Quoting Kathy Glennan <[log in to unmask]>:
> Karen-
>
> Does the following spreadsheet for the combined BSRs help:
> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/bibco/bsr_cmb_tbl_20110617a.pdf ?
That helps, but once again it is a PDF document so you can't do things
like sort, etc. I maybe be able to copy and past into a more malleable
format.
kc
>
>
> Kathy Glennan
> Head, Special Resources Cataloging / Music Cataloger
> University of Maryland
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative Forum
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Karen Coyle
> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 1:54 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [BIBFRAME] What the data tells us
>
> Ooof! If these were in a spreadsheet format (or tabbed text) it
> would be easy to see what fields they have in common. Also, it would
> be helpful to describe them in other than MARC terms. For example,
> the Books one has ISBN, the serials one ISSN, and both of these are
> covered by the RDA "identifier for the Manifestation" which not only
> covers them both but allows other useful identifiers to be input.
> Also, Date1 and Date2 are MARC designations but have a bunch of
> different meanings depending on the date code.
>
> I always seem to end up at the need to figure out what's really in MARC:
> http://futurelib.pbworks.com/w/page/29114548/MARC%20elements
>
> kc
>
> Quoting "Bartl, Joseph" <[log in to unmask]>:
>
>> For "core" fields, why not look at PCC's BSR (BIBCO Standard Record)
>> for each format: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/bibco/BSR-MAPS.html
>>
>>
>>
>> These were cooperatively developed structures that convey pretty much
>> what, from the standpoint of catalogers anyway, seems essential. These
>> would need, of course, to be discussed more broadly, internationally,
>> but these would make a credible point of departure.
>>
>>
>>
>> Joe
>>
>> Joe Bartl
>> Head, Music Bibliographic Access Section 1 Music Division Library of
>> Congress
>> 101 Independence Avenue, SE
>> Room LM 542
>> Washington, DC 20540-9420
>> Desk: 202-707-0013
>> Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative Forum
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Karen Coyle
>> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 11:24 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [BIBFRAME] What the data tells us
>>
>>
>>
>> The only two I am familiar with are Dublin Core and RDA Core. Dublin
>> Core is unrelated to library cataloging and is missing some things
>> that some folks would consider essential, like a data element for
>> edition. It also doesn't have a way to specify a series name or a
>> conference name. (Those can be input, but they go into a more general
>>
>> field.) Then again, you might not consider those core. DC has
>> possibilities but some of the elements seem to be aimed specifically
>> at academic materials rather than general ones (e.g.
>>
>> "instructionalMethod".) DC should definitely be considered as a
>> candidate, although it may not be everything that is needed. It has
>> 65 elements, some of which I would not consider to be core.
>>
>>
>>
>> RDA core has 120 elements (I'm basing this on the LC training
>> materials)[1], and includes things like:
>>
>> - Vertical scale of cartographic content
>>
>> - Form of musical notation
>>
>> and others that might be better seen as extensions based on format.
>>
>> RDA's "core" reads something like the minimal bibliographic record.
>>
>> [2] It is "core" within the context of the full RDA, which means that
>> it defines what is core for all material types, not what is core
>> regardless of material type. That latter definition would be closer to
>> DC, although even that has some odd biases.
>>
>>
>>
>> kc
>>
>> [1] http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/RDAtest/training2word7.doc
>>
>> [2] http://loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/nlr/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Quoting "Riley, Charles"
>> <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>:
>>
>>
>>
>>> I've only been cataloging for the last decade, but in that time I
>>
>>> can't remember how often I've been introduced to the idea of some new
>>
>>> 'core' that I should be getting trained into and used to using, or at
>>
>>> least familiar with. To wit:
>>
>>>
>>
>>> Core-level (E/L 4)
>>
>>> PCC Core
>>
>>> Dublin Core
>>
>>> RDA Core
>>
>>> Bibliographic Standard Reference
>>
>>>
>>
>>> Agreed, that a modular approach is conceptually appropriate and
>>
>>> workable--it is a worthy undertaking. But are all the existing
>>
>>> attempts at a core standard so woefully inadequate that they can't be
>>
>>> used? If so, what were the common failings in the approach to
>>> develop
>>
>>> them?
>>
>>>
>>
>>> Charles Riley
>>
>>>
>>
>>>
>>
>>> ________________________________________
>>
>>> From: Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative Forum
>>
>>> [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Karen Coyle
>>
>>> [[log in to unmask]]
>>
>>> Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 3:00 PM
>>
>>> To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>>
>>> Subject: Re: [BIBFRAME] What the data tells us
>>
>>>
>>
>>> Roy, I wish you'd said all of this to begin with! Yes, we need to
>>
>>> create a simple core structure that can be extended. This is what we
>>
>>> do not have with MARC, and we definitely do NOT have with RDA.
>>
>>> Unfortunately, RDA is more like MARC than what you describe below. We
>>
>>> do have an opportunity to create a something more workable in this
>>
>>> transition, but if we do not then we will be stuck with an unworkably
>>
>>> complex data carrier for a very long time. As some said when RDA was
>>
>>> still in progress, this may be our last chance to get it right
>>> because
>>
>>> we are falling further and further behind as information providers.
>>
>>>
>>
>>> Coming up with a core is tricky, to say the least. RDA's core
>>> includes
>>
>>> elements that are core for all of the formats that it supports -- so
>>
>>> there are core music elements, core maps elements, etc., all as part
>>
>>> of a single core. I'm not sure that helps us. FRBR's entities are
>>
>>> probably a better core -- although I find there to be some
>>
>>> idiosyncrasies in FRBR (the four Group 3 entities, to start) that
>>> need
>>
>>> to be ironed out. I do think that it is essential that we start from
>>
>>> zero and re-think core for the purposes of a new framework.
>>
>>>
>>
>>> kc
>>
>>>
>>
>>> Quoting Roy Tennant <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>:
>>
>>>
>>
>>>> Karen,
>>
>>>> I think you missed my point. The point wasn't to enrage music
>>
>>>> catalogers by leaving a field or subfield behind that they simply
>>
>>>> must have -- it was rather to determine a core of bibliographic
>>
>>>> description (which I submit the data DOES tell us), then allow
>>
>>>> communities of interest to specify ways in which that core can be
>>
>>>> decorated with what they require without ending up where we did with
>>
>>>> MARC -- with an arguably bloated record (and I'm including subfields
>>
>>>> here) that tries to be prepared for every eventuality. That's why I
>>
>>>> suggested modularity as being an excellent strategy for
>>>> accomplishing one of my pet goals (to respond to Hal Cain's
>>>> request):
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> · Simple aims should be simple to accomplish.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> · Complexity should be avoided unless it is absolutely required to
>>
>>>> achieve the goal.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> · If complexity is required, it should be sequestered. That is,
>>
>>>> complexity should not spill over to affect those who don¹t need it
>>>> to
>>
>>>> achieve their goals.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> When a MARC subfield is used 17 times out of 240 million records we
>>
>>>> may want to consider just how important it is to create it, document
>>
>>>> it, and write software to process it.
>>
>>>> Roy
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> On 11/5/11 11/5/11 € 1:24 PM, "Karen Coyle"
>>>> <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>>> Quoting Roy Tennant <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>:
>>
>>>>>
>>
>>>>>> I believe you are missing the point. The evidence is clear -- the
>>
>>>>>> vast majority of the some 3,000 data elements in MARC go unused
>>
>>>>>> except for a small percentage of records in terms of the whole.
>>
>>>>>> What isn't there cannot be indexed or presented in a catalog, no
>>
>>>>>> matter how hard you try. In other words, which fields were coded
>>>>>> is
>>
>>>>>> the only relevant information. It is the ONLY relevant information
>>>>>> when you are discussing how to move forward.
>>
>>>>>
>>
>>>>> I disagree. (As does the OCLC report, BTW) To some extent the stats
>>
>>>>> on MARC records reflect the many special interests that MARC tries
>>
>>>>> to address. I have spent more time on the Moen statistics [1] than
>>
>>>>> the OCLC ones, although since they were done on the same body of
>>
>>>>> data I don't see how they could be very different.
>>
>>>>>
>>
>>>>> In the case of what Moen turned up, the most highly used fields
>>>>> were
>>
>>>>> ones that systems require (001, 005, 008, 245, 260, 300) -- it's a
>>
>>>>> bit hard to attribute that to cataloger choice. But for the
>>
>>>>> remainder of the fields there is no way to know if the field is
>>
>>>>> present in all of the records that it *should* be, or not.
>>
>>>>>
>>
>>>>> At least some of the low use fields are ones that serve a small-ish
>>
>>>>> specialized community. Only 1.3% of the OCLC records have a
>>
>>>>> Cartographic Mathematical Data (255), but according to the OCLC
>>
>>>>> report that represents a large portion of the Maps records (p. 23
>>>>> of
>>
>>>>> OCLC report). It's harder to make this kind of analysis for fields
>>
>>>>> that can be used across resource types. For example, 35-47% of the
>>
>>>>> records (OCLC v. LC-only, respectively, from Moen's stats) have a
>>
>>>>> Geographic Area code (043). Undoubtedly some records should not
>>>>> have
>>
>>>>> that field, so is this field a reliable indicator that the resource
>>
>>>>> has geographic relevance? We have no way of knowing. In addition,
>>>>> as
>>
>>>>> MARC fields are constantly being added, some fields suffer from not
>>
>>>>> having been available in the past. (Moen does a comparison of
>>>>> fields
>>
>>>>> used over time [2], and the OCLC report also looks at this; see
>>
>>>>> below.)
>>
>>>>>
>>
>>>>> Neither the Moen stats nor the OCLC report really tell us what we
>>
>>>>> need to know. It's not their fault, however, because we have no way
>>
>>>>> to know what the cataloger intended to represent, nor if the MARC
>>
>>>>> record is complete in relation to the resource. My experience with
>>
>>>>> some specialized libraries (mainly music and maps) was that these
>>
>>>>> communities are diligent in their coding of very complex data.
>>
>>>>> These, however, represent only small numbers in a general catalog.
>>
>>>>>
>>
>>>>> The OCLC report reaches this conclusion:
>>
>>>>>
>>
>>>>> "That leaves 86 tags that are little used, or not used at all, as
>>
>>>>> listed in the ?MARC 21 fields little or not used? table (Table
>>>>> 2.14,
>>
>>>>> p. 32). Of these infrequently occurring fields, 16 are fields that
>>
>>>>> were introduced between 2001 and 2008. Three of these fields
>>
>>>>> (highlighted in orange) have no occurrences in WorldCat since OCLC
>>
>>>>> has no plans to implement them."
>>
>>>>>
>>
>>>>> This means that there are really 67 fields that seem to be underused.
>>
>>>>> That is out of 185 tags (not 3000, which would be more like the
>>
>>>>> number of subfields). That's about 1/3. Having sat in on many MARBI
>>
>>>>> meetings, however, I am sure that there are communities that would
>>
>>>>> be very upset if some of these fields were removed (e.g. musical
>>
>>>>> incipits, GPO item number). Admittedly, some fields were introduced
>>
>>>>> that then turned out not to be useful. If those can be identified,
>>>>> so much the better.
>>
>>>>>
>>
>>>>> Basically, there is no way to know a priori what fields *should* be
>>
>>>>> in a MARC record other than the few that are required. Deciding
>>
>>>>> which fields can be left behind is going to take more than a
>>
>>>>> statistical analysis. I agree that we should not carry forward all
>>
>>>>> MARC data just "because it is there." The analysis, though, is
>>>>> going
>>
>>>>> to be fairly difficult. Even more difficult will be the analysis of
>>
>>>>> the fixed fields. I could go on about those at length, but that
>>
>>>>> analysis will be complicated by the fact that the fixed fields are
>>
>>>>> frequently a duplicate of data already in the record, and we never
>>
>>>>> should have expected catalogers to do the same input twice for the
>>
>>>>> same information -- we should have had a way to accomplish indexing
>>
>>>>> and display with a single input.
>>
>>>>>
>>
>>>>> kc
>>
>>>>> [1] http://www.mcdu.unt.edu/?p=41
>>
>>>>> [2] http://www.mcdu.unt.edu/?p=47
>>
>>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>>> The one thing you said that I agree with wholeheartedly, is that
>>>>>> we
>>
>>>>>> should know what data is useful to users. Yes. That.
>>
>>>>>> Roy
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>>> On 11/4/11 11/4/11 € 10:41 PM, "J. McRee Elrod"
>>>>>> <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>>>> Roy Tennant <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>>
>>>>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>> "Implications of MARC Tag Usage on Library Metadata Practices"
>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2010/2010-06.p
>>>>>>>> d
>>
>>>>>>>> f
>>
>>>>>>>
>>
>>>>>>> This study told us what fields were in records, not whether those
>>
>>>>>>> fields were utilized in OPACs. MARC has a wealth if information
>>>>>>> never
>>
>>>>>>> put to practical use. Which fields were coded is fairly useless
>>
>>>>>>> information.
>>
>>>>>>>
>>
>>>>>>> A study of what fields OPACs actually use might be helpful, but
>>
>>>>>>> that still does not tell us what fields might be helpful to
>>
>>>>>>> patrons if they were utilized,'
>>
>>>>>>>
>>
>>>>>>>
>>
>>>>>>> __ __ J. McRee (Mac) Elrod
>>>>>>> ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>)
>>
>>>>>>> {__ | / Special Libraries Cataloguing HTTP://www.slc.bc.ca/
>>
>>>>>>> ___} |__
>>
>>>>>>> \__________________________________________________________
>>
>>>>>>>
>>
>>>>>>
>>
>>>>>
>>
>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>
>>
>>>
>>
>>>
>>
>>> --
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Karen Coyle
>>
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