[DCRM-L] Source of title in 588?

[Matthew C. Haugen]

P.S. I also generally have a preference for using a more precise MARC field
than 500 when one is available, to support mapping out of MARC. And I do
commonly see title source notes in 588 fields, because the CONSER standard
record profile instructs "Always make a note giving the source of title,
even if it is the title page. Combine the note with a "Description based
on" note (see 2.17.13). Encode the two notes in a single 588 field."

The CSR's use of the field to combine separate notes notwithstanding, Erin
and Bob have made great points about the definition of the 588 field and
the need for more prominent display of title source data than is currently
the case for 588 in some (many?) catalogs.

Matt

On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 4:08 PM Robert Maxwell <robert_maxwell at byu.edu>
wrote:

> The field is not restricted to serials use, but it isn't for "source of
> title"--it's for "source of description", i.e. the "description based on"
> note. This is much broader than where the title came from. It's used, of
> course, universally in serials records, but I routinely use it in monograph
> records--for example to say that I'm basing my catalog record on the fourth
> (or fifteenth, etc.) printing of a manifestation, which may have some
> slight differences from what I would have found if I had actually had the
> first printing in hand (e.g. addition of an ISBN or some different wording
> on the title page verso).
>
> 588 0  15th printing.
>
> But I would never use it for the source of the title. As others have
> noted, that needs to be up front, in a field that displays to the public
> (at least in our catalog we've set 588 not to display).
>
> Bob
>
> Robert L. Maxwell
> Ancient Languages and Special Collections Cataloger
> 6728 Harold B. Lee Library
> Brigham Young University
> Provo, UT 84602
> (801)422-5568
>
> "We should set an example for all the world, rather than confine ourselves
> to the course which has been heretofore pursued"--Eliza R. Snow, 1842.
>
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> cawelti at fas.harvard.edu>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 22, 2020 1:08 PM
> *To:* 'dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu' <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>
> *Subject:* [DCRM-L] Source of title in 588?
>
>
> Greetings, fellow catalogers, I recently heard a recommendation to use the
> 588 field for notes along the lines of “Title supplied by cataloger,” a
> common note in special collections cataloging. It would be useful to have a
> specific 500 note for this kind of information, but I was under the
> impression in the 588 was only for serials use. Do folks think this field
> is appropriate for graphics, collections, monographs, etc., without
> indicators? I have asked among music colleagues on the Music OCLC Users’
> Group, and received a resounding yes. Is anyone here using the 588 for this
> kind of note? Had any experiences with the note not displaying in local
> catalogs, etc.? What have you learned if you are using this note, that you
> think others should know?
>
> Thoughts/complaints/recriminations?
>
> Thank you for your guidance, andrea
>
>  --
>
> Andrea Cawelti (Ms.)
> Ward Music Cataloger
> Houghton Library
> Harvard University
> Cambridge, MA  02138
>
> Phone: (617) 998-5259
> FAX: (617) 495-1376
> E-mail: cawelti at fas.harvard.edu
>
>
>


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Matthew C. Haugen
Rare Book Cataloger | Columbia University Libraries
matthew.haugen at columbia.edu | 212-851-2451 | he/him/his
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