Good news! The former Principal, Ed Byrne, has just written a book on alternative wool farming in Australia, named "Alpacas in the Outback" and has donated a copy to the library.
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/MJ0SiHI.png" width="500" alt="Book cover mock-up">
It's landed on your desk and needs cataloguing. You were just about to get a cup of coffee and check out the latest on cataloguing Twitter. Do you [[begin cataloguing immediately]] or [[get a cup of coffee]]?Cataloguing is cooperative and often involves "standing on the shoulders of giants" (cataloguers have an excellent head for heights). Many books at King's are |vocab>[(cycling-link: bind _vocab, "copy catalogued", "catalogued by improving an existing record downloaded from Jisc LibraryHub or WorldCat")].
Do you start by [[searching WorldCat and LibraryHub]] to see if someone else has catalogued this book already? Or [[start from scratch]] with the basic MARC record template?Good plan, you'll need to be alert!
You get your |option>[(cycling-link: bind $drink, "coffee", "hot chocolate", "tea", "orange juice", "vodka martini, shaken, not stirred", "rain water", "wine from the singing, golden goblet")].
Now, do you [[begin cataloguing immediately]] or [[extend your break a bit]]?(display:"pictures")
(event: when $clicks is 3)[(display:"Lis Hannon")]
(event: when $clicks is 7)[(replace:?choice)[Oh! Looks like the Internet has run out of cute pictures!]]Lis Hannon pops her head round the door and spots the book. "Ed's looking forward to bringing his family round the library this evening to show off his new book on our shelves", she says. "Please can you make this a priority?"
Better [[get going->begin cataloguing immediately]] then!Good plan, we usually start by seeing what other records are out there, because it can save time, and it's helpful to see what headings and classmarks other cataloguers have chosen to use.
The metadata editor in Alma has a function for searching WorldCat and Jisc LibraryHub from within it, and allows a cataloguer to download a record directly into Alma.
|dataentry>[9781743816349(text-style:"blink")[|]] (link:"Search")[(show:?results)]
|results)[<img src="https://i.imgur.com/IN3MPqC.png">
Unfortunately when you search the catalogues, no records appear--this book is so new you seem to be the first to catalogue it. Looks like you'll have to [[start from scratch]].]Going to the metadata editor in Alma, you open up a template record for a book. This is a blank record that has already got the fields you are most likely to need for a print book.
You start off by having a look through the book to see what you'll need to record. A |vocab>[(cycling-link: bind _vocab, "MARC","MAchine Readable Catalogue")] record starts with fields that are machine-readable, for our systems to use when searching and indexing.
The machine-readable field records things like the year of publication, presence of an index, bibliography, illustrations, biographical material, and main language of the work in a very brief way that isn't human-friendly.
Once you've filled that in, you add the ISBN of the book, and begin to [[work on the title field]].
Would you like to see a summary of the cataloguing rules for the |option>[(link-reveal:"title field? ")[(display: "titlerule")]]
Here is the title page:
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/W16VzUC.jpg" width=400px>
How will you record the title? |option>[(link:"Hint")[(show: ?hint)]
|hint)[Remember, it's transcribed, which means you copy it exactly as it appears on the title page.]]
[[title option one->publication details]]
Title: (color:cyan)[Alpacas in Australia they spit much less than expected.]
Statement of responsibility: (color:magenta)[by Ed Byrne with photos by Melissa Byrne.]
[[title option two->publication details]]
Title: (color:cyan)[Alpacas in Australia:]
Subtitle: (color:orange)[they spit much less than expected.]
Statement of responsibility: (color:magenta)[by Ed Byrne with photos by Melissa Byrne.]
[[title option three->publication details]]
Title: (color:cyan)[Alpacas in Australia:]
Subtitle: (color:orange)[they spit much less than expected.]
Statement of responsibility: (color:magenta)[Edward Byrne and Melissa Byrne.]
(Click: "title option one")[(set: $title to "Title: Alpacas in Australia they spit much less than expected.
Statement of responsibility: by Ed Byrne with photos by Melissa Byrne.", $feelinggood to false)]
(Click: "title option two")[(set: $title to "Title: Alpacas in Australia :
Subtitle: they spit much less than expected.
Statement of responsibility: by Ed Byrne with photos by Melissa Byrne.", $score to it +10, $feelinggood to true, $titleans to true)]
(Click: "title option three")[(set: $title to "Title: Alpacas in Australia :
Subtitle: they spit much less than expected.
Statement of responsibility: Edward Byrne and Melissa Byrne.", $feelinggood to false)](if: $feelinggood is true)[You feel good about that choice. ](else-if: $feelinggood is false)[Hmm, you're not entirely sure about that choice, but you can double check it later. ]You take a sip of your $drink, and move on to the next field.
The publication details are one of the key ways people using the catalogue can distinguish between this version of the book, and other versions that may be published in the future.
Do you check the rules for the |option>[(link-reveal:"publication details field? ")[(display: "pubrule")]]
Here are the title page and title verso
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/W16VzUC.jpg" width=400px> <img src="https://i.imgur.com/Q2wiDYl.jpg" width=400px>
You choose [[option one->Physical description]]
Publisher: (color: cyan)[Bloomsbury]
Publication location: (color: orange)[London, UK]
Publication date: (color: yellow)[2019]
You choose [[option two->Physical description]]
Publisher: (color: cyan)[Bloomsbury Publishing]
Publication location: (color: orange)[Sydney]
Publication date: (color: yellow)[2019]
You choose [[option three->Physical description]]
Publisher: (color: cyan)[Bloomsbury Publishing]
Publication location: (color: orange)[London, UK]
Publication date: (color: yellow)[`[`2019`]`]
(Click: "option one")[(set: $publisher to "Publisher: Bloomsbury
Publication location: London, UK
Publication date: 2019",$feelinggood to false)]
(Click: "option two")[(set: $publisher to "Publisher: Bloomsbury
Publication location: London, UK
Publication date: (c)2019", $feelinggood to false)]
(Click: "option three")[(set: $publisher to "Publisher: Bloomsbury
Publication location: London, UK
Publication date: [2019]", $score to it +10, $feelinggood to true, $pubans to true)]
(if: $feelinggood is true)[That choice makes sense. ](else-if: $feelinggood is false)[That doesn't feel quite right. ]On to the next field.
The field that describes the physical attributes of the book is fairly straightforward, and you add the page numbers and details about illustrative matter quickly.
Pagination: (color:cyan)[vi, 231 pages]
Illustrations: (color:orange)[colour photographs]
But when you come to measure the height of the book, which is 24.3 cm, you can't quite remember, do you round up or down?
|option>[(link-reveal: "Check the rules")[(display: "physicalrule")]]
[[Round down->Physical details decided]] to (color:yellow)[24 cm.]
[[Round up->Physical details decided]] to (color:yellow)[25 cm.]
(Click: "Round down")[(set:$physical to "24 cm", $feelinggood to false)]
(Click: "Round up")[(set:$physical to "25 cm", $feelinggood to true, $score to it +2, $physicalans to true)](if: $feelinggood is true)[You feel a warm glow. ](else-if: $feelinggood is false)[You feel a distant sense of foreboding, but it quickly fades with a sip of your $drink. ]
Pagination: (color:cyan)[vi, 231 pages]
Illustrations: (color:orange)[colour photographs]
Dimensions: (color:yellow)[(print:$physical)]
This reminds you of an interesting tweet thread you saw recently about the use of the pagination field. Do you want to [[reread it]] or [[carry on cataloguing->what else]]?Do you record a series? You can look at the guidance for adding a (link-reveal: "series field. ")[(display: "seriesrule")]
At King's we include a note if the book is by a King's author. Do you check the guidance for a (link-reveal:"King's author? ")[(display: "kingsrule")]
We can record details of the book's language(s) in the catalogue record too. You may want to check the (link-reveal:"rule for that too. ")[(display: "languagerule")]
Add series field (click-replace: "Add series field")[You start to add a series field, and then realise that sadly, in this case it isn't part of a whole series about alpacas in Australia, or even alpacas around the world, so there's no series info to include.]
Add King's author field (click-replace: "Add King's author field")[You add in the note. You feel a warm glow of cataloguerly satisfaction.(set: $kca to "true", $score to it +5)]
Add language note field (click-replace: "Add language note field")[Just as you're about to add the language note, you feel a gust of wind and seem to hear from afar the voice of your wise, old cataloguer teacher: "You only need a language note if an explanation is needed." This book is only in English, and that's already been coded into the record. Do you still add a language note?]
(click-append: "add a language note?")[" You add in the note field"(set: $language to "true", $score to it -1)]
[[What's in a name?]] (color:cyan)[Heading name (preferred):] Byrne, Edward, (1951)
Source of data: title page of 'Along the dark shore', Edward Byrne, 1977.
Source of data: title page of 'Poetry from Paradise Valley,', Edward Byrne, 2010
What were (link-reveal:"those rules again?")[(display:"authorrule")](color:cyan)[Heading name (preferred):] Byrne, Edward, (1952)
Other names: Byrne, Ed, (1952)
Associated place: Australia
Occupation: Neuroscientist
Occupation: Neurologist
Occupation: Professor
Source of data: title page of 'Neurology and clinical neuroscience', Edward Byrne, 2007.
Source of data: title page and jacket of 'Poems from the city', Ed Byrne, 2010
What were (link-reveal:"those rules again?")[(display:"authorrule")](color:cyan)[Heading name (preferred):] Byrne, Edward, (1947)
Other names: Byrne, Ted, (1947)
General note: Does not appear to be the same person as: Byrne, Ed, 1947-(author of Poems, 1968-1971, whose full name is Joseph Theodore Byrne)
Source of data: title page of 'Aporia', Ted Byrne, 1989.
What were (link-reveal:"those rules again?")[(display:"authorrule")]<img src="https://i.imgur.com/ALvJgIO.png" width="100%">(color:cyan)[Heading name (preferred):] Byrne, Edward, (1871-1905)
Source of data: 'Random rhymes of Edward Byrne', 199?
What were (link-reveal:"those rules again?")[(display:"authorrule")]Not all authority records have so much helpful information in them, and finding the right one can require some detective work.
In RDA as well as the authorised form of the person's name, we also record their relationship to the work; in this case it's "author". There is a list of terms to use, to ensure consistency.
Main entry - personal name: $name
Relationship: author
Do you also record the name of the photographer, Melissa Byrne?
[[yes]]
[[no]]That's right, everyone mentioned in the statement of responsibility also gets a field with their name in the authorised form, and where possible, their relationship to the book.
Main entry - personal name: Byrne, Edward, (1952-)
Relationship: author
Added entry - personal name: Byrne, Melissa
Relationship: photographer
The first named creator would appear at the top of a catalogue card if we still used them; as a hold over from that, they are the "main entry" and any additional people are "added entries".
Time to start classifying. You always add the [[subject headings]] in first.You decide not to add an access point for the name of the photographer.
Next (click-replace:"Next")
[Just as you're about to move on, a breeze springs up, which is odd because the windows are all sealed shut. You hear the voice of your cataloguing teacher saying "Everyone mentioned in the |vocab>[(cycling-link: bind $vocabs, "statement of responsibility", "text on the title page that lists the creator(s)")] also gets a field with their name in the authorised form, and where possible, their relationship to the book."
This jogs your memory and you recall that although it's up to the cataloguer's discretion whether they want to include more, the first five people listed in the statement of responsibility always have access points.
[[You change your mind->yes]] ]|rule>[
* The title field contains
** (color:cyan)[the title]
** (color:orange)[the subtitle](optional)
** (color:yellow)[the volume number](optional)
** (color:magenta)[the statement of responsibility]
* Transcribe the title exactly as it appears from the book.
* The best place to take the title from is the title page, not the cover.
* The |vocab>[(cycling-link: bind _vocab, "statement of responsibility", "text on the title page that lists the creator(s)")] field contains everyone listed on the title page who helped create the book.
* If there are more than five creators, it is only necessary to write the first five names.
]|rule>[
* The publication field contains:
** (color: cyan)[publisher's name]
** (color: orange)[where the book was published]
** (color: yellow)[the year of publication.]
* The publisher is transcribed exactly as it appears on the title page or |vocab>[(cycling-link: bind $vocab1, "title verso", "back of title page")]
* If the book doesn't explicitly give a date of publication use the copyright date instead, enclosed in square brackets.
* Square brackets denote that the information has been inferred, rather than stated on the book.
]{
(set: $feelinggood to "")
(set: $score to 0)
(set: $title to "")
(set: $publisher to "")
(set: $name to "")
(set: $physical to "")
(set: $lcshcount to 0)
(set: $lcsh to (a:))
(set: $clicks to 0)
(set:$classmark to "")
(set:$drink to "drink")
(set: $choices to (a:'<img src="https://i.imgur.com/uTW9pOu.jpg">','<img src="https://i.imgur.com/P7njaes.jpg">','<img src="https://i.imgur.com/MZx0rBq.jpg">','<img src="https://i.imgur.com/PQM8r3n.jpg">','<img src="https://i.imgur.com/bGIILNY.jpg">','<img src="
https://i.imgur.com/FnN4a8J.jpg">'))
(set:$titleans to false)
(set:$nameans to false)
(set:$pubans to false)
(set:$physicalans to false)
}
//(print: $feelinggood)
(print: $score)
(print: $title)
(print: $publisher)//
|rule>[If the book was part of a series, record that by transcribing the series exactly as it appears on the book, then check to see if the series had an official way of being written according to the Library of Congress (an authorised form) and include that as well, so that all the volumes in a series could be found under exactly the same series title, even if the way it's been written differently in different books.
Not all series have an authorised form, sometimes we only have the transcribed form.
Sadly, in this case it isn't part of a whole series about alpacas in Australia, or even alpacas around the world, so there's no series info to include.]
|rule>[Library Services aims to build a collection of material written by King’s College London authors, purchasing and retaining material for the benefit of current and future library users.
King's authors are members of academic staff and research students who have contributed to the creation of a work, including as:
* writer of a book or chapter
* editor
* compiler
* translator
* illustrator
* performer
If a King's author work is identified, put a local note in the record with "King's author".]
|rule>[
* The physical description field contains:
** the (color: cyan)[pagination of the book]
** the (color: orange)[illustrations, photographs, maps that are in the book] (optional)
** (color: yellow)[the height of the book, in centimetres]
* If the book has pages in Roman numerals and Arabic numerals, both are recorded
* Illustrations are assumed to be black and white, unless "colour" is stated.
* The height of the book is always rounded up.
]
|rule>[The main language of a book is recorded in the fixed data field at the beginning.
If a book is in multiple languages then a language note should be added to the record to explain the content.]
You reread the tweets and then return to the [[task in hand->what else]].
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/BjZGBpv.png">Click on the cute picture to see another one:
[(display: "cycling")]<choice|(link: (text: $choices's 1st) )[(set: $choices to (rotated: -1, ...$choices))(replace: ?choice)[(display: "cycling")][(set:$clicks to it+1)]]It's not always easy to distill a whole book into a few subject headings, even with a vocabulary as large as the Library of Congress Subject Headings.
Looking at the book's blurb, contents page, and introduction, you feel confident this book is captured entirely in the blurb on the back of the book:
//Alpacas have long been bred and farmed in Australia for their luxurious fleece and incredible cuteness. In this groundbreaking new work, poet and neuroscientist Ed Byrne explains their history in Australia, the part they play in the wool industry there, and economic viability of farming them.//
You open up OCLC Connexion and |option>[(link-reveal:"run a few keyword searches to see what headings there are.")[(display:"OCLC")]]
You look at the rules for |option>[(link-reveal:"applying subject headings")[(display:"subject heading rules")]]
You look at the book you |option>[ [[catalogued yesterday]].]
You [[choose the subject headings]].
||||=
|mono>[020 __ a 9781743816349
100 _1 a Byrne, Edward,
d (1952-)
e author
700 _1 a Byrne, Melissa
e photographer
245 10 a Alpacas in Australia :
b they spit much less than expected /
c by Ed Byrne with photos by Melissa Byrne.
264 _1 a Bloomsbury Publishing
b London, UK
c Publication date: `[`2019`]`
300 __ a vi, 231 pages :
b colour photographs ;
c 25 cm
651 01 a Australia.
650 01 a Alpaca farming.
650 01 a Wool trade and industry.
852 01 h SF401.A4
m BYR]
=|
|button>[ [[Auto-catalogue]] ]
|button>[ [[Your record->your record]] ]
|==|
There's just [[one more thing->Ending]] to finish off the book and pass it on to be processed.Topical heading: (color:cyan)[Alpaca]
Use for: (color:orange)[Lama pacos]
What were (link-reveal:"those rules again?")[(display:"lcshrules")]
Geographical heading: (color:cyan)[Australia]
Use for: (color:orange)[New Holland, Commonwealth of Australia]
What were (link-reveal:"those rules again?")[(display:"lcshrules")]
Topical heading: (color:cyan)[Poetry]
Usage note: (color:magenta)[Here are entered general works on poetry and works limited to the philosophy of poetry].
Use for: (color:orange)[Poems, Poetry--Philosophy, Verses (Poetry)]
What were (link-reveal:"those rules again?")[(display:"lcshrules")]
Topical heading: (color:cyan)[Neurosciences]
Use for: (color:orange)[Neuroscience, Neural sciences, Neurological sciences]
What were (link-reveal:"those rules again?")[(display:"lcshrules")]
Topical heading: (color:cyan)[Wool industry]
Usage note: (color:magenta)[Here are entered works on the industry based on raw wool. Works on the technical processing of wool are entered under "Woolen and worsted manufacture".]
Use for: (color:orange)[Wool-growing industry, Wool trade and industry]
What were (link-reveal:"those rules again?")[(display:"lcshrules")]
The subject headings you've chosen are:
(print: $lcsh's 1st)
(print: $lcsh's 2nd)
(print: $lcsh's 3rd)
{
|question>[Would you like to (link-undo:"change them") or (link-reveal:"continue on")[(replace: ?question)[(show:?continue)]]?]
|continue)[You're happy with those headings, now for the [[classmark]]]
}
Finally it's time to assign the classmark. The subject analysis that you did while applying the subject headings helps here, and you narrow the possibilities down to:
|mono>[
|==
|hbrief>[Industries. Land use. Labor.
└ Special industries and trades
└ Agricultural industries
└ Camelids
└ Australia: **HD9430.A8**]
=|
|sbrief>[Animal culture
└ Other domesticated and semidomesticated animals
└ Big game animals
└ Individual or group, A-Z
└ Alpaca: **SF401.A4**]]
|==|
|option>[See expanded hierarchy for HD (click-replace:"See expanded hierarchy for HD")[(display:"classwebH")]]
|option>[See expanded hierarchy for SF (click-replace:"See expanded hierarchy for SF")[(display:"classwebS")]]
You browse the catalogue to see what else is on the catalogue at and around that classmark.
|option>[ [[Browse catalogue at HD9430->browseH]] ]
|option>[ [[Browse catalogue at SF401->browseS]] ]
See hints for choosing classmarks
|option>[(click:"See hints for choosing classmarks")[(display:"classmark hints")]]
The classmark that you decide is most appropriate is
(dropdown: bind $classmark,"select classmark","HD9430.A8","SF401.A4")
|option>[(link-reveal:"You take a final sip of your $drink")[(if:$drink is "tea")[(display:"tea")](else-if:$drink is "wine from the singing, golden goblet")[(display:"wine")](else-if:$drink is "vodka martini, shaken, not stirred")[(display:"martini")](else-if:$drink is "hot chocolate")[(display:"chocolate")]. (else:)[It's time to [[take a look at the whole record->How did you do?]] ]] ]|mono>[
|=
HD28-9999
HD9000-9999
HD9000-9495
HD9410-9440
HD9430.A1
HD9430.A2
HD9430.A8
HD9433
HD9434
=|||||=
Industries. Land use. Labor
└ Special industries and trades
└ Agricultural industries
└ Animal industry
Camelids
└ Periodicals. Societies. Serials.
General works
Australia
Cattle
Horses
]
|==|
Topical heading: (color:cyan)[Alpaca farming]
Related terms: (color:yellow)[Animal culture]
What were (link-reveal:"those rules again?")[(display:"lcshrules")]
|modalhooks>[]
(mouseover: ?messagetag)[
(if: $count is 0)[
(replace: ?messagetag)[back of title page]
(set: $count to 1)
]
(else:)[
(replace: ?messagetag)[title verso]
(set: $count to 0)
]
(replace: ?workspace)[(display: "pubrule hover")]
] {|rule>[
* The authoritative version of a name allows books by the same person to be brought together even if their name has been written differently or changed between books.
* When there are multiple people in the LC authority file with the same name, often date of birth (and eventual death) is used to differentiate them in the heading.
* The Library of Congress authority records contain:
** (color: cyan)[an authoritative version of a person's name]
* and may also contain
** other versions of that name
** where the authority file gets its information
** other informational notes, that can help to identify the correct person
* Most names are written: Surname, First name.
* When there are multiple people in the LC authority file with the same name, often date of birth (and eventual death) is used to differentiate them in the heading.
* A subfield is added with the relationship of the person to the book, taken from a list of terms.
]}|rule>[
* Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) are hierarchical. There is one heading for a topic,
* The authority record for a heading contains:
** (color:cyan)[Heading]: the heading that should be used
** (color:orange)[Use for]: related terms for which this heading should be used
** (color:yellow)[Related terms]: related headings that may be broader or narrower terms
** (color:magenta)[Usage note]: information on how to use a heading
** (color:lime)[See also]: information on whether a heading can also be a subdivision
* Subdivisions are applied under a heading to make the heading more specific, e.g. Chairs--design
* Not all headings can also be subdivisions; the authority record will indicate this.
]|rule>[
* Classmarks are often subject to the judgment of the cataloguer.
* Where there are multiple possible choices, knowing the collection can help the cataloguer to make a decision.
* Browsing other books at the classmark can help.
* It is best to put books with other books on the same topic.
* Looking at the whole hierarchy can help decide the most apt classmark.
]
|mono>[
|=
SF1-SF1100
SF380-389.9
SF391-397.83
SF399-SF401
SF399
SF400.5
SF401.A-Z
SF401.A34
SF401.A4
SF401.A45
=|||||=
Animal culture
└ Goats
Swine
Other domesticated and semidomesticated animals
└ General works
Big game animals
└ Individual or group, A-Z
└ African buffalo
Alpaca
American bison
]
|==|
=><=
This game was created using Twine 2, in format Harlowe 3.0.2.
Twine is an open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories.
http://twinery.org/
The Alpaca book cover image is by Bianca Mentil, via Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/photos/alpaca-alpaca-foals-animals-nature-1187664/
The fonts used are Fira Sans and |mono>[Fira Mono] by Carrois Apostrophe, and |rule>[Noticia Text] by JM Solé, all via Google Fonts.
Huge thanks go to the testers: Mia O'Hara, Matthew Simmons, Liz Parkinson, and Liz Serebriakoff.
A number of online tutorials and forum posts were useful, especially:
https://twine2.neocities.org/
http://twinery.org/cookbook/
https://twinery.org/cookbook/modal/harlowe/harlowe_modal.html
http://twinery.org/questions/
http://twinery.org/forum/
Back to the [[Ending]]|rule>[ * Subject headings describe what the work is **about**, not what it is.
* We use Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), which is a controlled vocabulary.
* Use the title, table of contents, introduction, foreword, index and summary are subject-rich areas to identify keywords to search for.
* Then search for headings that match or refer to these keywords. You may need to try synonyms to find the correct LCSH term.
* A heading reflects the **main topics** of a book, and should cover at least 20% of the content.
* It's usual to assign 3-5 headings, but some books will be so specific that they only need one.
* There is not always a heading that is as specific as the topic; assign the most specific heading possible while still covering the topic.
* Headings may be topics, locations, time periods, or people.
The choice of subject headings may be informed by the cataloguer's cultural background, subject knowledge, and experience.]
You decide that you need three subject headings to fully describe the book.
Choose three headings to describe the contents of the book.
|chooselcsh>[Subject heading : Alpaca.
Subject heading : Australia.
Subject heading : Neuroscience.
Subject heading : Poetry.
Subject heading : Alpaca farming.
Subject heading : Wool trade and industry.
Subject heading : Wool industry.]
{
(click-replace:"Alpaca.")[You add "Alpaca" as a subject heading(set:$lcsh to $lcsh +(a: "Alpaca"),$score to it +5,$lcshcount to it+1)]
(click-replace:"Australia.")[You add "Australia" as a subject heading(set:$lcsh to $lcsh +(a: "Australia"),$score to it +10,$lcshcount to it+1)]
(click-replace:"Neuroscience.")[You add "Neuroscience" as a subject heading(set:$lcsh to $lcsh +(a: "Neuroscience"),$score to it -5,$lcshcount to it+1)]
(click-replace: "Poetry.")[You add "Poetry" as a subject heading(set:$lcsh to $lcsh +(a: "Poetry"),$score to it -5,$lcshcount to it+1)]
(click-replace: "Alpaca farming.")[You add "Alpaca farming" as a subject heading(set:$lcsh to $lcsh +(a: "Alpaca farming"),$score to it +10,$lcshcount to it+1)]
(click-replace: "Wool trade and industry.")[You add "Wool trade and industry" as a subject heading(set:$lcsh to $lcsh +(a: "Wool trade and industry"),$score to it +5,$lcshcount to it+1)]
(click-replace: "Wool industry.")[You add "Wool industry" as a subject heading(set:$lcsh to $lcsh +(a: "Wool industry"),$score to it +10,$lcshcount to it+1)]
}
(event:when $lcshcount is 3)[(replace:?chooselcsh)[(display: "lcsh")]]Browse classmark: SF401
{
|mono>[<table style="width:100%">
<tr>
<th>Author</th>
<th>Title</th>
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<td>Australian Alpaca Association Ltd</td>
<td>World Alpaca Conference proceedings : shear delight, sharing the world of alpacas</td>
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<td>Hoffman, Eric</td>
<td>The Complete alpaca book</td>
<td>SF401.A4</td>
</tr>
<td>Jenkins, David J.</td>
<td>Guard animals for livestock protection : existing and potential use in Australia</td>
<td>SF401.A4</td>
</tr>
<td>Laffan, Jennifer</td>
<td>Alpaca agskills : a practical guide to farm skills</td>
<td>SF401.A4</td>
</tr>
<td>Safley, Michael</td>
<td>Ideal alpacas : from myth to reality</td>
<td>SF401.A4</td>
</tr>
<td>Bromage, Gina</td>
<td>Llamas and alpacas : a guide to management</td>
<td>SF401.L6</td>
</tr>
<td>Weaver, Sue</td>
<td>Llamas & alpacas : small-scale camelid herding for pleasure and profit</td>
<td>SF401.L6</td>
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[[Back->classmark]]Browse classmark: HD9430
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<th>Title</th>
<th>Classmark</th>
</tr>
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<td>International Fund for Animal Welfare.</td>
<td>Wrap up the trade : an international campaign to save the endangered Tibetan antelope.</td>
<td>HD9429.S53</td>
</tr>
<td>Orlove, Benjamin S.</td>
<td>Alpacas, sheep, and men : the wool export economy and regional society of southern Australia</td>
<td>HD9430.A8</td>
</tr>
<td>Red Boliviana de Producción de Camélidos.</td>
<td>Policy guidelines for the sustainable development of the camelid resource: documentation of the national workshop seminar held in La Paz, Bolivia from October 21 to 22, 1993.</td>
<td>HD9430.B52</td>
</tr>
<td>Toro, Oscar</td>
<td>Andean camelid breeding and rural development</td>
<td>HD9430.P42</td>
</tr>
<td>Smith, Peter H.</td>
<td>Politics and beef in Argentina; patterns of conflict and change</td>
<td>HD9433.A72</td>
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}
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ISBN: 9781743816349
Heading: $name (author)
Additional creator: Byrne, Melissa (photographer)
$title
$publisher
Pagination: vi, 231 pages
Illustrations: colour photographs
Dimensions: $physical
(if:$kca is "true")[(print: "Local note: King's author")]
(if:$language is "true")[(print: "Language note: This book is in English")]
(for: each _heading, ...$lcsh)[
Subject heading: _heading]
Classmark: $classmark BYR 2019
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(t8n-depart: "dissolve")[[Auto-catalogue]]
(t8n-depart: "dissolve")[[MARC->MARC21 format]]
|==|
It's odd, but despite cataloguing being entirely non-competitive, the library management system always assigns a score to each record.
|option>[(click:"a score")[(show:?scorereveal)]
|scorereveal)[ Your score is $score out of 77
(if: $score is 77)[Well done, a perfect record!] (if: $score>=50 and <77)[Nearly there!] (if: $score>15 and <50)[Hmm, not quite there yet.] (if: $score is <=15)[You need to spend some more time studying the cataloguing manuals.]] ]
You can click on the button marked "auto-catalogue" on the screen to see a perfect catalogue record, and explanations for why.
You can click on the button marked "MARC" to see the record looks like in the MARC21 format, with the cataloguing punctuation added.
[[You can finish off the book->Ending]].
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|monogrey>[ISBN:] 9781743816349
|monogrey>[Heading:] Byrne, Edward, (1952-) //[[why?->headingexplain]]//
|monogrey>[Additional creator:] Byrne, Melissa (photographer)
|monogrey>[Title:] Alpacas in Australia: //[[why?->titleexplain]]//
|monogrey>[Subtitle:] they spit much less than expected.
|monogrey>[Statement of responsibility:] by Ed Byrne with photos by Melissa Byrne.
|monogrey>[Publisher:] Bloomsbury Publishing //[[why?->publisherexplain]]//
|monogrey>[Publication location:] London, UK
|monogrey>[Publication date:] `[`2019`]`
|monogrey>[Pagination:] vi, 231 pages
|monogrey>[Illustrations:] colour photographs
|monogrey>[Dimensions:] 25 cm //[[why?->cmexplain]]//
|monogrey>[Subject heading:] Australia. //[[why?->subjectexplain]]//
|monogrey>[Subject heading:] Alpaca farming. //[[why?->subjectexplain]]//
|monogrey>[Subject heading:] Wool trade and industry. //[[why?->subjectexplain]]//
|monogrey>[Classmark:] SF401.A4 BYR 2019 //[[why?->classmarkexplain]]//
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|button>[ [[MARC->MARC21 format]] ]
|button>[ [[Your record->your record]] ]
|==|
There's just [[one more thing->Ending]] to finish off the book and pass it on to be processed.In the title and statement of responsibility field, the contents are transcribed exactly as they appear on the title page. To some extent the presence of a subtitle is up to the cataloguer's judgment; it is often made clear by the typography on the title page, if not by punctuation.
The statement of responsibility is also transcribed exactly as it appears, including the relationship of the people to the work, if that is included.
(display: "titlerule")
[[back->Auto-catalogue]]Yesterday you catalogued a book about keeping moose as housepets in Scotland, and assigned the headings:
Subject heading : Scotland (Great Britain).
Subject heading : Moose as pets.
(event: when time > 4s)[You feel an odd craving for wine gums. You sip your $drink and it passes.]
[[subject headings]] Having catalogued the book, you add a barcode and the item information to the item screen, and add it to the processing shelf with an "urgent" flag.
See the [[credits]].
[[Turn back time->Once upon a time]] and have another go.
Have another look at [[your record]].
Do you dare venture further into the cataloguing cave?
<a href="http://hangingtogether.org/?p=6833" target="_blank">http://hangingtogether.org/?p=6833</a>
<a href="http://theconversation.com/the-bias-hiding-in-your-library-111951" target="_blank">http://theconversation.com/the-bias-hiding-in-your-library-111951</a>
<a href="https://www.librarieslearn.org/calendar/radical-cataloging-using-alternative-subject-headings-locally-to-promote-inclusiveness-and-diversity" target="_blank">https://www.librarieslearn.org/calendar/radical-cataloging-using-alternative-subject-headings-locally-to-promote-inclusiveness-and-diversity</a>
<a href="https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/107929" target="_blank">https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/107929</a>
Welcome to the imaginatively titled Cataloguing Game!
It's been designed to give you a taste of cataloguing and classifying a book, without the need for hours of practice and referral to the RDA Toolkit.
Are you sitting comfortably? Then [[let's begin.->Once upon a time]]
updated Jan 2024; the goblet's song changes from the Lion King soundtrack to what sounds like 'Grace' on a hurdy-gurdy.
It's time to [[take a look at the whole record->How did you do?]] (if:$score >=50)[(print:" and swirl the tea leaves; the signs say the record looks good but it will probably rain on your way home")](else-if:$score <50)[(print:" and swirl the tea leaves; the signs look murky.")]
It's time to [[take a look at the whole record->How did you do?]] , and you feel strongly that you should return the equipment in one piece.
It's time to [[take a look at the whole record->How did you do?]] and discover an extra marshmallow at the bottom of the mug. Bonus!
It's time to [[take a look at the whole record->How did you do?]]
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ISBN: 9781743816349
Heading: $name (author)
Additional creator: Byrne, Melissa (photographer)
$title
$publisher
Pagination: vi, 231 pages
Illustrations: colour photographs
Dimensions: $physical
(if:$kca is "true")[(print: "Local note: King's author")]
(if:$language is "true")[(print: "Language note: This book is in English")]
(for: each _heading, ...$lcsh)[
Subject heading: _heading]
Classmark: $classmark BYR 2019
=|
|button>[ [[Auto-catalogue]] ]
|button>[ [[MARC->MARC21 format]] ]
|==|
There's just [[one more thing->Ending]] to finish off the book and pass it on to be processed.The Wikipedia article gives Edward Byrne's birth year as 1952. Both "Byrne, Ed (1952-)" and "Byrne, Edward (1952-)" link to the same authority record, which which gives "Byrne, Edward (1952-)" as the correct form.
|option>[|mono>[(display: "Byrne, Edward, (1952-)")]]
[[back->Auto-catalogue]]The title page and verso only contain a date for copyright, not an explicit publication date. Because we are inferring that the publication date is the same as the copyright date, we put it inside square brackets.
(display:"pubrule")
[[back->Auto-catalogue]](display:"physicalrule")
[[back->Auto-catalogue]]Alpaca farming
Where possible we use the more specific heading, and "Alpaca farming" is more specific than "Alpaca".
Australia
The book is specifically about alpaca farming in Australia, so a geographical heading is correct to use.
Wool industry
The authority record for "wool industry" says that it is also used for "wool trade and industry".
Poetry and Neuroscience
Although both these terms and mentioned in the back-of-book blurb, subject headings are only used to describe what the book is /about/.
[[back->Auto-catalogue]]
You can reread the authority records here:
(display: "OCLC")Either classmark could be used here so it's really down to cataloguer's judgment, but it looks like we have more books at SF so users would expect to find the book there.
[[back->Auto-catalogue]]You decide to use $name as the heading.
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(if: $name is "Byrne, Ed, (trombonist)")[(set:$name to "Byrne, Ed, (trombonist)", $feelinggood to false)]
(if: $name is "Byrne, Edward, (1871-1905)")[(print: "Really?! I'm all for vampire rights, but I think we'd have noticed if our principal died 115 years ago. Maybe you should try again")(set:$name to "Byrne, Edward, (1871-1905)", $feelinggood to false)]
(if: $name is "Byrne, Edward, (1947-)")[(set:$name to "Byrne, Edward, (1947-)", $feelinggood to false)]
(if: $name is "Byrne, Edward, (1951-)")[(set:$name to "Byrne, Edward, (1951-)", $feelinggood to false)]
(if: $name is "Byrne, Edward, (1952-)")[(set:$name to "Byrne, Edward, (1952-)",$score to it +10, $nameans to true, $feelinggood to true)]
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(if: $feelinggood is true)[You feel a strange mental acuity. You take a sip from your $drink.](else-if: $feelinggood is "almostfalse")[You have a vague feeling of having missed something as you sip your $drink.](else-if: $feelinggood is false)[You feel a momentary chill that dissipates as you sip your $drink.]
Do you to (link-undo:"change it") or [[continue->Name has been chosen]]?Now you need to record Ed Byrne's name in a way that can be indexed and will link all the books that he's written. Do you |option>[(link-reveal: "refresh yourself on the rules?")[ (display:"authorrule")]]
You can open up |vocab>[(cycling-link:"ClassWeb","the tool we use to check the Library of Congress name authority records")] and search for |option>[Byrne, Ed].(click:"Byrne, Ed")[(show:?namesoclc)]
|namesoclc)[The results come back:
|option>[|mono>[Byrne, Dorothy
Byrne, Duane
Byrne, E.
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[Search term: Byrne, Ed, (1952-)
(display: "Byrne, Edward, (1952-)")]]
Byrne, Ed, (trombonist)
Byrne, Edmund
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[Search term: Byrne, Edward, (1871-1905)
(display: "Byrne, Edward, (1871-1905)")]]
(link-repeat:"Byrne, Edward, (1947-)")[(display:"Modal code")(append:?modal)
[Search term: Byrne, Edward, (1947-)
(display: "Byrne, Edward, (1947-)")]]
(link-repeat:"Byrne, Edward, (1951-)")[(display:"Modal code")(append:?modal)
[Search term: Byrne, Edward, (1951-)
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(link-repeat:"Byrne, Edward, (1952-)")[(display:"Modal code")(append:?modal)
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Byrne, Eileen
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You begin opening the records to see more information about the person, to help you find the right heading to use.]
Do you open up (link-repeat:"Wikipedia")[(display:"Modal code")(append:?modal) [(display:"Wikipedia")]] to see if there is any information to help identify which name to use?
Are you ready to (dropdown: bind $name, "choose a heading","Byrne, Ed, (1952-)","Byrne, Ed, (trombonist)","Byrne, Edward, (1871-1905)","Byrne, Edward, (1947-)","Byrne, Edward, (1951-)","Byrne, Edward, (1952-)")
[[I've made my decision.->choice made]]