ncompass live: how to catalog a kit

How to Catalog a Kit

Emily Dust NimsakontNebraska Library Commission

NCompass LiveJune 23, 2010

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What is a kit?

• “An item containing two or more categories of material, no one of which is identifiable as the predominant constituent of the item”

• “A single-medium package of textual material”

AACR2, Glossary

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Where do you find the rules for cataloging kits?

• Kits do not have a chapter of their own in AACR2

• Instructions for working with kits are scattered throughout other chapters

• Rule 1.10 is about “items made up of several types of materials”

• Rules in Chapter 10 (Three-Dimensional Artifacts) can apply

Chief source of information

• The chief source of information is the whole item.

• Information can be taken from anywhere on the item.

Bibliographic format

• Visual materials

Title and statement of responsibility area

• Title statement = MARC field 245– Transcribe the title as it appears on the item– If no title is given, supply one in brackets

Title and statement of responsibility area

• Title statement = MARC field 245– General material designation (GMD) is necessary– List of terms found at AACR2 1.1C1– “kit” is on the list

Title and statement of responsibility area

• Title statement = MARC field 245245 00 $a Hats $h [kit].

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Title and statement of responsibility area

Title statement = MARC field 245245 00 $a [Crochet kit] $h [kit].

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Title and statement of responsibility area

• Varying form of title = MARC field 246– Titles found on other areas of the item– Spelling out numbers, abbreviations, etc.

Publication areaMARC field 260

Place of publication : Publisher, date of publication.

260 _ _ $a Madison, Wis. : $b BiFolkal Productions, $c 1988.

Publication areaMARC field 260

• Publication information for a locally constructed kit

Roseville, Calif. : ǂb Roseville Public Library, ǂc 2010.

Physical description area MARC field 300

• Two options– Provide a general description here and a more

specific description in a note– Describe all components of a kit in this area

Physical description areaMARC field 300

300 _ _ $a 1 kit ; $c in container, 33 x 28 cm.

OR

300 _ _ $a 2 masks, 1 visiting card, 1 discussion guide ; $c in container, 33 x 28 cm.

Notes areaMARC fields 5XX

• Common uses for notes– Source of title– Statement of responsibility– Physical description– Contents– Summary– Audience

Notes areaMARC fields 5XX

• Source of title

500 _ _ $a Title supplied by cataloger.

Notes areaMARC fields 5XX

• Statement of responsibility

500 _ _ $a Developed by the Roseville Public Library in support of Every Child Ready to Read.

Notes areaMARC fields 5XX

• Physical description

500 _ _ $a Kit includes 2 masks, 1 visiting card, and 1 discussion guide.

Notes areaMARC fields 5XX

• Formatted contents

Notes areaMARC fields 5XX

• Formatted contents

505 2 _ $a Kyuuto! Japanese crafts : Amigurumi / Tomoko Takamori -- The happy hooker / Debbie Stoller.

505 20 $t Kyuuto! Japanese crafts : Amigurumi / $r Tomoko Takamori -- $t The happy hooker / $r Debbie Stoller.

Notes areaMARC fields 5XX

• Summary

520 _ _ $a Visiting card and prop (2 cardboard masks) are intended to prompt discussion of hat styles since the turn of the century.

Notes areaMARC fields 5XX

• Audience

521 _ _ $a Grades 1-2.

Main and added entries

• Personal name main entry

100 1 _ $a Ellis, Elisabeth Gaynor.245 1 0 $a World history $h [kit] : $b connection

to today / $c Elisabeth Gaynor Ellis, Anthony Esler.

700 1_ $a Esler, Anthony.

Main and added entries

• Title main entry

245 0 0 $a Global education resource kit : $b for educators and community organizers.

710 2 _ Heifer International.

Fixed fields

• Type of record (Type) = o

OCLC Bibliographic Formats & Standards

Fixed fields

• Type of material (TMat) = b

OCLC Bibliographic Formats & Standards

006 field

• Elements have the same input standards as the fixed field codes

• This field is used if it is judged important to bring out these aspects of the components of the kit

006 field

http://www.oclc.org/bibformats

006 field

http://www.loc.gov/marc

007 field

• Include 007 field for each component of the kit that requires one (sound recording, videorecording, etc.)

http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/

007 field

http://www.loc.gov/marc/

007 field

007 field

007 field

006 and 007 fields

“When to add 006 and 007 fields” - Cooperative Computer Services, Illinois

http://ccslib.org/Catalogers/index.php?title=When_to_add_006_and_007_fields

Resources for cataloging kits

Weber, Mary Beth. Cataloging Nonprint and Internet Resources. New York: Neal Schuman, 2002.– Chapter 6

Olson, Nancy B. Cataloging of Audiovisual Materials and Other Special Materials. DeKalb, IL: Minnesota Scholarly Press, 1998.– Chapter 12

Resources for cataloging kits

Cataloging Kits - Folger Library, University of Mainehttp://library.umaine.edu/techserv/Cataloging/Kits.htm

Cataloging Kits - Lewis & Clark Library System, Illinoishttp://www.lcls.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/CATALOGING-KITS1.pdf

Thank you!

Emily Dust NimsakontNebraska Library Commission

800-307-2665emily.dust.nimsakont@nebraska.gov

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