Designed for use in the construction of catalogues and other lists in general libraries of all size.
Follow the sequence of cataloguers' operations in most present-day libraries and bibliographic agencies.
Proceed from general to specific details.
Covers rules for books, cartographic materials, manuscripts, music, sound recordings, motion pictures and videorecordings, graphic materials, electronic resources, three-dimensional artifacts and realia, microforms and continuing resources.
Developed for use by libraries in Canada, The United States and The United Kingdom.
Uses structured punctuation; in fact, is very concerned with and focused on punctuation
LOC
Primary Responsibility stems from the CDS, Cataloging Distribution Service
Uses The Cataloger's Destop: "a revolutionary cataloging tool created by the Library of Congress, using Folio software"
A limited list of resources found in the Cataloger's Desktop:
LCRI (Library of Congress Rule Interpretations)
Library of Congress Classifications and Subject Headings
AACR2
MARC 21
OLAC (Authority Tools for Audiovisual and Music Catalogers)
BISAC Subject Headings (Book Industry Study Group)
CCO (Cataloging Cultural Objects)
OCLC
CONSER
Cutter-Sanborn Tables
UNIMARC
CSDGM (Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata)
DCMI (DublinCore Metadata Initiative)
Erklärung zu Internationalen Katalogisierungsprinzipien (I just like that word)
IASA (International Association for Sound and Audiovisual Archives)
ISAD (International Standard Archival Description)
ISSN (International Standard Serial Number)
ISBD International Standard Bibliographic Deescription)
SEPIADES: Recommendations for Cataloguing Photographic Collections
FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
DDC
Dewey Decimal Classification
Currently we are on the 22nd revision
Is a division of the Library of Congress (!) Ok, so why does the LC not use the DDC?
Is a hierarchical classification system, proceeding from general to specific
Comprised of 10 classes (100-900) plus 000 for generalalities (ufo's and librarians)
Each class is divided into 10 divisions
Each division is divided into 10 sections
the numbers following the decimal point refer to notations regarding more specific aspects of the subject such as location, time period, and language.
FRBR
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
Developed by IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations) between 1992-1995
Evolved out of the AACR3 revision but ended up as a separate entity rather than an update of terminology only (see RDA)
Is very conceptual and visual rather than concrete like AACR (which is very much an if/then model) and is useful as a system, as well as a method of organizing information for access.
Works well with the Web and web based resources
Has three main 'Entities'
Group One:
'Work', 'Expression', 'Manifestation' and 'Item'.
Group Two (responsible for Group One)
Person' and 'Corporate Body'
Group Three (subjects of Group One and/or Two)
'Concept', 'Object', 'Event' and 'Place'.
Deals with 'Bibliographic Relationships'
Inherant
Content
Equivalent
Derivative
Descriptive
Whole/Part and Part to Part
Sequential
Companion
Aggregation
Assigns User Tasks, which are Cutter's Objects, evolved
Find
Identitfy
Select
Obtain
Navigate
Off shoots are:
FRAD (Functional Requirements for Authority Data
FRSAR (Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Records)
FRANAR (Functional Requirements and Numbering for Authority Record
CCO
Cataloging Cultural Objects
Developed by the Visual Resources Association as a guide for describing cultural works (architecture, art, dance, music etc.) and their images (photographs, paintings, etc.)
Contains rules for formatting data, suggestions for required information, controlled vocabulary requirements, and display issues.
Can be a complement to AACR2 or completely separate.
Leaves leeway for the cataloger and the individual institution to adapt the rules so that their particular data set can be retrieved, repurposed and exchanged effectively and efficiently.
Deals with Works and Images
sometimes an image is an image of a work, sometimes the image is a work in itself. They can be both, simultaneously: the difference is found in the particular level of cataloging and access point.
Deals with Specificity and Exhaustivity
allows and encourages catalogers to be as descriptive as possible, within time, space and funding constraints. Less is not more, it is less.
Like FRBR, deals with Relationships between things:
Related
Intrinsic
Whole/Part
Group and Collection
Series
Componants
Extrinsic
like AACR2's "see also"
Like FRBR is also a very visual model with the relationships between entities shown as flow charts, with reciprocity
Has required elements (not required but listed are in 2nd level bullet)
Work Type
Title
language
Creator
Controlled Creator
Role
Measurements
Materials and Techniques
Type
Technique
Color
Extent
Edition
State
Inscription
Facture
Physical Description
Condition
Conservation History
Style
Culture
Date: earliest and latest
Current Location
creation location
discovery location
former location
Subject
extent and subject type
Class
Description
View Description
View Type
View Subject
Personal and Corporate Name
Names
Biography
Birth and Death date
Nationality
Life Roles
Sources
gender
earliest and latest activity
related people
events
Geographic Place
Names
Place Type
Broader Context
Sources
coordinates
dates
related places
relationship type
Concept
Terms
Broader Context
Note
Sources
term qualifier
dates
related concepts
relationship type
Subject
Names
Sources
Broader Context
related keywords
related subjects
related geographic places
related people
related concepts
relationship type
MARC
Machine Readable Cataloging
A standardized way to format bibliographic information so that when entered into a computer it creates an understandable record for the item.
Currently in its 21st revision since being developed by the Library of Congress in the 1960's
Pre-web, pre-a lot of things.
Has both variable and fixed fields
200 Fields numbered from 001 to 880
001 to 099 are fixed fields containing standard numbers, classification numbers, codes, and other data elements relating to the record.
800 subfields
subfields convey certain information about the field and are expressed as $a, $c, each delimiter expressing the kind of information found in the following subfield
uses letters and symbols to indicate additional information such as format or additional part of a record
Only 4% of fields account for 80% of all records
In a study done by OCLC, out of 56 MILLION records, only one used the 856 field.
Roy Tennant, Senior Program Manager for OCLC, said "MARC must die"
No entities other than libraries use it
"Lossy Output Format"
Originally intended as a transfer format (!!!) but ended up as a metadata scheme.
RDA
Resource Description and Access
created concurrently but separately with ICP, the new IFLA cataloging principles
Utilizes FRBR and FRAD
grew out of AACR3, which was never really created
Web-based
Is not a display standard like MARC but does show visually how data is connected
Includes a broader, expanded view of the bibliographic universe
Two parts: Recording Attributes and Recording Relationships
Shows more connections, relationships and pathways
Change in technology, focus and view
Metadata can be used beyond the library and catalogs will no longer be isolated because they will be online, where there is global access to the data