[DCRM-L] Determining bibliographical format

Thu Jun 20 12:03:33 MDT 2019

My institution (OCLC institution code: XII) started using the 340 $m a few months ago, assuming its purpose is to give the element its own subfield in preparation for linked data. When we add a bibliographic format to the 300 $c we also add it to the 340 $m. We didn't even consider that institutions might be using it for size. I see that the issue is on the agenda for the RBMS Technical Services Discussion Group meeting June 23. I'm unable to attend, unfortunately, but am interested in the outcome.

~Kate

[Saint Louis University]

Kate S. Moriarty, MSW, MLS

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Rare Book Catalog Librarian, Professor

Saint Louis University

Pius XII Memorial Library

3650 Lindell Blvd., #320-2, St. Louis, MO 63108

314-977-3024

kate.moriarty at slu.edu
http://lib.slu.edu/special-collections

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Forgive me if I'm repeating something already said. I may have missed one or more of the contributions to this thread.

Anyhow, this discussion, and Richard's most recent questions in particular, lead me to wonder whether the issue here is--in part, at least--local data versus the more generalized/generalizable data that appears in master records.

If the format information in the 340s in question is indeed from a British Library batch load, then haven't the BL catalogers recorded in those fields data that refers their own particular shelving system? In other words, have they recorded local data in these fields? I checked Bibliographic Formats and Standards, and the 340 subfield list does does not include a $5, "Institution to which field applies." That absence suggests that the 340 wasn't designed for local data but only for the kind of more generalized data that is appropriate for master records.

All this to say, when we encounter these fields, we need to try to determine whether they contain information regarding a particular institution, such as a library's shelving practice (data which shouldn't be even be there without appropriate coding); or information, such as printing format, that applies to all of the manifestations of an expression (if I'm using those terms correctly).

On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 10:55 AM Noble, Richard <richard_noble at brown.edu<mailto:richard_noble at brown.edu>> wrote:
Both definitions are oversimplified to an extreme, but the MARC version is less misleading and somewhat less apt to invite misleading information into the record.

If the 340s under discussion are indeed the product of a BL batchload (that's what I'm seeing: $d UKMGB), then my guess is that it simply reports where BL shelves a given book according to spine height. Untutored catalogers may report anything in 2's as "folio", 4's as "4to", 8's as "8vo", etc., which may be incidentally correct or entirely wrong, and in the case of a large proportion of books printed after about 1830 or 1840 (depending on location) meaningless without further analysis of sometimes quite subtle evidence, or direct report concerning the printing process.

The question is what to do with a misleading 340 field when editing a master record--when, for instance, it would be incompatible with a properly established format value in 300 $c. Leave it, because it meant something to somebody as it stands? Ditch it, especially when it's inapplicable? Correct it, when it contradicts the facts?

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On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 4:15 PM Lapka, Francis <francis.lapka at yale.edu<mailto:francis.lapka at yale.edu>> wrote:

OCLC’s Jay Weitz emailed off-list to confirm that OCLC has not added format information (340 $m) to records.  As Noah and Honor mention, the data may come from a BL batch upload.

Jay noticed differences in RDA<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.rdaregistry.info_termList_bookFormat_&d=DwMFaQ&c=Pk_HpaIpE_jAoEC9PLIWoQ&r=QSy4pRGGbiThTdgoQBlcY2x2yDw8YVh-wlJwuoAA0XM&m=mfAX99lm-m9Ra8bVfCtHhUGSdsDgnSPkoTcguslvgGI&s=7xKD7lNVil4slZePPSEmRyQVlLlByFygu9Q2RwhiK6U&e=> and MARC21<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.loc.gov_marc_bibliographic_bd340.html&d=DwMFaQ&c=Pk_HpaIpE_jAoEC9PLIWoQ&r=QSy4pRGGbiThTdgoQBlcY2x2yDw8YVh-wlJwuoAA0XM&m=mfAX99lm-m9Ra8bVfCtHhUGSdsDgnSPkoTcguslvgGI&s=XNau5-8ggoqQMifOcHTfPM5sDmElCWRcMk1QsZXJL-4&e=> terminology for format. The RDA language matched MARC until 2016, when RDA was revised at the recommendation<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.rda-2Drsc.org_RSC_RareWG_4&d=DwMFaQ&c=Pk_HpaIpE_jAoEC9PLIWoQ&r=QSy4pRGGbiThTdgoQBlcY2x2yDw8YVh-wlJwuoAA0XM&m=mfAX99lm-m9Ra8bVfCtHhUGSdsDgnSPkoTcguslvgGI&s=CGxFaghuDboMclR5owM823wiJ-ALZeyIchrhBcAnOQ4&e=> of the RSC’s Rare Materials Working Group. Should we beseech the MARC Advisory Committee to revise its terminology to match? The BIBFRAME terminology for BookFormat<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__id.loc.gov_ontologies_bibframe.html-23c-5FBookFormat&d=DwMFaQ&c=Pk_HpaIpE_jAoEC9PLIWoQ&r=QSy4pRGGbiThTdgoQBlcY2x2yDw8YVh-wlJwuoAA0XM&m=mfAX99lm-m9Ra8bVfCtHhUGSdsDgnSPkoTcguslvgGI&s=4_ZdXUwt26vItSbsXYOFId2G1bRDQt7codY1lslaxKs&e=> echoes MARC.

Francis

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I remember discussing this topic on this list back in January. A few of us concluded at the time that a British Library batch upload was the likely source of many of the records with problematic 340s.

On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 8:47 PM Noble, Richard <richard_noble at brown.edu<mailto:richard_noble at brown.edu>> wrote:

The format terms are variously understood; those who understand it as something other than a convenient shorthand for size or number of leaves surrounding a thread are probably in a major minority.

The assumption regarding the addition  of parenthetical format to the 300 under dcrmb is that it should be an educated and accurate identification of the basic printing formula, regardless of complexities and anomalies having to do with sheet size and the number of pages in a forme (the basis of format), or the inevitable eddies in printers' workflow. This is the necessary precursor to understanding which components of the whole book are subject to variations of state that do not amount to a distinction of manifestations.

What I have seen of 340 format fields clearly indicates that they are not based on such analysis, and have  more to do with size (perhaps exclusively) or to the number of leaves in a normal gathering, which even a neophyte bibliographer knows not to be dispositive evidence of the  number of pages in the formes. OCLC records that I deal with are are all too often heavily overburdened with the detritus of multiple incompatible functions--incompatible, that is, in the disposition to equate vs. the necessity to distinguish bibliographical entities--to accommodate library routines or commercial convenience. This is just another example.

I am now of the opinion that dcrmb and non-dcrmb records should constitute parallel databases. In some cases--where the record ostensibly for a first edition with hundreds of holdings has been encrusted with data from a century's worth of reprints, reissues and obviously different editions (e.g. ISBN's in records for late 19th- or early 20th-c. books)--I have created a new dcrmb record for the thing itself: the existing record cannot be reverted to a proper state by editing, largely because its attached holdings cannot be reliably related to any one manifestation. Many of these records have a plethora of 019s, some of which must have described something quite different.

RICHARD NOBLE :: RARE MATERIALS CATALOGUER :: JOHN HAY LIBRARY

BROWN UNIVERSITY  ::  PROVIDENCE, R.I. 02912  ::  401-863-1187

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On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 4:04 PM Jeff Barton <jpbarton at princeton.edu<mailto:jpbarton at princeton.edu>> wrote:

A question prompted by Richard's comment about "Format = Spine height is not just in recon records."

Are you referring to use of format in the 340 field only, Richard, or also possibly in the 300 Phys Desp field under $c, as the optional format detail, added in addition to size?  (e.g. something like "$c 10 cm (16mo)."   We/ I sometimes add that optional format info for 'early' books, sometimes in tandem with signature statement in a 500 note.

I've always assumed it meant actual format (how the hand-press book was assembled), not shorthand for size.  But that might explain some odd format info I've occasionally seen in records I've seen or even exported from OCLC to add our copy-specific info to -- the format (or what I took to be format) can seem at variance with the book I have in hand.  As I recall I've also occasionally noticed that in ESTC records too, (perhaps only the tentative ones with notes about consulting an actual copy or comparing copies to see what's uniform, if anything).  I've found this puzzling, but use of format to indicate general size shorthand, not actual format, would seem to explain this curiosity.

Thanks to all for raising this question and presenting context!

Jeff Barton

Cotsen Children's Library Cataloger

Rare Books & Special Collections

Princeton University Library

jpbarton at princeton.edu<mailto:jpbarton at princeton.edu>

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The RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee is working with OCLC’s Jay Weitz on a separate project; and I think OCLC’s John Chapman is a subscriber to this list. I am happy to reach out to the two of them for more information.

Francis

Francis Lapka  ·  Senior Catalogue Librarian

Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts

Yale Center for British Art

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Should some formal-ish inter-organizational inquiry be made to OCLC Quality Control, concerning the addition of and criteria for these 340s?

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On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 3:09 PM Mark Seidl <marseidl at vassar.edu<mailto:marseidl at vassar.edu>> wrote:

I double-checked Bibliographic Formats and Standards and found that the 340 |m does, indeed, contain printing format. Even so, with this confusion between format and height floating around, we'll need to be extra vigilant to make sure format does end up in the 340 |m and size, as Christine points out, in the 852 |k where it belongs.

On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 3:02 PM Christine DeZelar-Tiedman <dezel002 at umn.edu<mailto:dezel002 at umn.edu>> wrote:

Yes. Size designators should be in 852 $k, NOT 340

On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 1:45 PM Moody, Honor M. <honor_moody at harvard.edu<mailto:honor_moody at harvard.edu>> wrote:

I saw one of those 340s (presumably added in batch) earlier today, and was not pleased. I know Jackie Dooley was on this list before her retirement, does anyone know if there is an OCLC employee currently subscribed and/or monitoring the list? I think this is worth raising with them (and requesting a deletion in the vast majority of cases).

Honor

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I just want to second Richard's comment and offer my own institution, Vassar, as an example. In Special Collections, we shelve books by three sizes: folio, quarto, and octavo. These denote height and have only a coincidental relationship to the printing format of the books. Further, these distinctions don't appear in our records, except for "Folio" which leads the call numbers for books of that size.

If I understand correctly Richard's remarks about the RDA 340 field, I'm bothered by the possibility of this size information ending up in records where it could be mistaken for printing format designations, which traditionally appear in the 300.

Mark Seidl

On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 2:12 PM Noble, Richard <richard_noble at brown.edu<mailto:richard_noble at brown.edu>> wrote:

Format = Spine height is not just in recon records. There seems to be a recently initiated program (centered I know not where) of wholesale insertion into OCLC records of 340 rda "format" fields, which are clearly a reversion to this ancient and (for rare catalogers) potentially highly misleading descriptive practice. It would seem to be a device for assigning shelving locations, which are in many places given as 12mo, 8vo , 4to, folio. This has nothing to do with the printing format, especially with respect to modern books which may really be e.g. 32mo in 8s or some such thing.

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On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 2:00 PM Moody, Honor M. <honor_moody at harvard.edu<mailto:honor_moody at harvard.edu>> wrote:

It’s not uncommon to see a bibliographic format meaning spine height in recon records in OCLC. If the only/primary difference between the OCLC description and the piece in hand is a difference in bibliographic format, and no height is given in cm, I’ve found it worthwhile to check the public catalog of the creating library (in case they updated locally), or to contact the library to confirm.

Honor

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Something else to keep in mind is that the words used for bibliographic format can also be used for spine height. One of my prized possessions is an "old style" librarian's ruler that shows centimeters on the left edge and spine high terms on the right. See the "Same words, different meanings" section of the Folgerpedia article "Bibliographic format" for my attempted explanation:  https://folgerpedia.folger.edu/Bibliographic_format<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttps-253A-252F-252Furldefense.proofpoint.com-252Fv2-252Furl-253Fu-253Dhttps-2D3A-5F-5Ffolgerpedia.folger.edu-5FBibliographic-2D5Fformat-2526d-253DDwMFaQ-2526c-253DWO-2DRGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ-2526r-253DgfxDZP5m9KyeWhmono1ADELcLUOEQEwGHybTpd5N2Wk-2526m-253Du2kCy4rmLlifYSau3mLugGhb4QZPyPoOuPYelFoBCRw-2526s-253DD27RVllZjipF8kQnzyyb5LtZi6Fg6J4wpc-5FoLfyMcjU-2526e-253D-26data-3D02-257C01-257Cfrancis.lapka-2540yale.edu-257C6b24fd21b92249ce5d9108d6f3246971-257Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c-257C0-257C0-257C636963735068264872-26sdata-3DNauBvxgZ67DjP0Oi0RzZRJHYz8h4PPjvqN9vAGznt8k-253D-26reserved-3D0&d=DwMFaQ&c=Pk_HpaIpE_jAoEC9PLIWoQ&r=QSy4pRGGbiThTdgoQBlcY2x2yDw8YVh-wlJwuoAA0XM&m=mfAX99lm-m9Ra8bVfCtHhUGSdsDgnSPkoTcguslvgGI&s=Ffk_DgdqildOV-O2mc_uRAyVJZffS9AZ2gE6WrfipnI&e=>

See attached for a photo of my beloved ruler!

Erin.

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On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 10:54 AM Mark Seidl <marseidl at vassar.edu<mailto:marseidl at vassar.edu>> wrote:

Dear June,

Worry not--yours is absolutely and appropriate question!

In my experience, dealers' catalogs/descriptions can be useful but also misleading. Some are excellent, others hastily thrown together. In any case, we catalogers need to treat dealer's descriptions with healthy skepticism. I always compare dealers' descriptions with my own collations, going with my own when I'm confident the dealer made a mistake. In short, always verify.

As for your question about the OCLC record for a copy that resembles yours, I and, I think, others who post here would need to know a bit more about the copy you have.

Hope this helps some.

All best,

Mark Seidl

On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 10:36 AM Rutkowski, June <rutkowsk at fas.harvard.edu<mailto:rutkowsk at fas.harvard.edu>> wrote:

I am fresh off of Deborah J. Leslie’s Rare Book Cataloging course at the Rare Book School, and I have my first rare book sitting in front of me.  It’s a French book from 1679.

One question I have is about determining format.  The book dealer says it’s a 24mo.  The gatherings have 6 leaves each, the chain lines are horizontal, and the height is 13 cm.

According to my chart a 24mo with horizontal chain lines cannot have 6 leaves.  I’m thinking it’s a 12mo.

There is a dcrmb record in OCLC for a 12mo copy that is very similar to mine (signatures and number of preliminary pages are different). 973455836.

So, my questions are: how much weight does a cataloger give to a dealer’s description?  And, is the information I’ve provided here (gatherings of 6 leaves, horizontal chain lines, height 13 cm) enough evidence to determine that my book is a 12mo?

If this is an inappropriate question please be gentle with me.  I’m an old cataloger, but a spanking new rare-book cataloger, eager to participate in this community.

Thank you,

June Rutkowski

Cataloger

Harvard Library Information and Technical Services

Cambridge, MA 02139

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Mark Seidl
Special Collections Librarian/Cataloger
Vassar College Libraries
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Special Collections Librarian/Cataloger
Vassar College Libraries
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Christine DeZelar-Tiedman

Metadata and Emerging Technologies Librarian
University of Minnesota Libraries
160 Wilson Library
309 19th Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55455

(612) 625-0381

dezel002 at umn.edu<mailto:dezel002 at umn.edu>

pronouns: she/her/hers

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Mark Seidl
Special Collections Librarian/Cataloger
Vassar College Libraries
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Noah Sheola

Special Collections Cataloging Librarian

John J. Burns Library

Boston College

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Mark Seidl
Special Collections Librarian/Cataloger
Vassar College Libraries
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