[DCRM-L] DCRM(B) cataloging in OCLC

[Fletcher, Jain]

Hi,
OK, I was waiting for a more official DCRM(B) person to answer (and she
has!) and now it seems it's OK for me to take a turn.  The answer to
number 1 is that you do NOT create a new record in OCLC just because of
the difference in rulebooks used.  Once a master record is in the
system, that is the "placeholder" for the bibliographic entity that it
matches. If you want to change the record to reflect DCRM(B), that will
show up in your local file when you export/update/produce the record.
But making a new record is not justified in this case.

There is a section of BF&S, called "When to Input a New Record".  It can
be found at this link:
<http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/input/default.shtm>.  The answer to
this question is under the heading, "Cataloging rules".  I hope this
helps.
						--Jain


Jain Fletcher
Principal Cataloger & Head, Technical Services Division 
Department of Special Collections 
Young Research Library - UCLA Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575

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-----Original Message-----
From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On
Behalf Of Deborah J. Leslie
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 12:20 PM
To: DCRM Revision Group List
Subject: RE: [DCRM-L] DCRM(B) cataloging in OCLC

Hi Amanda.

I'd like to hear other people's answers to number 1. For your second
question, code Desc "a" and use dcrmb in 040. Desc "a" is used because
DCRM(B) is an expansion of AACR2. 
__________________________
Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S.
Head of Cataloging
Folger Shakespeare Library
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Washington, D.C. 20003
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-----Original Message-----
From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On
Behalf Of Sprochi, Amanda K.
Sent: Wednesday, 12 September, 2007 15:04
To: dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu
Subject: [DCRM-L] DCRM(B) cataloging in OCLC

Hi Folks:

I'm a newbie rare books cataloger, and had a question for those of you
who use DCRM(B) on OCLC. If there already exists a record on OCLC for an
item using AACR2, and I want to use DCRM(B), 
A) do I make a new record, or use the already existing one (we do not
have enhance status on OCLC)
B) how do I code the fixed fields to indicate that it's DCRM(B)? It's my
understanding one uses $e dcmrb in the 040 and leaves the Desc field
blank, but I'm not sure. 

Thanks! I'm in the process of recataloging our collection here at
Mizzou, and would like to get it right.
amanda

Amanda Sprochi
Health Sciences Cataloger
J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library
University of Missouri-Columbia
Health Sciences Center
One Hospital Drive
Columbia, MO  65212
(573) 882-0461
sprochia at health.missouri.edu

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