Week 3 (Reflection) 27 Feb 2013

          There are three main area in catalog record. The three main area in catalog record are classification, description and subject. 

          Why we need catalog? Catalog is needed to enable a person to find a document (the author, the title, the subject is known), to show what the library has (by a given author, on a given subjectband related subjects, and in a given kind or form of literature) as well as to assist in the choice of a document. Catalog is a list about the library materials that had been arrange according to some definite plan. The list is about materials in a collection, a library or a group of libraries. Cataloging use the agreed international rules and standards. It involves the bibliographic information preparation for catalog records. The bibilographic record give the description about the work. http://www.slideshare.net/joh5700/descriptive-cataloging-overview

          The things we will going to learn in descriptive cataloging are bibliographic record, rules (ISBD, AACR2) , areas of description, access points (authority control) and heading. Bibliographic record describe the work, heading (main entry, added entry, subject headings), tracing. ISBD is stand for International Standard Bibliographic Descrition. The areas of description are as follow:
         (1) Title and statement of responsibility.
         (2) Edition.
         (3) Material (or type of publication) specific details.
         (4) Publication, distribution etc.
         (5) Physical description.
         (6) Series.
         (7) Note.
         (8) Standard number and terms of availability.

          About the punctuation rules ( Title and statement of responsibility.-Edition area.-material specific details area.- Publication, distribution, etc.area.-(series area).

          About the ISBD outline (Title proper = parallel title : other title information / first statement of responsibility ; each subsequent statement of responsibility. - Edition statement / statement of responsibility relating to the edition. Place of publication : publisher, date of publication. - pagination : illustration + accompanying material (series).

          There are 3 levels of description based on "the porpose of the catalog or catalogs for which the entry is constructed".

* First level (Title proper / first statement of responsibility, if different from main entry heading in form or if there is no main entry heading. - Edition statement. - materials (or type of publication) specific details. - first publisher, etc., date of publication, etc., - Extent of items.- Note (s).- Standard number)

* Second level ( Title proper ( general material designation) = Parallel title: other title information / first statement of responsibility ; each subsequent statement of responsibility. - Edition statement / statement / statement of responsibility relating to the edition. - Materials (or type of publication) specific details.- First place of publication, etc : first , publisher, etc, date of publication, etc. - Extent of item ; other physical details ; dimensions. - (Title proper of series/ statement of responsibility relating to series, ISSN of series ; numbering within the series. Title of subseries, ISSN of subseries ; numbering within subseries). - Note(s). - ISBN : price (qualification)

* Third level (Includes all elements set out in the AACR2 rules that are applicable to the item being described.

Large libraries in Malaysia agreed to use the second level and school libraries use the first level.