[DCRM-L] 510 citation form for record in British Library online catalog

[Karen Attar]

I’d say “Main catalogue” for the British Library, as being clearer for anyone coming from the outside. But best to get an opinion from somebody at the BL.

Concerning the working principles, expansion of citation forms is on the whole welcome: references to book titles could be very cryptic before. But is there an argument for keeping “ESTC” as “ESTC”, given that the term is concise, clear, very well known, and widely cited? (Ditto STC and Wing.) And can we not treat the word “entry” as a given?

Best wishes,
Karen

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From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Manon Theroux
Sent: 22 September 2015 02:12
To: DCRM Revision Group List <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
Subject: [DCRM-L] 510 citation form for record in British Library online catalog

SCF has instructions for citing records in online catalogs at the bottom of this page:
http://rbms.info/scf/working-principles/
Here is the model I want to follow:
510 4_ $a English short title catalogue, $c entry R202726 $u http://estc.bl.uk/R202726

Here is the record I want to cite:
http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=BLVU1&afterPDS=true&institution=BL&docId=BLL01004839781

Is the name of the catalog "Explore the British Library"?? Or maybe it's "Main catalogue"??

510 4_ $a Explore the British Library, $c entry 004839781
vs.
510 4_ $a British Library. Main catalogue, $c entry 004839781
I took the 510 $c from the MARC 001 field, called the "Identifier" in the public display.

I'd like to add a 510 $u as well but the URL for the record is so long and ugly. Is there an easy way to construct "Permalinks" for records in this catalog?
I'm not really familiar with Primo discovery layers ...

Thanks,

Manon

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Manon Théroux
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