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Fwd: help for hospice in Auckland
by Chris Todd 22 Feb '09

22 Feb '09

Hi Auckland cataloguers The Amitabha hospice is a volunteer service to all areas within Auckland. Please see link to our service http://www.amitabhahospice.org/ "Following the World Health Organization's guidelines for palliative care, the NZ Palliative Care Strategy and the NZ Cancer Strategy for Palliative Care, we provide free practical help and companionship for those with progressive degenerative conditions / terminal illness with specially trained volunteers". We rely on grants and donations to provide our service hence our request to members of your organisation.. *We have a small library of about 600 books and would very much appreciate it - if there is any cataloguer or retired cataloguer out there who would be interested in a volunteer project of cataloguing our small library. Or advising us the best way to catalogue our library. The library is situated at 44 Powell Street Avondale Auckland. Ideally we would like the catalogue accessible from the Internet so that once set up new books can be added from a volunteer's home.* Looking forward to a reply from you. Thanking you for your kindness Ecie Hursthouse Managing Director Ecie Hursthouse <eciely(a)gmail.com>

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FW: OCLC Expert Community Experiment
by Ksenija Obradovic 19 Feb '09

19 Feb '09

FYI - latest OCLC news Ksenija Obradovic Cataloguing Manager Te Tumu Herenga The University of Auckland Library Private Bag 92019 Auckland Mail Centre Auckland 1142 New Zealand Telephone (649) 373-7599 ext 85797 Fax (649) 373-7401 http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz ________ OCLC announces Expert Community Experiment In response to requests from the cataloging community, OCLC is introducing the Expert Community Experiment, which enables OCLC members to make more changes to WorldCat records. During the Experiment, OCLC libraries with full-level cataloging authorizations will have the ability to improve and upgrade WorldCat master bibliographic records. The additional capabilities provided by the Experiment are an expansion of those that have been available through various database enrichment programs since 1991. The Experiment begins in February 2009 and will last six months. Introductory Web information sessions will be held throughout February for those interested in participating in the Experiment. OCLC hopes that these changes will result in more corrections and additions to master bibliographic records and more timely actions to correct record problems. The Experiment is inspired by long-standing requests from members to be able to do more-and more immediate-upgrading of WorldCat records. The Experiment also allows OCLC to test a "social cataloging" model involving the existing community of cataloging experts who have built WorldCat record-by-record over the past four decades. Interest in such an experiment has grown with the launch of WorldCat Local and with the popularity of other socially cooperative ventures, such as Wikipedia. http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/catalog/quality/expert/default.htm

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RDA Workshops
by Chris Todd 09 Feb '09

09 Feb '09

RDA (Resource Description and Access) workshop LIANZA is offering these workshops in partnership with the National Library of New Zealand, CatSig, The Open Polytechnic and Victoria University of Wellington. Workshop description Resource Description and Access (RDA) the new cataloguing standard and successor to AACR, is due for release in late 2009, signalling a new direction for cataloguing rules and catalogue records. This workshop aims to prepare cataloguers for RDA by presenting the following content: ● background and development of RDA ● introduction to FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) and (briefly) FRAD (Functional Requirements for Authority Data), the conceptual models that underpin RDA ● examination of the RDA draft highlighting key changes from AACR ● MARC and RDA ● RDA implementation - including timelines for publication and implementation as well as library systems Presenters Chris Todd, Janess Stewart and Charlotte Stretton are cataloguing team leaders at the National Library of New Zealand. All three have been monitoring the development of RDA and are reviewing the final draft. Two National Library staff will be present at each workshop. Additionally, Amanda Cossham from the Open Polytechnic will be presenting at the Christchurch and Dunedin workshops. A senior lecturer from the Library and Information Management programme at VUW will present at the Palmerston North and Auckland workshops. All five presenters are likely to attend the Wellington workshop. Locations Workshops will be presented in Christchurch on Thursday 5th March http://www.lianza.org.nz/cgi-bin/calendar/viewevent.pl?id=463 Dunedin on Friday 6th March http://www.lianza.org.nz/cgi-bin/calendar/viewevent.pl?id=464 Wellington on Friday 13th March http://www.lianza.org.nz/cgi-bin/calendar/viewevent.pl?id=465 Palmerston North on Wednesday 25th March http://www.lianza.org.nz/cgi-bin/calendar/viewevent.pl?id=466 Auckland on Wednesday 1st April http://www.lianza.org.nz/cgi-bin/calendar/viewevent.pl?id=467 Workshop duration 9.30am - 4.00pm (includes lunch) Cost $65.00 (LIANZA member), $85.00 (non-member) Body of Knowledge area: If you are professionally registered don’t forget to record the workshop in your revalidation journal under BoK area 5 For general inquiries contact Maree Kibblewhite maree(a)lianza.org.nz For booking inquiries contact Anna O’Keefe anna(a)lianza.org.nz Maree Kibblewhite Professional Development Manager Library & Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa Level 7, 69 Boulcott Street PO Box 12-212, Wellington 6144 Tel: 04 473 5834 Fax: 04 499 1480 Email: maree(a)lianza.org.nz www.lianza.org.nz Chris (Christine) Todd Team Leader, Cataloguing Team 1, Content Services, National Library of New Zealand. Telephone: (04) 474 3093 Fax: (04) 474 3161 Email: chris.todd(a)natlib.govt.nz

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Cataloguing study - sponsorship opportunities
by Sarah Allnutt 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

Are you thinking about studying in 2009? You may be currently completing a library qualification or looking for professional development opportunities. CatSIG is pleased to announce two sponsorship opportunities in the following cataloguing courses: ***INFO 546 - Bibliographic Organisation Creation of bibliographic records for library resources, including: original cataloguing using AACR2, MARC, DDC, LCSH; cataloguing digital resources using metadata schemes such as the Dublin Core; evaluation of bibliographic utilities as sources for copy cataloguing; and managing cataloguing operations. Course runs in Trimester 2 (July to October) 2009 at Victoria University, Wellington. Students can study on campus or by distance. This paper can be completed as part of the Masters of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) qualification, or as a single Certificate of Proficiency (COP). The COP is suitable for * graduate librarians and information professionals wishing to update their professional knowledge, or extend it into fresh areas of information management. * graduates who are considering entry to the profession and want to experience postgraduate learning. Acceptance is dependent on applicants holding a university degree/appropriate library qualification or extensive experience. For more information about the course see http://www.sim.vuw.ac.nz/degrees/mlis/546-details.aspx For more information about the MLIS programme, including enrolment information: http://www.sim.vuw.ac.nz/degrees/mlis/ CatSIG sponsorship will cover the tuition fee (domestic: $945.00) .................................................. ***72272 Cataloguing and Classification This course builds on and enhances library skills by introducing you to the principles and practice of cataloguing and classification. It is designed to enable you to apply international standards in the creation of catalogue records. You will also be able to analyse the international standards and to develop a critical understanding of the contemporary issues affecting cataloguing and catalogue management. This course is run by the Open Polytechnic from 20 July 2009 and is a distance learning course. For more information see http://www.openpolytechnic.ac.nz/programmesandcourses/courses/72272 Pre-requisites: 72171 Library Systems and Processes or equivalent knowledge and experience. CatSIG sponsorship will cover the tuition fee (New Zealand: $560.00) ................................................ * You do not have to be a CatSIG member to apply. * CatSIG cannot guarantee entry to these courses. Our selection of a student is conditional on their acceptance into either course. Applicants must ensure they have the correct pre-requisites before applying. * CatSIG will confirm sponsorship to the successful applicant when they have been selected for the course. The applicant will have responsibility for their own enrolment and acceptance into the course and the initial fees payment. CatSIG will reimburse the full tuition fee when it can be shown that the applicant has completed and passed the course. In your application to CatSIG (1-2 paragraphs) please state which course you are applying for, give a brief outline of your background and work experience, and how completing the desired cataloguing paper would benefit you professionally. Please email applications and enquiries to Janess.Stewart(a)natlib.govt.nz Applications close 31 March 2009.

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Alternative titles: On behalf of Linh Wong
by Nicky Dodwell 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

Hi Everyone We seem to be receiving a few books with different titles, but they are essentially the same book. They have different places of publication, so that isn't the issue. We have been getting feedback from borrowers that they have already read the book, but the title was different. To show the different titles are the same item we have put added title entries for the alternate title on both bibliographic records, linking them that way. However, unless borrowers look on the catalogue, they won't be able to know the book in hand has been published under another title that they may have read recently. Can you please tell me how you have dealt and/or are dealing with this problem. Please respond directly to me: Linh.Wong(a)tauranga.govt.nz Thank you Linh Wong Cataloguer Tauranga City Libraries Tauranga New Zealand Phone: (07) 577 7223 E-mail: Linh.Wong(a)tauranga.govt.nz ********************************************************************* This e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you should notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete this message from your system. Making improper use of the information contained in this e-mail is prohibited and may expose you to legal challenge or penalties. Statements in this e-mail and any attachments do not necessarily reflect the views of the Tauranga City Council (TCC) The TCC takes extensive precautions with the aim of detecting and removing any virus or defects from its e-mail system but accepts no liability for loss or damage should this e-mail not be virus or defect free or should there be any errors in transmission. Please consider our environment... do you really need to print this email? **********************************************************************

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Constituency Review of RDA
by Chris Todd 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

Greetings Cataloguers The following text is the comments sent to the Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA from Senior Cataloguers at the National Library. The final date for the submission of comments was February 2nd and comments received from the various constituents will be posted on the RDA website http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/jsc/rdafulldraft.html . The only other set of comments I'm aware of so far are those from Sweden, which are available at http://www.biblioteksforeningen.org/komm/katalog/pdf/sweden_comments%20on%2… RDA full draft - Constituency Review of full draft Comments from the National Library of New Zealand January 30 2009 The comments below reflect our views of the aspects of the draft we have been able to examine during the review period. We do not claim to have looked the entire draft in detail. 1. General Comments · We consider the overall structure of the draft to be sound. The basic division into attributes and relationships reinforces a useful way of thinking for cataloguers · At a general level we think we can work with these rules as currently written · The lack of references to principles except at the highest level is very disappointing and repeats a failing of AACR. We consider that this will limit the ability of cataloguers to deal with new situations and encourage a “case- law” rather than a principles-based approach to cataloguing · It seems that there is a requirement to record attributes and primary relationships for each of the Group 1 entities only when a work exists in more than one expression. Thus if there is only one expression of a work, there is no need to record a relationship between a manifestation and that expression, or between a manifestation and the work. Rules 0.6.5 and 17.3 plus the examples in Chapters 6,7, 17 and Appendix M have lead us to this conclusion, although there we could find no explicit statements to support our view. If recording primary relationships is not required, or not applicable, for a large percentage of resources, we consider that this should be clearly specified in RDA. We are also concerned at the impact this non-recording could have on the effective display and retrieval of bibliographic information in the longer term. · The use of controlled vocabularies is useful, but the use of “other” for new terms is not - it dates data very quickly and lends itself to local practice and workarounds. Better to have guidance on how and when to use a term that doesn’t appear in the list. 2. Specific Comments · 0.6 Core elements Language is not a core element at present. We would like to see it a core element as an attribute of expressions for the content types where language applies. At present it appears that language is only added when needed to distinguish entities or it could be that there is an implicit assumption that language will be part of an encoding standard. We consider language to be a fundamental element in fulfilment of the FRBR user tasks and therefore that it should be a core element in RDA. · Chapters 6 and 7 cover attributes of works and expressions. We cannot see the need for a structure that places some attributes of works in one chapter and other attributes in a different chapter (and similarly for expressions), particularly when individual rules do not always identify the entity to which the instruction applies, e.g. rule 7.11.2.1. · 6.3.1.3 - Form of work looks like an area where a defined list would be useful, taking into account the comment under above about the use of controlled vocabularies. It would be very easy to generate duplicate work records based on different terms for the same form without some kind of control. 3. Examples · 1.8.4. · The first example lacks a full reference to what appears on the source of information · The second example shows an unexplained (and unnecessary?) chang e of punctuation - from the use of a hyphen “1961-2” to the use of a slash “1961/1962” · 6.2.10.1 The King of the Hill example is poorly chosen. This episode title is also the title of a completely different television program. A different episode title would avoid this confusion. · 6.7.1.3 Form of Old English example does not match the form listed in ISO639-2 · 6.12.1.4 Form of Ancient Greek example does not match the form listed in ISO639-2 · 6.2.2.5. Exception. Anonymous works written in neither Greek nor in the preferred script of the agency. · The first 3 examples would be more explicit if the preferred language of the agency was stated. · The description of the final example should include both language and script preference of the agency to support the choice of title · 7.16.1.3. The example for a bibliography includes page numbers. If recording supplementary content is an expression-level attribute, pagination is not appropriate as this can change between manifestations of the same expression. Chris (Christine) Todd Team Leader, Cataloguing Team 1, Content Services, National Library of New Zealand. Telephone: (04) 474 3093 Fax: (04) 474 3161 Email: chris.todd(a)natlib.govt.nz

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by Craig Turney 01 Feb '09

01 Feb '09

Unsubscribe Craig Turney Special Services Librarian Wellington Institute of Technology Private Bag 39803 WELLINGTON MAIL CENTRE Tel: 09 920 2783 Mob: 021 0434 797

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Advice on how to catalogue series
by Jill Jordan 28 Jan '09

28 Jan '09

Hi, I'm the cataloguer at the Far North District Libraries and am struggling with the new series rules. Can anyone advise how the 490 and 8XX are to work? My understanding is that the 490 tag is not searchable. Therefore, an 8XX tag is used. Would this normally be an 800 with the author's name followed by the series title? When is an 830 tag used? What are you doing about a series that currently has 440 tag and new items come in for the same series? Are you changing all the 440s for that series to 490 and adding the appropriate 8XX tag? Any advice you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Cheers Jill Jordan Technical Services Librarian Procter Library 6 Cobham Road Kerikeri Ph: 4070781 Extension 6351

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Cataloguing study - sponsorship opportunities
by Sarah Allnutt 17 Dec '08

17 Dec '08

Are you thinking about studying in 2009? You may be currently completing a library qualification or looking for professional development opportunities. CatSIG is pleased to announce two sponsorship opportunities in the following cataloguing courses: ***INFO 546 - Bibliographic Organisation Creation of bibliographic records for library resources, including: original cataloguing using AACR2, MARC, DDC, LCSH; cataloguing digital resources using metadata schemes such as the Dublin Core; evaluation of bibliographic utilities as sources for copy cataloguing; and managing cataloguing operations. Course runs in Trimester 2 (July to October) 2009 at Victoria University, Wellington. Students can study on campus or by distance. This paper can be completed as part of the Masters of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) qualification, or as a single Certificate of Proficiency (COP). The COP is suitable for * graduate librarians and information professionals wishing to update their professional knowledge, or extend it into fresh areas of information management. * graduates who are considering entry to the profession and want to experience postgraduate learning. Acceptance is dependent on applicants holding a university degree/appropriate library qualification or extensive experience. For more information about the course see http://www.sim.vuw.ac.nz/degrees/mlis/546-details.aspx For more information about the (MLIS) programme, including enrolment information: http://www.sim.vuw.ac.nz/degrees/mlis/ CatSIG sponsorship will cover the tuition fee (domestic: $945.00) .................................................. ***72272 Cataloguing and Classification This course builds on and enhances library skills by introducing you to the principles and practice of cataloguing and classification. It is designed to enable you to apply international standards in the creation of catalogue records. You will also be able to analyse the international standards and to develop a critical understanding of the contemporary issues affecting cataloguing and catalogue management. This course is run by the Open Polytechnic from 20 July 2009 and is a distance learning course. For more information see http://www.openpolytechnic.ac.nz/programmesandcourses/courses/72272 Pre-requisites: 72171 Library Systems and Processes or equivalent knowledge and experience. CatSIG sponsorship will cover the tuition fee (New Zealand: $560.00) ................................................ * You do not have to be a CatSIG member to apply. * CatSIG cannot guarantee entry to these courses. Our selection of a student is conditional on their acceptance into either course. Applicants must ensure they have the correct pre-requisites before applying. * CatSIG will confirm sponsorship to the successful applicant when they have been selected for the course. The applicant will have responsibility for their own enrolment and acceptance into the course and the initial fees payment. CatSIG will reimburse the full tuition fee when it can be shown that the applicant has completed and passed the course. In your application to CatSIG (1-2 paragraphs) please state which course you are applying for, give a brief outline of your background and work experience, and how completing the desired cataloguing paper would benefit you professionally. Please email applications and enquiries to Janess.Stewart(a)natlib.govt.nz Applications close 31 March 2008.

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Fwd: [rules] [ccda] RDA full draft
by Chris Todd 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

For those of you currently attempting to print out copies of the RDA full draft, this email from John Attig provides a very useful explanation of what has been happening behind the scenes. His final paragraph also suggests looking at the sample workflows and we will definitely be taking that advice here at the National Library. Chris Todd Chris (Christine) Todd Team Leader, Monos Plus Team, Content Services, National Library of New Zealand. Telephone: (04) 474 3093 Fax: (04) 474 3161 Email: chris.todd(a)natlib.govt.nz >>> John Attig <jxa16(a)psulias.psu.edu> 20/11/2008 8:14 a.m. >>> There have been a lot of posts about the RDA Full Draft and I would like to clarify a few things and to make some recommendations. First, I sympathize with the problems that everyone is having downloading and printing the files. I had similar problems. With several of the longer files, I had to restart the download when it seemed to hang up. I saved the files to my hard drive before printing (others have suggested a CD). I had problems printing a fair number of pages in Chapters 6, 9 and 11; everything else seemed to print without problems. There were some pages that I had to print on other printers which (I suspect) had more memory. John offered some other suggestions. I apologize on behalf of the Co-Publishers for the unsatisfactory nature of the PDF files. The developers tried very hard to provide the text of RDA for this review in a version of the RDA software, so that you could see it as it was meant to be seen. It was only at the end of the day on November 6 that a decision was made that this would not be possible. At that point, some of the work may have been done on an output format for the PDF files, but none of them had yet been created. This was all done late in the process. The Joint Steering Committee no longer has direct control over the text of RDA. This is why the PDF files were posted on the rdaonline.org site and not on the JSC site. The final edits for the full draft were turned over to the developers by the JSC Editor early in September and the developers spent considerable time and effort to make all of the changes that the JSC had specified and to convert all of the data to XML format. The JSC has had no interaction with the text of RDA since September. Second, you will note in the cover letter ("Transfer of the draft text" at the bottom of page 1) that the process of converting the text to XML introduced a large number of typographical errors as described in the cover letter. In addition, the process of creating the PDF files introduced a number of additional typographical errors that are not present in the underlying XML data. If there had been sufficient time, both of these categories of error could have been eliminated; however, a decision was made that it was more important to get the text out for you to review than to make the text at this stage. A full and rigorous proofreading will take place before the final product is released and these errors will be eliminated. Although the cover letter suggests that you may report typographical errors, my advice is to try to ignore them and not to be distracted by incidental errors while you are reviewing the text for major problems. In general, I would advise that you approach this exercise with a great deal of patience and tolerance. We know that this is not an ideal situation, but the situation is what it is. The exercise at hand is to review the text looking for inconsistencies or other major problems that have not yet been identified. I hope that you can try to filter out the distractions caused by incidental errors and concentrate on larger issues. Third, Greta de Groat mentioned the sample workflow for monographs that is included among the supplementary files. I would urge that you look at this. In practice, RDA will not be used by reading through entire chapters, much less the entire text, but rather it will be used in a particular context to create particular bibliographic or authority records. We hope that RDA can be integrated by ILS vendors into their software so that the workforms that you use to create records can be linked to the appropriate RDA instructions. Another way in which RDA can be used in context is to follow a workflow such as those provided as samples. Users of the RDA online product will be able to use such workflows, to create their own, and to share workflows with other users. The workflow is another way of guiding you through the instructions to the particular sections of RDA that you will need to apply. Designing your own workflow for types of records you routinely create -- even if only a brief outline -- could be very helpful in your review of RDA. If there is anything else that I can help to clarify, please let me know. John Attig ALA Rep to the JSC

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