Scavenger Hunt for Cataloger’s Training Session July 12, 2016

Please submit answers by email before August 9, 2016 for 3 hours of Continuing Education Credit. Answers submitted after August 9 will only receive 1 hour of CE since we will review the answers at the Cataloger’s Training Session on August 9. Partial hours will be provided for incomplete forms (1-17 answers =1 hr., 18-34 answers = 2 hr.) Most if not all answers can be found using these three websites in addition to Polaris and other SHARE cataloging training documents:

  1. What record levels from OCLC are acceptable for import into Polaris?

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  1. What is the preferred thesaurus for genre terms in SHARE?

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  1. What information goes into the 1xx field in a MARC record?

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  1. In what fields should a subfield e relator code be added?

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  1. What does RDA stand for?

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  1. You have a fiction book that is volume 3 of a series. In what field in the item record could you put volume 3 if you wanted the series information in the call number?

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  1. In what field in a Polaris item record would you record the Dewey number (like 641.5 for cooking)?

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  1. If a bib record in Polaris matches your item except that the ISBN on your item isn't in the record, can you use that record?

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  1. What cataloging rules do we use in SHARE?

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  1. In what field(s) in the bib record would you be most likely to find information about the author(s)?

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  1. Where are the requirements for becoming a SHARE cataloger found?

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  1. What indicators are used in a 246 field if the added title is a shorter form of the title?

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  1. If a book with one author is a compilation of three short stories but does not have a collective title, which field would be used to make the 2nd and 3rd short story titles searchable?

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  1. In the SHARE database, what free-floating subdivision should be entered after each subject heading in graphic novel bib records?

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  1. In order for the PAC display of a bibliographic record to show a format icon of book plus CD, how should the bibliographic record be coded?

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  1. What local subject heading can be added to a bibliographic record in the SHARE database in order to help staff and patrons locate items that are on-order? How should it be coded in the MARC record?

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  1. How should a place of distribution and distributor be entered into a MARC record using RDA guidelines? (Show all MARC coding –tag, indicators and subfields)

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  1. In Polaris, which field(s) in the MARC record help us to distinguish a DVD from a Blu-ray?

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  1. How would you enter a 740 for the title The Little Mermaid? Include the tag, indicators, subfields and punctuation.

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  1. Name two or more types of subject headings found in the SHARE database?

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  1. Name two types of subject headings that are not used in the SHARE database?

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  1. Where can a list of relator terms be found?

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  1. Where can you find information about the procedure for sending in a $3 bib record request?

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  1. Can an encoding level L record be used in the SHARE database?

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  1. What indicators are used for a spine title in the 246 field?

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  1. You have a bibliographic record for the regular print version of a book. The record contains the following ISBNs:

020 $a1234567891 $q (hardcover)

020 $a198765432X $q (large print)

020 $a4567891232 $q (ebook)

According to SHARE local cataloging standards, should all of these ISBNs be retained in the record? Yes/No If No, which ISBN(s) should be deleted?

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  1. When a record for an audiobook is initially imported into Polaris, the TOM (Type of Material) appears as Nonmusical sound recording. What edits must be done to generate the TOM of Audiobook?

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  1. What is the proposed replacement for MARC that is being studied by the Library of Congress and others?

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  1. What subfield contains the relator term in MARC tags 1XX and 7XX?

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  1. What are two ways to access the OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards from Connexion?

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  1. Open the OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards, either from Connexion or at this link: Find the entry for MARC tag 100 (Main Entry—Personal Name). What are the valid first indicators for this tag? (Supply indicator and meaning).

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  1. You have a regular print copy of A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton, published by Bantam Books in 1998, with 258 pages and a size of 25 cm. You also have a Book Club edition of the same title, published by Bantam Books in 1998, with 298 pages and a size of 20 cm. According to SHARE local cataloging standards, can these two items be attached to the same record?

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  1. Edit the field below to conform to RDA standards. Note: the bibliographic record includes a series statement in MARC tag 490

300 $a312 p. :$bill., ports. ;$c28 cm

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  1. True or False. MeSH subject headings should be retained in bibliographic records in Polaris.

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  1. You have a copy of “Wee Gillis” by Munro Leaf, Illustrated by Robert Lawson. Published by Trumpet Club, New York, New York, in October 1988, Copyright is 1938. ISBN is 0440845947. On the Title page, Trumpet Club Special Edition is written. It is unnumbered and 21 cm. tall. Is a bibliographic record that matches this book found in Polaris? If not, what is the OCLC number for the best matching bib record?

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  1. The bibliographic record has a 504 Includes bibliographical references note. What fixed field should be checked to ensure that this information is noted?

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  1. In the bibliographic record, the subject headings have a subheading of Juvenile fiction. What two fixed fields should this information also be coded in?

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  1. True or False – One has to belong to the Program for Cooperative Cataloging in order to catalog original records in OCLC.

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  1. In a LCSH authority record, a 550 can be referred to as a SEE ALSO or BROADER term. True or False.

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  1. For SHARE bib control number 1390587, the Cars’ “Complete Greatest Hits”, 505 is entered as an enhanced 505. Please explain why an enhanced 505 is preferred when cataloging music CDs.

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  1. Only new catalogers in SHARE are required to maintain 15 hours of continuing education each year, yes or no.

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  1. True or False: SHARE Bib control 3384588 and 3310772, both for Barron’s GRE, should be merged.

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  1. In order to be a cataloging library in SHARE, one must maintain a cataloging login in OCLC. True or False.

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  1. What import profile should be used by a cataloger at the Glen Carbon Public Library when importing bibs from OCLC into Polaris?

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  1. Using answer to number 35, what needs to be corrected, enhanced, or deleted to the OCLC bibliographic record before importing into Polaris?

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  1. What genre subject heading might apply to a paperback fiction book published by Harlequin?

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  1. What would be the fixed field code for a book published by the ALA in Chicago?

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  1. What is the difference between the 082 and the 092 MARC fields?

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  1. When importing into Polaris, why is it important to change the owner of the record set?

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  1. True or False -- You should always read the entire OCLC record thoroughly, looking for spelling errors, since there is not an easy way to spell check a bibliographic record.

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