Thursday, February 21, 2008

New Database

Today's meeting with Will Real was very productive; with many thanks to Rachel Delphia, we have a new and improved database which will implement the following organizational schema:

In this case, Record Type will correspond to journal, monograph, book series, thesis, article, or catalog. Title will include the full MARC 245 field; Abbreviated Title will be the local heading/cover title.

The Contributor fields similarly break-down: Full Name is as First-Middle-Last to crosswalk with the current Parties module in the CMA records; Cited will cover the authority name in the LC record. Contributor Role defines author, contributor, translator, editor, or creator, with the position of the main access point (MARC 100/110/111) in place 1, additional entries following. This was a simplified way to combine the strictness of the standard record with the goals for greater access to which the CMA aspires.
Contributor Type fits the person, organization, or collaboration; analogous to MARC Personal, Corporate, or Conference terms.

2 comments:

Pat Lawton said...

Hi Lauren and Marc,

Am just back and have taken a look at your blog - wow! This is sooo interesting. I love how many interesting cataloging questions you have raised, and am impressed by how well you are interpreting cataloging practices and applying them to your situation.

Let's try to meet soon, shall we? Friday is my best day, if that works for both of you.

One last thought. As I read, I thought how good it might be for cataloging students to see this project that demonstrates the use of cataloging principles in a different environment. Chances are, most LIS grads will encounter just such odd situations. Do you think we might let them in on the blog?

No is an ok answer, just wanted to put it out there.

Pat

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