Background
Current guidelines for updating records prefer updating them according to the
rules under which the record was created. This means catalogers continue to
update pre-AACR2 records using pre-AACR2 cataloging rules. Recataloging of
pre-AACR2 records to AACR2 is restricted to certain situations. Streamlining
this process will help reduce expensive recataloging costs and the need of
training catalogers in using an obsolete cataloging code.
Records created according to non-AACR rules are not permitted in the CONSER
database. The OCLC database includes records from a variety of sources, some
of which follow standards other than those used by the Anglo-American cataloging
community (for example, Dublin Core, cataloging codes from other countries,
etc.) The ability to identify and make use of these records without having
to re-describe to AACR2 could provide cataloging copy for a variety of large
scale projects.
Tasks
1) Make recommendations about CONSER's guidelines for updating pre-AACR2 records already in the CONSER database and for using non-CONSER pre-AACR2 records as copy. Provide specific guidelines allowing the use of current cataloging rules in updating pre-AACR2 records.
2) Discuss the issue of non-AACR2 records as they relate to the CONSER database and make recommendations for further action.
Limitations
The new guidelines will not:
Time frame
Members
Mary Grenci (University of Oregon)(Chair)
Everett Allgood (New York University)
Robert Bremer (OCLC)
Lucy Barron (Library of Congress)
James Castrataro (Indiana University)
Steve Early (Center for Research Libraries)
Lisa Furubotten (Texas A&M University)
Hien Nguyen (Library of Congress)
Bonnie Parks (Oregon State University)
Margaret Smith (Saint Louis University, Law Library)
Documents to be revised:
Library of Congress