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2-8-19 (DRAFT)
CATALOGING SHOW AND TELL / ALA UPDATES
- Tad
- Recently received, will be cataloging, a Byrnes Euclid: 1840s London book on geometry featuring early color diagrams.
- A workflow is in progress for getting almanacs cataloged.
- Tim:
- ALA updates:
- Implementation of ISBD omission options being slowed pending creation of OCLC macros to allow for ISBD re-creation.
- RDA Beta Toolkit to stabilize in the spring.
- ALA updates:
- Nicole:
- ALA updates:
- LD4P2 update at PCC meeting featured Sinopia, the BIBFRAME-based linked data editing tool.
- FAST vocabularies moving from "experimental" to production after a looooong time.
- ALA updates:
- Janice:
- Shared some examples from the Arsenal Collection.
RBMS VOCABULARIES UPDATE
- RBMS vocabularies (except for 'Genre') are supposed to be followed by a qualifier bearing the thesaurus name.
- We were irregularly applying these qualifiers.
- All RBMS vocabulary authority records have been updated to include the appropriate qualifiers.
- RBMS headings in bib records should be updated as catalogers come across them.
1-11-19
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CATALOGING SHOW AND TELL / ANNOUNCEMENTS
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- Mini grant project for African language cataloging
- will involve collaborative work between catalogers and language experts from the community
- Joshua will be asking for volunteers from among original catalogers shortly
- flex time will be offered for hours spent on this work
- the hope is not only to catalog resources we aren't able to process in-house, but also expose these resources to the communities who might be most interested in them, as well as involve stakeholders in the work of describing resources from their own cultures
- More info about Aliens/Illegal aliens changes
- TSTM and EC agreed to use LC's proposed alternatives to these headings, which were fully vetted and authorized for use before legislative issues arose
- A group has been appointed to investigate the possibility of local alternatives to other related subject headings like Children of illegal aliens
- These changes have implications for terms that we assign in our original cataloging work; more discussion and guidance coming
12-18-18
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QUESTION
- Do WEMI-to-WEMI relationship designators require qualifiers in all cases?
- No, we're to use the relationship designator as it appears in RDA Appendix J. For example:
- 775 08 $i Translation of: $a ...
- 700 1_ $i Abridged as (work): $a ...
- No, we're to use the relationship designator as it appears in RDA Appendix J. For example:
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Head of Content Support Services
UC Davis Library
12-04-18
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