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Take a look of these title pages of three books – The two on the left are translations and the one on the right is a Chinese title with an English parallel title. title page MARC Title 1 Expédition de Chine 远征中国 PAUL VARIN [法]瓦兰・保罗 著 孙一先/安康 译 许钧 校 100 1_ Varin, Paul 240 [...]
Cataloging multi-volume monographs with title analysis
Depending on the nature of each multi-volume monograph publication, two different approaches may be taken to catalog them. This post is developed for student workers to easily understand the cataloging process. A formal guideline for local practice of Cataloging Analytics is also available. Here we have a four volume set. Note, it has a collective [...]
Creating RDA records for non-Roman DVD videos
The is an experiment on having staff/student workers to assist the RDA test at a small scale. This is NOT meant for RDA training or implementation. GUIDELINES If an AACR2 record is found on Connexion (WorldCat) for the same title and edition you have in hand, (1) do NOT create a new RDA record and [...]
Complicated series titles
Keywords: series, complicated series Especially for some Japanese publications, one encounters complicated series. The complicities exist in (1) there are sub series titles; (2) one title are splitted into many different volumes, but not published (which means, not received) in the same year. Therefore, one must check the catalog and integrate latter issued volumes with [...]
Volume/issue number and year info for serials
This post is mostly about local practice of serial volume identification. Issues of serials may be identified (or differentiated) by Year only (year books etc.) Examples, 中国人口统计年鉴 China population statistics yearbook identified by Year and Issue numbers (a bi-weekly journal) Examples, 读者 Du zhe identified by Total number and Year (a bi-annual scholarly periodical) Examples, [...]
Chinese character or Kanji issues in library bibliographic records
Variant forms of a Chinese character Compare these two lines of the same title: 飮虹簃所刻曲 飲虹簃所刻曲 The first word (i.e. character) in the tile is actually given in two different forms (異體字). The difference becomes clear when we enlarge these two characters: Add a 246 field and give the variant form of the character if [...]
JMSTC – Editing the Varable fields on Connexion
(This post is for someone who is new to copy cataloging but is assigned to work on the JMSTC project) 100 and 700 on a bib record are for names of responsibilities. 100 is for main author; 700(s) are for secondary authors. Use the Authority form (or established form) in the 100 and 700. But [...]
JMSTC – Editing the Fixed fields on Connexion
(This post is for someone who is new to copy cataloging but is assigned to work on the JMSTC project) Fixed fields Desc: a (Cataloging Rule – “a” means Anglo-American Cataloging Rules) Elvl (Cataloging level): use “I” for full level; use “K” when lower level (when you are not very confident for some info provided [...]
Author name consistancy
The following are special instructions for dealing with non-contemporary Japanese author names appeared in our JMSTC microfiche collection. Click here for general procedures of JMSTC cataloging project. First, try to search for a Name Authority record (on Connexion), and see if there is an authority file established for this author. If there is an authority [...]
Special formats requirements
Special formats Nature of entity Description Type of Record on Connexion ‡h [GMD] Call number suffix Vol. Id* Digital stuff Software on CD-ROMs Computer Files (Type m) ‡h [electronic resource] Computer file n/a DVDs or digital video discs Visual Materials (Type g) ‡h [videorecording] DVD n/a movies on VCDs Visual Materials (Type g) ‡h [videorecording] [...]
