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Hello Will:

 

Thank you for the question.

If the record is coded “rda” in 040 $e, the record will be included.  And, only records with “rda” in the 040 $e will be included. 

If the record has a different code in the 040 $e (see list of codes here:  http://www.loc.gov/standards/sourcelist/descriptive-conventions.html) or has no 040 $e, then the record will be excluded from this process. 

 

Sincerely,

Cynthia

 

From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Will Evans
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 3:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [PCCLIST] 260 to 264 field conversion in RDA bibliographic records in WorldCat

 

Will records coded for various rare materials standards be excluded from this conversion process?

 

Best,

Will

 

Will Evans, MLIS

National Endowment for the Humanities

Chief Librarian in Charge of Technical Services

Library of the Boston Athenaeum

10 1/2 Beacon Street

Boston, MA   02108

 

Tel:  617-227-0270 ext. 243

Fax: 617-227-5266 

www.bostonathenaeum.org

 

 

 

From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Whitacre,Cynthia
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2018 3:02 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [PCCLIST] 260 to 264 field conversion in RDA bibliographic records in WorldCat

 

OCLC is beginning to convert 260 fields in RDA bibliographic records in WorldCat to 264 fields.  Initial conversion will include the straightforward cases, where 260 can easily be converted to 264 for a publication statement.  Example:

Existing

260    $a London : $b Macmillan Education Limited, $c [1972]

After Conversion

264  1 $a London : $b Macmillan Education Limited, $c [1972]

 

Once the straightforward cases are complete, we will look at how to update more complex cases.

 

Background: RDA cataloging instructions were used to create RDA bibliographic records (coded 040 $e rda) prior to implementation of the MARC field 264.  Since 264 was implemented in 2012, use of 264 fields instead of the 260 field is preferred for RDA publication data.  Because of that gap in time, there are about 1.5 million RDA records in WorldCat with a 260 field instead of 264 fields.  Converting 260 to 264 will make the data more consistent, and will facilitate conversion to future data configurations.

 

The January 2018 AskQC office hours (slides and Q&A available at https://oc.lc/askqc) announced plans for this.  For more information, please view those slides and look at the summary and questions from that presentation. 

 

 

Cynthia M. Whitacre

Manager, Metadata Policy

Metadata Quality, Global Product Management

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