[DCRM-L] subfield $5 in 6xx

Thu Dec 15 14:05:43 MST 2016

I'm hesitant to reply because I feel like I'm missing something, but why
would you not use 655 fields for paper terms if the brochure is about
General Mills recruitment, not about paper?

Christopher D. Cook
Special Collections Cataloging Coordinator
The Ohio State University

On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 3:57 PM, Schneider, Nina <nschneider at humnet.ucla.edu
> wrote:

> I just came across a real-life situation in which adding subfield $5 to
> subject headings might actually work:
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> A few years ago, the Clark Library received a donation of a few hundred
> books and pamphlets relating to the printing and paper industry that
> belonged to a collector and graphic arts instructor. I’m finishing up the
> last shelf and have just run across a 24 page recruitment brochure for
> General Mills (which also owns Eddie Bauer and the Olive Garden – who
> knew?). There are two stickers adhered to the front cover of this brochure.
> One is from Zellerbach Paper Co., the other has specs on the paper and
> printing technique to create this brochure. The reason this was collected
> is because it’s a sample of specific papers with their printing properties.
> It was likely distributed by Zellerbach to their own clients.
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> I will catalog it in OCLC as a General Mills recruitment brochure but if
> subfield $5 is approved, I could add additional subject access for paper
> and printing headings.
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> Nina M. Schneider
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> Chair, RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee
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> Rare Books Librarian
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> William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
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> 2520 Cimarron Street
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> Los Angeles, CA  90018
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> (323) 731-8529
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> nschneider at humnet.ucla.edu
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> http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/clarklib/
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> *From:* Schneider, Nina
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 14, 2016 12:00 PM
> *To:* dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu
> *Subject:* RE: MARC Advisory Committee papers
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> Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Francis. The questions at the
> end of Discussion Paper no. 2017-DP05 are interesting and relevant to our
> community. I think it would be helpful if we could provide feedback.
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> The questions are:
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> 5. QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSSION
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> *5.1.* Is the need to provide the information that a specific institution
> has added a subject heading according to its rules and regulations to a
> MARC record esteemed beneficial?
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> *5.2.* Does the definition of a subfield $5 in the fields 6XX solve the
> issue?
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> *5.3.* Or is there an existing format element which can be used instead?
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> *5.4.* Are there any potential problems that should be taken into account?
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> There have been times when I’ve cataloged something and hoped to use a 6xx
> field to help locate materials on a specific subject. In fact, there are
> many instances of acquiring certain materials we wouldn’t consider
> otherwise based solely on the subject of one aspect of the manifestation –
> a mention of Oscar Wilde’s tombstone in a book on stonecutting, for
> example. Our Wilde scholars would like to know that there is information
> about Epstein’s work in an unexpected resource, but aren’t interested in in
> the subject of stonecutting. Since this piece of information is important
> to us, but not to everyone else, the subfield $5 is one way to handle
> it...but this information is not copy-specific and I think that it could
> become confusing for researchers. Librarians and catalogers have become
> accustomed to understanding subfield $5 as copy-specific, so would adding
> it to additional 6xx fields cause unnecessary confusion? I know there is
> (or was) a 69x field for local subject access fields. Perhaps this could be
> used instead and if there are multiple libraries from the same institution
> interested in different aspects of a work, they could add their own
> institution code to subfield $5.
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> Nina M. Schneider
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> Chair, RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee
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> Rare Books Librarian
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> William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
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> 2520 Cimarron Street
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> Los Angeles, CA  90018
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> (323) 731-8529
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> nschneider at humnet.ucla.edu
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> http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/clarklib/
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> *From:* dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu
> <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu>] *On Behalf Of *Lapka, Francis
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 14, 2016 5:36 AM
> *To:* dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu
> *Subject:* [DCRM-L] MARC Advisory Committee papers
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> The Midwinter agenda of the MARC Advisory Committee is now available here (
> http://www.loc.gov/marc/mac/mw2017_age.html), and copied below.
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> At least two agenda topics may be of particular interest to our community:
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> -          Proposal No. 2017-05: Defining a New Subfield in Field 340 to
> Record Color Content in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
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> -          Discussion Paper No. 2017-DP05: Providing Institution Level
> Information by Defining Subfield $5 in the 6XX Fields of the MARC 21
> Bibliographic Format.
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> I’d be happy to forward any comments.
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> Francis
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> MARC Advisory Committee
> (MAC) ALA Midwinter CONFERENCE
> January 21-22, 2017
> Atlanta, GA DRAFT AGENDA (December 13, 2016)
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> *S**aturday, January 21, 2017, 8:30-10:00 a.m.* *(Georgia World Congress
> Center (GWCC), A316)*
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>    1. Introduction of members
>    2. Approval of minutes from MAC's June 2016 meetings
>    3. Proposal No. 2017-01 <http://www.loc.gov/marc/mac/2017/2017-01.html>:
>    Redefining Subfield $4 to Encompass URIs for Relationships in the MARC 21
>    Authority and Bibliographic Formats
>    4. Discussion Paper No. 2017-DP01 (pending): Use of $0 and $1 to
>    Capture Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) in MARC 21 Formats
>    5. Discussion Paper No. 2017-DP02
>    <http://www.loc.gov/marc/mac/2017/2017-dp02.html>: Defining Field 758
>    (Related Work Identifier) in the MARC 21 Authority and Bibliographic Formats
>    6. Proposal No. 2017-02 <http://www.loc.gov/marc/mac/2017/2017-02.html>:
>    Defining New Subfields $i, $3, and $4 in Field 370 of the MARC 21
>    Bibliographic and Authority Formats
>    7. Proposal No. 2017-03 <http://www.loc.gov/marc/mac/2017/2017-03.html>:
>    Defining New Subfields $i and $4 in Field 386 of the MARC 21 Bibliographic
>    and Authority Formats
>    8. Business meeting/Library of Congress report/Other
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> *Sunday, January 22, 2017, 3:00-5:30 p.m.* *(Georgia World Congress
> Center (GWCC), A316)*
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>    1. Continuation of any discussion from previous meeting.
>    2. Proposal No. 2017-04 <http://www.loc.gov/marc/mac/2017/2017-04.html>:
>    Using a Classification Record Control Number as a Link in the MARC 21
>    Bibliographic and Authority Formats
>    3. Proposal No. 2017-05 <http://www.loc.gov/marc/mac/2017/2017-05.html>:
>    Defining a New Subfield in Field 340 to Record Color Content in the MARC 21
>    Bibliographic Format
>    4. Proposal No. 2017-06 <http://www.loc.gov/marc/mac/2017/2017-06.html>:
>    Adding Subfields $b, $2, and $0 to Field 567 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic
>    Format
>    5. Proposal No. 2017-07 <http://www.loc.gov/marc/mac/2017/2017-07.html>:
>    Adding Value “No information provided” to the First Indicator of Field 070
>    in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
>    6. Discussion Paper No. 2017-DP03
>    <http://www.loc.gov/marc/mac/2017/2017-dp03.html>: Defining New Fields
>    to Record Accessibility Content in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
>    7. Discussion Paper No. 2017-DP04
>    <http://www.loc.gov/marc/mac/2017/2017-dp04.html>: Defining Subfields
>    $u, $r and $z in Field 777 of the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
>    8. Discussion Paper No. 2017-DP05
>    <http://www.loc.gov/marc/mac/2017/2017-dp05.html>: Providing
>    Institution Level Information by Defining Subfield $5 in the 6XX Fields of
>    the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
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> Francis Lapka  ·  Catalog Librarian
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> Dept. of Rare Books and Manuscripts
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> Yale Center for British Art
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> 203.432.9672 <(203)%20432-9672>  ·  francis.lapka at yale.edu
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