Editing DLC or Good Member Copy

Editing Library of Congress copy (DLC)

The bibliographic record is edited to provide the most accurate description of the book in hand. Fondren Library follows OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards.

Locate bibliographic record in Sirsi

Search by

• control number
• author
• title
• ISBN number
• ISSN number ( for serials)
• OCLC number

Verify that you have the correct bibliographic record. Match all these elements:

• author
• title
• ISBN
• ISSN (serials)
• publisher
• date of publication
• edition
• DtSt (fixed field) – for current serials, make sure this = ‘c’.

Edit bibliographic record

Fixed fields

When cataloging DLC or GMC copy it is only necessary to edit the fixed fields listed here. Any other fixed fields can be skipped.

Enc_Lvl (Elvl, Encoding Level)

• blank = full level
• 4 = core level
• 7 = minimal level
• 8 =  CIP

Dat_Tp (DtSt, Type of Date)

• s = single date
• r = reprint
• t = pub date and copyright date
• c = currently published (serials)
• d = ceased (serials)
• m = multiple dates
  

*Date1, Date2 (Dates )
Date of publication, copyright or printing date (latest date).  This date will also be in  |c of the 260 field and the date in the call number (with the exception of conferences with a 111 Main Entry, where actual date of conference appears in call number).  (NOTE*: for serials*, Date 1 matches the first date in 362 field instead of 260 |c.)

Ctry (Country of Publication)
The first listed place of publication. Use the code found in MARC Code List for Countries.

Lang
The main language of book in hand. Use the codes found in MARC Code List for Languages.

Variable fields

Verify and edit the variable fields:

010
LC control number

020
ISBN number:  the number on the cover of the book takes precedence over the one on the title page verso.  If it is a dual publication, there should be a field for each ISBN number.  There may be separate ISBNs (both 10 & 13-digit versions) for: dual publishing houses, hardback & paperback, as well as E-books.  In some instances the 10-digit ISBN will appear on both book cover and t.p. verso, whereas the 13-digit ISBN will only appear on the cover.  Some libraries continue to place 13-digit ISBNs in an 024 field, with a first indicator of 3.  These should be changed to 020 (no indicator).

022
ISSN number: standard number for serial (may appear on front or back cover, masthead, title page verso, etc.).

024
See 020 above

050
Library of Congress call number

082
Dewey Decimal call number

086
Government Documents Classification Number.  If the book is about an individual state, cataloger can receive it.  If the book deals with the federal government, check with Government Publications to see if they will receive a copy.  If so, the book in hand should be returned.

090
Local call number

100
Main Entry -- Personal name

110
Main Entry – Corporate name

111
Main Entry – Conference name.

Name Authority – Names must be in exactly the same form as in the Name Authority record. 

• The cataloger confirms that there is an authority record in Sirsi for names which are not straightforward and for names which have 4xx (qualifying) fields on Library of Congress name authority (LCNA) records. (See Name Authorities Guidelines, Section VI, Chapter A)
• If the name is not in the Sirsi authority file, search the LCNA file.  If the LCNA contains a 4XX field, report to DBM in one of two ways:

• Print a copy of the bibliographic record, put the LCNA number at the end of the name, circle the tag (100, 710, etc.), write NA with the date and cataloger’s initials in the upper right-hand corner of the print-out and place in the Database Management basket, or
• Print name authority record, write NA with the date and cataloger's initials in the upper right-hand corner of the print-out, and place in the Database Management basket to be added to the Sirsi authority file.
• When there is no authority record in Sirsi or OCLC, print the bibliographic record, circle the tag, put a question mark (?) before the tag, and place in the DBM basket.  Date and initial the print-out.

130
Main entry – Uniform title - title by which a work is identified for cataloging purposes when the work has appeared under varying titles.  When the work is a translation add a subfield |l with the language of the translation.  When the main entry is an author (100, 110, or 111 field), use field 240 for the uniform title.

Filing indicators – Check filing indicator, whenever present, for accuracy.  The first indicator in field 130 shows the number of nonfiling characters.  The number of nonfiling characters is equal to the number of characters in the article, plus spaces, punctuation, and diacritics that precede the first significant word.  If the title does not begin with an article, the first indicator is 0.  Current practice is to enter a uniform title without articles and use 0.

130 _0  Blaue Engel.

240
Uniform title – title by which a work is identified for cataloging purposes, when the work has appeared under varying titles.  As in the 130 (Main Entry) field above, if the work is a translation there must be a subfield l with the language of the translation.  In the 240 field the second indicator shows the number of nonfiling characters; current practice, as in the 130 field, is to enter the uniform title without article and use second indicator 0.

245
Title statement

            |a  title as it appears on the title page of the book in hand.

            |a  [serials] if title on piece differs, replace 245 with newer title and move old title to a 247 note.

            |b subtitle(s) - use a colon to separate subtitle elements; use = to separate parallel titles.

            |c statement of responsibility - authors, editors, photographers, translators, anyone who contributed to the book - separate elements with semicolons.

            |c [serials] if issuing body on piece differs, replace 245 with current name and include superseded information in a 550 note.

Filing indicators – In a 245 field the first indicator shows whether there is to be an added entry for title, i.e. whether a 1XX field is present.  The second indicator shows the number of nonfiling characters. NOTE:  Check filing indicator, whenever present, for accuracy.

The filing indicator shows the number of nonfiling characters.  The number of nonfiling characters is equal to the number of characters in the article, plus spaces, punctuation, and diacritics that precede the first significant word.  If the title does not begin with an article, the filing indicator is 0.

245 00 Essays on Kant.

(no 1XX field, no beginning article)

100 1_  Kant, Immanuel,|d 1724-1804.

245 10  Notes and fragments.

(1XX field, no beginning article)

246
Varying Form of Title – Enter varying forms of the title: portion of title, cover title, etc.  Do not enter initial articles in subfield a.  For a title with an ampersand or numeral in the first 5 words of the 245 field, there must be a 246 with “and” or the numeral spelled out.

245 00  Me & my shadow
246 3   Me and my shadow

245 00  1001 Arabian nights
246 3    One thousand one …

Second filing indicators (246):

            _0 = portion of title

            _1 = parallel title

            _2 = distinctive title (serials)

            _3 = other title (serials)

            _4 = cover title

            _5 = added title page

            _6 = caption title

            _7 = running title

            _8 = spine title           

 

260
Publication, Distribution, Etc.

            |a place

            |b publisher/distributor - taken from the title page, t.p. verso, or colophon

            |c date of publication

            |c [serials] if place and/or publisher differs, update 260 and include superseded

            information in a 500 note.

 

263
Projected date of publication (month & year)

300
Physical Description

|a pagination - number of consecutively numbered pages; 1 v. (various pagings) for non-consecutively numbered pages.  Plates are noted here, following pagination, with the number of plates in brackets if unnumbered in the book, or unbracketed if numbered

300     xvi, 250 p., [8] p. of plates …

            |b ill. – any illustrations (with maps noted specifically)

            |c size of the book in centimeters. If size is 42 cm or larger, item type is OVERSIZE

            |e [# and type of computer disk]:

;|c24 cm. +|e1 computer disk (3 ½ in.)

or:

;|c24 cm. +|e1 laser optical disc (4 ¾ in.)

For CIP cataloging, fill in required elements of the 300 field as above.

310.  Current Publication Frequency [Serials] – Make sure frequency matches that described in item; if different, put current frequency in 310 and move old frequency to 321; add subfield |f to both notes to indicate dates each frequency was in effect.

 

362
Dates of Publication and Volume Designation [Serials] – Check numeric/chronological designation against item; if different, either add new numbering to this field or describe in a 515 note. 

362 0  Vol. 1, no. 1 (June 1962) – v. 29, no. 4 (Mar. 1991); no. 116-

First filing indicators (362):

            0_ = formatted

            1_ = unformatted

400, 410, 411
Series Statement / Personal, Corporate or Conference Names.

440.
Series Statement / Added Entry – Obsolete field. Use 490 field now for all series statement.

490
Series Statement – Title is not traced or is traced differently.  First indicator shows whether series is not traced or is traced in a different form.

First filing indicators (490):

            1_ = Series title traced differently - there is an 8xx field.

            0_ = Series title not traced

500
General Note:  Any notes which will further describe features of this particular work (see 500 Notes We Find Useful).

504
Bibliography, Etc. Note

505
Contents Notes: titles and authors of articles or chapters in the book.

515
Numbering Peculiarities Note  [Serials] – For frequency changes too complicated for the 362 field.

546
Language notes.

586
Awards notes.

590
Gift notes, notes indicating temporary locations, status  ("Currently on CD STO-decision shelf" ; "defective copy"), or notes for accompanying materials (see Mixed Media).

6XX
Subject fields are checked for typos and egregious errors.

600, 610, 611
Names must meet guidelines for name authorities (See 100 field discussion),

7XX
Authors, editors, contributors to the book.  Names must meet name authority guidelines or print-outs must be sent to DBM (See 100 field discussion).

780, 785
[Serials]. If a previous or later title is included in a linking field, search Sirsi for these titles also; if earlier or later holdings are found, consider treating as a title change rather than as an entirely new record. 

800
Series added entry, personal name.  Traced form of series title from 490.  Indicators are same as for 100 field.

830
Series added entry, uniform title.  Traced form of series title from 490.  Second indicator shows number of non-filing characters.

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Editing Good Member Copy (GMC)

Follow same procedures as above. Special care should be paid to both call numbers and subject headings for validity and accuracy. Also, any purely local subject headings (easily identifiable by unusual indicators or by language other than English) should be deleted.