Series

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SeriesSeriously?

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

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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
• 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.pFormati
  on 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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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