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Its All Fun GamesCataloguing Board Games,
Kits, Toys
Lisa Prothero and Rebecca Morin
Winter Term I 2004 LIBR 513 Advanced
Bibliographic Control Description and Name Access
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What is a Game?

• An item or set of materials designed for
• play, according to prescribed or implicit rules
• and intended for recreation or instruction.
• Such as
• Monopoly
• Chess
• Croquet

All definitions from AACR2r Glossary
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What is a Kit?

• An item containing two or more categories of
• material, no one of which is identifiable as the
• predominant constituent of the item also
• designated multimedia item OR
• A single medium package of textual material.
• Childs chemistry set
• Set of art supplies
• Press kit

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What is a Toy?

• An object designed for imaginative play or one
• from which to derive amusement.
• Puppet
• Wooden building blocks
• Matchbox car

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General Material Designation

• Give the GMD immediately following the title, in
• . For example toy
• The choices are listed in AACR2r 1.1C1
• Use multimedia or kit if the item falls into
  two or more of the categories listed in rule 1.1C1

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AACR2r Chapter 10 Three-dimensional Artefacts
and Realia

• What is the Chief Source of Information?
• The item itself, or a permanently affixed
  label preferred for stand-alone items, such as
  a Teddy bear, or for items with an identifiable
  main component (10.0B1)
• The container preferred when the item is in
  multiple parts and the container acts as a
  unifying element (10.0H1)

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Chief Source Continued

• What if there is no information
• permanently attached to the object, or on
• to the container?
• Accompanying materials, such as instructions or
  descriptive pamphlets, issued by the publisher or
  manufacturer (10.0B1)

Remember to use if you use anything other
than the item itself or the unifying container!
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Who is Chiefly Responsible?

• Many board games, kits, and toys do not credit
• an author who is primarily responsible for the
• work.
• Some do, and if the relationship is clear
• and listed as part of the Chief Source of
• Information, record it.

Do not forget about other named individuals, such
as illustrators, who may merit an additional
access point.
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• 10010 a Hébert, Marie-Francine, d 1943-
• 24510 a Welcome to the world b a read 'n play
  learning set / c text by Marie-Francine Hébert
  illustrated by Darcia Labrosse.
• 2600_ a Montreal b Héritage, c 1988.
• 263__ a 8805
• 300__ a 1 book, a 1 board game, a 1 guide, a
  1 die, a 4 markers b col. ill. c 23 x 23 x
  2 cm.
• 500__ a Title from box.
• 503__ a Translation of Venir au monde.
• 650_0 a Conception x Juvenile literature.
• 650_0 a Sex instruction for children.
• 70010 a Labrosse, Darcia.

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Edition Statements

• If the words edition, version or issue appear on
  the item then record this information in the
  edition statement. (10.2B1 and 1.2B3)
• Deluxe Anniversary ed.
• If you know the item has significant changes but
  there is no edition statement you can supply a
  statement in square brackets.
• New ed.

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Publication Distribution

• Publication Distribution
• Record all information about the name and place
  of the publisher/distributor and date of
  publication/distribution (10.4C1, 10.4D1, 10.4F1)

Do not attempt to find this information for
naturally occurring objects unless the object is
packaged or mounted. (10.4C2, 10.4D2, 10.4F2)
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Distribution Information?

• Including distribution information is optional.
• If you consider the distribution information to
• be of importance identifying the item, or to the
  
• institution, you may include it after the
• publication information (1.4D5)

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Manufacture

• Manufacturing
• If the name of the publisher and/or distributor
  is unknown, give the place and date of
  manufacture instead (10.4G1)
• If the manufacturing details differ from
  publication or distribution information, and are
  considered important, record them (10.4G3)

If the manufacturer is named in the Statement of
Responsibility, do not repeat this information
here (10.4G2)
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Physical Description

• Physical Description
• Record the number of physical units by listing
  the parts and one of these terms
• Art original Game
• Art reproduction Microscope slide
• Braille cassette Mock-up
• Diorama Model
• Exhibit

If one of the above terms is your General
Material Designation, you need not repeat
yourself in the physical description area (10.5B1)
Or, give the name of the item as concisely as
possible (10.5B1)
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So Many Pieces!

• If there are so many pieces/parts/components
• that listing them all is out of the question,
  then
• use the term (various pieces).
• Optionally, describe those various pieces in
• detail in a note (10.5B2)

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Material (or, whats it made of?)

• If the material is an important part of the
• description, then include it. If the material
• cannot be described concisely, give this
• information in a note, or omit it completely.
• (10.5C1)

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Colour

• Include colour in the description if important
• Multicoloured items use col.
• If the object is 1 or 2 colours name the
  colour(s)
• If the object is black and white use bw
• (10.5C2)

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Material Colour Examples

• 1 jigsaw puzzle wood
• 1 monkey puppet felt, brown
• 1 duck rubber, yellow
• 1 statue macaroni and beans, col.
• There are special rules for microscope slides,
  see rules 10.5C1 and 10.5C2

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Dimensions

• Give the dimensions in cm.
• If necessary, indicate which dimensions (for
  example, 75 cm. long)
• For multiple dimensions, record
• height X width X depth (10.5D1)

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Dimensions

• If the item is in a container, name the container
  and give its dimensions these can be the only
  dimensions given, or can be recorded in addition
  to the dimensions of the object housed in the
  container (10.5D2)
• If the objects differ in size, give a range
• smallest largest (example 175-225 cm.) (10.5D3)

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Accompanying Material

• Give the details of any accompanying material
• (rules, pamphlets, instructions, etc.)
• You may
• Make a separate entry
• Make a multi-level description
• Make a note
• Give the number of units and the name of the
  accompanying material at the end of the
  description (10.5E1, 1.5E)

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Series Statement

• Record series statements, if applicable,
  according to AACR2r rule 1.6 (10.6B1)
• Games may be part of a series! For example,
• a series of seven puzzles, each one concerning
• one of the continents, issued separately.

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Notes

• May include
• Nature of item, if that is not clear
• Source of the title
• Variations in title or names
• Other edition information or history
• Other publication information or physical details
• Accompanying material
• Intended audience/Summary/Contents
• Numbers other than ISBN or ISSN
• With notes

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Cataloguing the Cruel Unusual

• A Group Exercise

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Instructions

• Split into 4 equal groups
• Each group will be assigned an item and given a
  form containing tagged MARC fields.
• You must
• Choose which fields need to be filled in
• Choose the correct indicators
• Supply the proper (and properly formatted)
  descriptive information

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Instructions

• Please work on the more challenging/less familiar
  aspects of your item as they apply to creating a
  MARC record
• Material Colour
• Description of components
• Publication/distribution/manufacture
• PAP and AAPs

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Solutions

• Please note some MARC records have been
  abbreviated for space.

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Brennans Exbeardition
008 940530s1993 ilu az g eng 245 00 a
Brennan's exbeardition h game / c Brenda
Brumbaugh and Nan Thompson-Trenta. 260 __ a
East Moline, IL b Lingui Systems, c c1993
a Toronto b Psycan distributor. 300 __ a
1 game c in container (30 x 24 x 5 cm.). 500
__ a Contains 1 game board, 1 die, 6 markers,
225 color-coded stimulus cards and 75 pictures
cards (9 x 6 cm. in two boxes) and 1 players'
guide (1 sheet). 520 __ a Designed to help
students' listening skills grow through thinking
and discussion. Students will have fun as they
practice listening skills in basic concepts,
vocabulary, and language. 700 10 a Brumbaugh,
Brenda. 700 20 a Thompson-Trenta, Nan.
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The Environmental Detective Kit
008 930108s1991 onc az b eng2 100 10 a
Herridge, Doug, d 1954- 245 14 a The
environmental detective kit h kit. 250 __ a
1st ed. 260 0_ a Toronto b Somerville
House, c c1991. 300 __ a 1 kit. 500 __ a
Kit contains 1 booklet (80 p. ill. 11 x 13
cm.), 1 pencil, 1 pair of tweezers, 1 sheet of
pH paper, 1 water tester, 1 badge and 1 post card
in container (15 x 12 x 4 cm.) 500 __ a
Booklet entitled The environmental detective,
gather your clues and help save the environment /
by Doug Herridge and Susan Hughes, c1991. 500
__ a Title from container. 500 __ a For ages
7 and up. 700 10 a Hughes, Susan, d 1960-
710 20 a Somerville House Publishing.
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Monopoly
008 041107s1961oncengd 245
00 a Monopoly h game / c Parker Brothers
Games Ltd. 260 a Toronto, Canada b Parker
Brothers Games Ltd., c c 1961. 300 a 1 game
(various pieces) c in container, 26 x 51 x
7cm. 500 a Parker Brother real estate
trading game equipment. 500 a Includes game
board, play money, 2 dice, 4 metal playing
pieces, red plastic hotels, green plastic houses,
title deed cards, chance and community chest
cards, rule book and rule book for a short game
of monopoly. 520 a The idea of the game is
to buy and rent or sell properties so profitably
that one becomes the wealthiest player and
eventual winner. 710 2 a Parker Brothers Inc.
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Snowy Owl Puppet
008 041107nuuuuuuuucaunnnwnengd 245
00 a Snowy owl puppet h toy. 260 a
Emeryville, CA b Folkmanis Inc. 300 a 1
hand puppet b synthetic fur fabric, white with
black spots c 31 x 54 x 9 cm. 500 a
Title from tag. 710 2 a Folkmanis Inc.
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Potential Problems

• Chief Source of Information
• Should you use a label on the item itself or the
  container?
• For multipart items, what is the main or most
  important part?
• Description of Parts
• MARC 300 field vs. MARC 500 field

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Closing Thoughts

• "...there will still be many situations where
  personal judgments must be made. This is
  overstating the obvious, but I also feel that
  many people are reticent to make these calls for
  fear that they will make a mistake and "the
  cataloging police" will come down on them. We
  need to overcome such feelings of inadequacy and
  get on with the job at hand.
• --Robert B. Freeborn
• Cataloging of the Weird