Serial or Monograph: Who Decides?

Some types of publication are viewed by librarians as serials and by publishers as monographs. In the pre-digital environment, cataloging rules and library workflows were developed to manage these publications. The shift to electronic publishing, distribution, and access brings new considerations into play. This article describes current cataloging practice and examines the effects of these shifts on library catalogs and user access through them.     

OCLC records for federal depository documents: A preliminary investigation

A representative sample of 300 printed monographs and analyzed serials distributed to depository libraries was searched in the OCLC online system to determine when, how, and by whom depository documents are likely to be cataloged. Particular attention was paid to differences between dates of distribution and cataloging for sales publications, for all titles cataloged by the Government Printing Office, and for those cataloged by the Library of Congress. Patterns relating to document distribution as well as to cataloging practices were discernible from survey results and are presented here. Major findings may be summarized as follows: 1) not all depository monographs are cataloged by the Government Printing Office; 2) sales publications are cataloged quickly, often before distribution by GPO; 3) the quality of cataloging records for depository documents available on OCLC is generally high; 4) the Library of Congress catalogs relatively few depository documents and is comparatively slow to do so; and 5) many different types of OCLC member libraries catalog federal depository documents, often before GPO does. The article concludes with a discussion of implications for future changes in documents cataloging policies among depository libraries, and argues for greater inclusion of documents records in the many online, public-access catalogs currently being planned or used.     

Statistical Survey to Determine Availability of Cataloging Copy on OCLC

This paper reports the results of a year-long survey conducted at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) to determine what level of cataloging copy (Library of Congress, member input, or none) is present on OCLC at the time an item is received in Technical Services and after a six-month waiting period. These results were used to divert selected monographs from the normal workflow in order to expedite their cataloging and to release needed shelf space for other items.     

中文图书自动编目的实现

目前一些出版社运行的复合出版系统包含有ECIP软件,灵活运用XML语言、排版软件、数字文献处理、元数据研究诸方面的技术,在制作复合文件的处理过程中,真正实现了中文图书的自动编目。参考文献7。     

Measuring Success in Outsourced Cataloging: A Data-Driven Investigation

This article investigates the error rates in shelf-ready cataloged monographs from Ingram Coutts Information Services that were received at The University of Western Ontario. Using quality control reports from a period of two years, over 500 cataloging errors were entered into a database organized by frequency, severity, and other factors. With this information, we analyzed the frequency of errors and their root causes. We found that overall error rates are low, and the quality of shelf-ready cataloging has improved since first implementing the outsourcing program.     

Back to the future of AACR: retooling former cataloging practices to solve problems old and new

New forms of publication have called into question AACR2’s current division of the type of publication into monographs and serials. This paper analyzes the recommendations in the April 1999 report to the Joint Steering Committee (JSC) on AACR, “Revising AACR2 to Accommodate Seriality.” The JSC report presents a new type of publication model, which recognizes elements of seriality in resources that do not meet the current AACR2 definition of serial. Recommendations in the JSC report attempt to provide rules for the cataloging of new forms of materials as well as solutions to other current cataloging problems. Some of these solutions are based on incorporating and adapting the best of former rules and practices. Anticipated benefits of the rule revision include harmonization of AACR2 with international standards, reduction of needless title changes, and a more holistic approach to serials cataloging.     

Risky Business: Outsourcing Serials Cataloging

In 1999, the University Library System at the University of Pittsburgh began a project to outsource cataloging for both the monographs and serials that were included in a special collection known at the university as the Glidden Collection. The collection had previously been accessible only through the existence of a card catalog. The materials had originally been cataloged using a local hybrid classification system based on the Glidden classification system. In her presentation, Faye Leibowitz provides detailed information about the history of the collection and why certain factors associated with the collection made it a difficult candidate for outsourcing. Libraries should seriously consider the hidden costs of outsourcing serials cataloging. The decision to outsource serials cataloging should take into account staffing problems and training. The way in which catalogers at the selected vendor use “cataloger's judgment” can also impact consistency between existing library policy and the outsourced records.     

西文图书出版年的著录探讨

通过学习AACR2和美国国会图书馆条例解释LCRIs,结合多年的工作经验,对西文图书出版日期信息的比较和著录项进行了总结,以寻求西文编目工作的规范化和标准化。     

联机编目系统中核心元素集的设计

本文依据书目等级和核心元素的思想，从原则和方法步骤两个方面讨论了CNMARC核心元素集的设计，井以普通图书为例设计了CNMARC核心元素集。文章最后还揭示了CNMARC核心元素集与DC的关系，以求尽快促成我国CNMARC核心元素集的制定。     

How far have we come? benchmarking time and costs for monograph purchasing

The University of Oregon Library System conducted a benchmark study during autumn 1997 to determine time and costs for monograph purchasing, cataloging, and processing. The goals of the study were first to assess if it would be cost effective to contract out some or all of the cataloging and final processing for some monographs, and secondly, to provide data that could be used as a management tool and shared with other libraries. The acquisition and QuickCat costs per unit for various types of purchases were calculated showing that cost alone would not be a sufficient reason to outsource or purchase shelf-ready books. However, opportunity costs should also be considered. Additionally, the data are compared with a task analysis study conducted in 1982/83, just prior to automating.     

Convergence toward common standards in machine-readable cataloging

The adoption of the MARC II format for the communication of bibliographic information by the three National Libraries of the U.S.A. makes it possible for those libraries to converge on the remaining necessary common standards for machine-readable cataloging.THREE LEVELS OF STANDARDS ARE IDENTIFIED: fundamental, the character set; intermediate, MARC II; and detailed, the codes for identifying data elements.The convergence on these standards implies that the National Libraries can create and operate a Joint Bibliographic Data Bank requiring standard book numbers and universal serial numbers for identifying monographs and serials and that the system will thoroughly process contributed catalog entries before adding them to the Data Bank. There is reason to hope that the use of the MARC II format will facilitate catalogers' decision processes.     

Classification of Periodicals

Classification of periodicals can be done for either of two reasons- to place bound periodical volumes in the stacks close to monographs on the same subject or to organize the volumes in a separate periodicals area. Either reason provides a key to locating periodicals that does not depend on the patron's ability to interpret spine titles, title changes, or changing cataloging codes. If the choice is to integrate bound periodical volumes with the monographs, the same classification system must be used. For a separate bound periodicals area, many libraries have developed schemes to organize their titles on the shelves in alphabetical order by entry. Which choice is best depends on where a library chooses to shelve its periodicals and how the library staff believes patrons approach the task of finding titles.     

中文图书编目常见错误分析及探讨

中文图书编目是一个需要精通分类，仔细推敲的工作。文章通过分析、归纳，用具体实例探讨了在中文图书分类编目中常出现的错误，用以指导图书编目人员，避免和尽量少出现这些错误。     

网络博客资源的CNMARC编目探析

博客是网络资源的一种,许多博客具有很高的学习、科研和学术价值,对博客分类编目后纳入图书馆的收藏范围,有利于完善图书馆的馆藏资源体系。文章在对博客编目需要的每个字段加以说明之后,对博客编目时存在的难点进行了分析,认为博客编目存在整体著录与分散著录的矛盾、博客编目与知识产权的矛盾、字段设置与著录信息之间的矛盾等等,并根据这些难点探讨了解决的办法。     

文献编目再论

文献编目的差异是长期存在的,应予理性对待。文献编目中的三种符号形式相同而意义不同。客观性、规范性、逻辑性三项基本原则,是文献编目的精髓,贯穿于古今编目理论和技法之中,三者是对立统一、相辅相成的。表1。参考文献9。     

When Good Enough Is Not Good Enough: Resolving Cataloging Issues for High Density Storage

This article identifies issues with cataloging backlogs and quality control, particularly relating to the subsequent ingest of content into library high density storage. Results of a pilot project at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are used to demonstrate the high cost of retroactively addressing cataloging concerns, and how not addressing them contributes to issues in discovery and access. Changes in local cataloging standards, and criteria for how to assess a cost/benefit ratio for quality cataloging are also discussed.     

《滂喜斋藏书记》的版本及其学术价值谫论

《滂喜斋藏书记》是一部具有较高水平的版本目录学专著,是叶昌炽馆潘祖荫家为滂喜斋藏书所做编目,初名《滂喜斋书目》,后改名《滂喜斋读书记》。滂喜斋所藏之书多得自怡王府乐善堂,以宋元椠本及抄校本居多,尤其是所著录的域外所存孤本,有着重要价值。所收录的朝鲜、日本图书,尤可见近代以来东亚文化圈的文化互动。     

Evaluation of the TALON Cooperative Acquisitions Program for monographs

The TALON Cooperative Acquisitions Program for monographs (TALON/CAP) was implemented in 1979 by eleven resource libraries in the South Central Regional Medical Library Program. Each participating library acquired books from selected publishers within a profile covering subject and format. The program was evaluated by comparing interlibrary loan requests, surveying participants, and analyzing cataloging records. The results were that ten of the eleven libraries significantly increased their coverage of assigned publishers, and that academic medical libraries are not all buying the same books, even from major medical publishers. The fifty-six publishers in the program accounted for 60% to 83% of the titles with 1977-80 imprints held by participating libraries. The computer-generated collection analysis reports provide a baseline for future collection management studies.