Lecture 5

Question 1

What MARC field are variant titles recorded under?

Answer 1

246

Question 2

Variant titles should…

Answer 2

Be justified, not arbitrary. Use your judgement, use common sense, and consider the impact on the catalog.

Question 3

What are some scenarios where you would add a variant title? (This is not comprehensive)

Answer 3

Cover title variation, spine title variation, portion of title proper, special characters in title, possessives in title proper, acronyms in title etc

Question 4

What MARC field and sub field are statements of responsibility codes under?

Answer 4

245. $c

Question 5

What punctuation to use with SoR?

Answer 5

/ = separates the whole title from author.
; = separate statement relating to to different functions
. = 245 always ends in a period unless ending w/an abbreviation, initial/letter or data that already ends w/punctuation.

Question 6

What MARC field are edition statements recorded in?

Answer 6

250. 1st & 2nd indicators are #’s. Field 250 ends in a period.

Question 7

What to do if I books doesn’t have an edition statement?

Answer 7

Don’t create it. Just omit it.

Question 8

What is the MARC field for publication, etc?

Answer 8

264.

Question 9

There are 3 subfields in 264 to help us further identify book. What are they?

Answer 9

Place of publication ($a), name of publisher ($b), date of publication ($c).

Question 10

MARC 264

Answer 10

Production/Publication/Distribution/Manufacture/Copyright

First: #, Second: varies, $a $b $c

Question 11

MARC 250

Answer 11

Edition statement.

First: #, second: #, $a $b

Question 12

MARC 246

Answer 12

Varying Form of Title

First: varied, second: varied, $a, $b, $n, $p

Question 13

MARC 245

Answer 13

Title statement

First: 0, second: non filing characters. $a $b $c $n $p

Question 14

What are the ISBD punctuation marks?

Answer 14

=, :, ;, /, or [ ]