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Re: Authority updates and BFM

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Amy Turner <[log in to unmask]>

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Program for Cooperative Cataloging <[log in to unmask]>

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Thanks, Jenifer.  I was indeed envisioning a beautiful database resulting from more efficient methods of pooling our expertise.  While some libraries have unique needs, so much work that we all need to do is repeated in many libraries.

The goal of cooperative cataloging has been stated as creating records that can be used by many libraries.  However, records are not static, and I wish that we could expand our cooperation to maintaining a bibliographic file jointly, as we maintain the LCNAF.

At Duke, at one time we made many local edits outside of OCLC.  Since 2004, we have followed the general rule that if an edit is worth making locally, it is worth making in OCLC.  But this is for current cataloging only.  While some records on OCLC benefit from much work by many libraries, others have headings that were once valid, but no longer match the LCNAF, not to mention other outdated practices and outright errors.  With somewhat different policies and better automation, OCLC could be a lot cleaner, to the benefit of all.

Amy

-----Original Message-----
From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jenifer K Marquardt
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2016 10:11 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [PCCLIST] Authority updates and BFM

Good morning,



In the past, we have made lots of local edits outside of OCLC, especially with our music cataloging.  Now we are moving to Alma and looking at getting updates of records from OCLC and of doing all of our copy cataloging work directly in OCLC.  I'm rather alarmed at the idea of losing all of our past enhancements, and I definitely understand that all cataloging records are not created equal!



But I think that Amy wasn't expounding a one record fits all even if the record is junk.  I'm sure she was envisioning a database of beautiful records created with all of the expertise available.  It certainly is a lovely vision! :-)



Jenifer



Jenifer K. Marquardt

Asst. Head of Cataloging & Authorities Librarian

University of Georgia

Athens, GA 30602-1641



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From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Phyllis Jones [[log in to unmask]]

Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2016 11:24 AM

To: [log in to unmask]

Subject: Re: [PCCLIST] Authority updates and BFM



I would like to echo Christopher Thomas's comment, this time from a music library perspective. We live in an era where "good enough" is often the standard to which we are expected to work -- and I certainly understand that many of us are laboring under straitened circumstances in terms of staff resources -- but I for one am on the side of resisting whenever possible the pull toward a downwardly-mobile catalog. The single authority file with which most of us work remains a more or less "artisanal" province, accounting for its general reliability. Unfortunately the same can't be said for most shared catalogs, which bring together the excellent, the good enough, and the just plain bad. Local control is indeed a necessity for specialized collections (law, music, etc.) and could be considered a plus in many other libraries as well.



-Phyllis Jones



On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 10:39 AM, Christopher Thomas <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:

This “one size fits all” mentality doesn’t work well for special libraries.  In a law library, we frequently deal with cooperative cataloging copy created by people who do not understand legal literature.  We won’t just accept whatever junk comes down the pike, and we need to have control over our own data.



Christopher Thomas, M.L.S.| Electronic Resources and Metadata Librarian

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From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>] On Behalf Of Amy Turner

Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2016 6:59 AM



To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>

Subject: Re: [PCCLIST] Authority updates and BFM



Wouldn’t it be great if there was just one cooperatively maintained bibliographic file, just as there is one cooperatively maintained authority file, and BFM done for one library (with a snazzy automated system) would be done for all?



Peace on Earth, good will to men,



Amy



From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of McDonald, Stephen

Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2016 9:50 AM

To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>

Subject: Re: [PCCLIST] Authority updates and BFM



Ack—my apologies.  It was not Mary Jane that actually asked the question.  It was Charles.



                                                            Steve McDonald

                                                            Cataloging and Metadata Librarian

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From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of McDonald, Stephen

Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2016 9:47 AM

To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>

Subject: Re: [PCCLIST] Authority updates and BFM



It is a fair question, Mary Jane.  For you and for many libraries, the file maintenance is not a burden.  Some systems would handle it entirely in the background with no intervention by staff.  However, there are libraries where file maintenance is a much bigger deal.  For some libraries, this change would have to be done by hand.



In general, a single change is not much work for one library.  But we have to remember that every AAP change we make incurs file maintenance for tens of thousands of libraries.  So we have to strike a balance between creating the best records and creating unnecessary work.



Ultimately, the decision on where to set the dividing line between necessary and unnecessary changes is somewhat arbitrary.  To build consistency and make the decision easy, PCC has established policy.  They could have decided to make the dividing line elsewhere; indeed, under old policy, even adding death dates to existing birth dates was often considered excessive file maintenance.  The policy may change again in the future, and under a linked data scheme it may be unnecessary to construct AAPs at all.  But for now, the policy is that we should not add birth dates to an established heading unless it is also necessary to make another change to the heading.



                                                            Steve McDonald

                                                            Cataloging and Metadata Librarian

                                                            [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>



From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Cuneo, Mary Jane

Sent: Monday, December 19, 2016 7:52 PM

To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>

Subject: Re: [PCCLIST] Authority updates and BFM



I’ll get in trouble for saying this, but so what?  The file maintenance is not an unbearable burden.



Hi Charles,

Not unbearable, but a great pain in the rear, & time that could be spent doing more useful things.  (From someone who, with colleagues, gets a report every month and slogs through it).



Mary Jane Cuneo

Senior Serials Cataloger & NACO coordinator

Harvard Library



From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Herrold, Charles

Sent: Monday, December 19, 2016 11:47 AM

To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>

Subject: Re: Authority updates and BFM



    I’ll get in trouble for saying this, but so what?  The file maintenance is not an unbearable burden.

    However, before anyone goes off the rails, I will also say that John is right, of course, as the name is unique and doesn’t need dates.  The only serious objection I have is that, incredibly, LC provided no justification in the record for the death date:



010  n  84216417

040  DLC ǂb eng ǂe rda ǂc DLC ǂd DLC

046  ǂf 1917-02-06 ǂg 2016-12-18

1001 Gabor, Zsa Zsa, ǂd 1917-2016

370  Budapest (Hungary) ǂb Los Angeles (Calif.) ǂ2 naf

374  Actors ǂa Socialites ǂ2 lcsh

375  female

4001 Gábor, Sári, ǂd 1917-2016

4001 Gábor, Zsa Zsa ǂw nne

670  Such devoted sisters, 1985: ǂb CIP galley (Zsa Zsa Gábor)

670  Filmgoers companion, 1977 ǂb (Zsa Zsa Gábor; b. 1919 [sic])

670  LC data base, 9/10/84 ǂb (hdg.: Gábor, Zsa Zsa)

670  IMDb, May 9, 2008 ǂb (Zsa Zsa Gabor; b. Feb. 6, 1917, Budapest, Austria-Hungary; birth name: Sári Gábor; unclear as to Zsa Zsa's birth date)



      Maybe the LC cataloger should just add that essential information and remove the dates from the access points.



Chuck Herrold

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh







From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Hostage

Sent: Monday, December 19, 2016 11:32 AM

To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>

Subject: [PCCLIST] Authority updates and BFM



Zsa Zsa Gabor was laid to rest in the authority file last night.  The access point that previously had no dates now has birth and death dates.  Why?



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Harvard Library--Information and Technical Services

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Conservatory Library

Oberlin College

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