Is the Solution?

• Identify and catalogue them according to
  standards we use for other resources
• Identify and take a subset of MARC to describe
  them
• Identify them and take a subset of MARC and allow
  that framework to be filled any content by
  anybody
• Leave them in the murky water of the Internet