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Dear PCC members,

 

The training slides for Minimally Punctuated MARC records have been updated to reflected the changes which were made to the guidelines in March.  Both are now available on the PCC website:

 

PCC Guidelines for Minimally Punctuated MARC Bibliographic Records (policy effective Jan. 2020)

·       Guidelines [Word; 79 KB]Training [PPT; 130 KB] (Jan. 2020, rev. Apr. 2020), FAQ

 

 

Beth Picknally Camden

Chair, PCC Standing Committee on Training

 

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Everyone,

 

I am pleased to announce that a new training module is now available on the PCC website: 

Training for Minimally Punctuated MARC Bibliographic Records   

https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/sct/documents/GuidelinesMinimallyPunctuatedMARC-SCT-2020-01.pptx

 

I would like to thank the SCT Minimal Punctuation Training Task Group--Laura Ramsey (Chair), Brian Stearns, Miloche Kottman, Robert Bremer (consultant)—for their work on this training. 

 

-Beth

 

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries

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From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Jennifer W. Baxmeyer
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2020 1:25 PM
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Subject: [PCCLIST] PCC Guidelines for Minimally Punctuated MARC Bibliographic Records

 

Hi everyone,

 

(A delayed official announcement…)

 

Effective January 2, 2020, PCC libraries now have three options regarding the use of punctuation when newly authenticating bibliographic records:

 

1.  Fully punctuate any field when descriptive cataloging form is recorded as "ISBD punctuation included" (leader/18=i)

2.  Omit final punctuation when descriptive cataloging form is recorded as “ISBD punctuation included” (Leader/18=i)  

3.  Omit final punctuation and punctuation between subfields* when descriptive cataloging form is recorded as "ISBD punctuation omitted" (Leader/18=c)

 

* Exception: For MARC fields in ranges 1xx, 240, 6xx, 7xx, and 8xx, only punctuation that separates access points from relationship designators can be omitted. The punctuation within access points should not be omitted.  

 

Special note: when updating an existing PCC record, catalogers should follow the punctuation pattern already established in that record. 

 

Options 2 and 3 are optional, not mandatory. However, I would like to reiterate the benefits of implementing options b or c: creating records with limited punctuation is expected to save time for catalogers, simplify training of new catalogers, make it easier to map data to and from other formats, and allow for an easier transition to linked data or vice versa (e.g., mapping BIBFRAME to MARC).  

 

The final version of these guidelines are available on the PCC website: https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/documents/PCC-Guidelines-Minimally-Punctuated-MARC-Data.docx 

 

Some minor issues with the OCLC macro to remove punctuation have been reported and these are being worked on. Also, please note that when controlling headings in OCLC, the period will be added to the end of the field. In addition, a MarcEdit task has been created that removes punctuation and will be available soon for download from the PCC Standing Committee on Applications Macro and script resources page (https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/resources/macros.html). Finally, training materials and specifications for automatically removing or adding punctuation will be posted to the PCC site as they become available. 

 

As stated above, this policy intends to cover the use of punctuation when newly authenticating bibliographic records. It may be extended in the future to facilitate the work of catalogers or batch processes dealing with legacy PCC records. 

 

Please let me know if you have any questions ([log in to unmask]). 

 

Sincerely,

 

Jennifer Baxmeyer

Chair, PCC Policy Committee

 

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Jennifer Baxmeyer (she/her)

Chair, Program for Cooperative Cataloging Policy Committee

Interim Assistant University Librarian for Metadata Services

Princeton University Library

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Princeton NJ 08540

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