Cataloging Definitions: A Tutorial
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1. Monograph.An item complete in one publication, not intended to continue indefinitely. Bound volume holdings are attached to this record.Example:
2. Open monograph.(Aka "monographic set" (unanalyzed) or "multivolume monograph".) A monograph title issued in parts but not intended to continue indefinately; all parts are classed together. Each volume may also have a part or section title which is listed in a contents note on the monograph record. The titles in contents notes are not considered worthwhile access points since they are generic, or do not "stand alone" well. They do not receive title added entries or individual bibliographic records (analytics). Bound volume holdings are attached to the monograph record. Some summary holdings are built for titles with extensive holdings, especially those received on standing order.Example: Encyclopedia of Applied Physics
3. Analyzed monograph.An analyzed monograph is a monograph title issued in parts but not intended to continue indefinately; all parts are classed together. Each volume also has a distinctive title which receives an individual bibliographic record (analytic). Bound volume holdings for each title are attached to the analytic record; summary holdings for the set are on the overall monograph record, with instructions to search under call number to find all holdings.Example: New Cambridge History of India 4. Numbered series.(Or, serial monographic series). Titles issued in a series with volume numbering; each title in the series receives full cataloging and is classed separately. The individual title may be either a monograph or a serial (i.e., subserial). (Note that individual numbers of a numbered monographic series are not recorded on the bibliographic record for the individual titles which are serials.) Bound volume holdings for each title are attached to their cataloging records. A serial record for the numbered series is entered into VICTOR with summary holdings attached, with instructions to search under authors and/or titles of individual volumes to find all holdings.Example: Lecture notes in computer science
5. Monographic series (unnumbered).Titles issued in a series without volume numbering; thus, there is no overall serial record for the series. Each title in the series receives full cataloging and is classed separately (i.e., each title receives a call number reflecting the subject matter of the title and not that of the series). The individual title may be either a monograph or a serial. Bound volume holdings for each title are attached to their cataloging records (unless this itself is analyzed). A temporary conversion record for the series title may be used for Acquisition's purposes (CARL has not perfected a way to list each title in the series in the aquisition record).Example: An unnumbered monographic series that becomes numbered. The individual titles are mostly monographs. The opposite can happen, too. Monographs in electrical and electronic engineering.
6. Serial.A publication in any medium, issued in successive parts, bearing numeric or chronological designations and intended to be continued indefinetely. All parts are classed together. A relatively large category of serials is periodicals (serials that are issued less frequently than annually, that is, monthly, bimonthly, etc.). Summary holdings and bound volume holdings are attached to the serial record. Each volume may also have a distintive title. If the distinctive titles are not considered valuable as access points, then a general note in the serial record is added (e.g., Vols. for 1980- also have distinctive titles.). Examples: A periodical: JAMA: the Journal of American Medical Association An annual: ALA Yearbook of Library and Information Services An Electronic Journal: Classical and Quantum Gravity [computer file] 7. Analyzed serial.A title issued in parts bearing numeric or chronological designations and intended to be continued indefinetely. Each volume in the serial has a distinctive title considered valuable as an access point, receives analytic cataloging, and is classed together using the main serial's classification number. Summary holdings are attached to the serial record; bound volume holdings are attached to the analytic records. In some cases, indexes to bound volumes are attached to the serial record. Example:
8. Subserial.A serial within a serial. This could be one of two situations: 1) An analytic title of an analyzed serial where the analytic title is a serial rather than a monograph 2)A monographic series (numbered or unnumbered) that has a serial as an individual title. Summary holdings and bound volume holdings are attached to the record for the subserial. Example: 9. Analyzed analytic.An analytic title of a serial or a monograph which is also analyzed. The summary is on the main analytic; bound volume holdings are added to the analytic. College Park has only a few of these. Example: |