Publication Date
10-20-2012
Document Type
Poster
Start Date
20-10-2012 9:00 AM
End Date
20-10-2012 10:00 AM
Description
Following the Library of Congress’s 2010 implementation of genre/form headings for cartographic materials, the University of Minnesota Libraries undertook a project to enhance and upgrade the genre/form headings and subdivisions in more than 50,000 existing catalog records for maps. This poster shows how the project evolved from its conception in Fall 2010 to its completion in Spring 2011. Project procedures were developed through analysis of ILS reports in Excel and extensive testing in MARCEdit. Record extraction, editing, and replacement were carefully timed to minimize impacts on cataloging work and ILS indexing. The presentation also covers lessons learned from the project. It is hoped that the project can serve as a model for other potential enhancements to University of Minnesota bibliographic data, including genre/form headings in other subject areas, and the addition of RDA elements to AACR2 records.
Creative Commons License
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Recommended Citation
Traill, S. A. (2012, October 18-21). Batch enhancement of genre/form headings in MARC records for maps [Poster presentation]. 2012 OLAC Conference, Albuquerque, NM, United States. https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/olac-conference/2012/presentations/14/
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Batch Enhancement of Genre/Form Headings in MARC Records for Maps
Following the Library of Congress’s 2010 implementation of genre/form headings for cartographic materials, the University of Minnesota Libraries undertook a project to enhance and upgrade the genre/form headings and subdivisions in more than 50,000 existing catalog records for maps. This poster shows how the project evolved from its conception in Fall 2010 to its completion in Spring 2011. Project procedures were developed through analysis of ILS reports in Excel and extensive testing in MARCEdit. Record extraction, editing, and replacement were carefully timed to minimize impacts on cataloging work and ILS indexing. The presentation also covers lessons learned from the project. It is hoped that the project can serve as a model for other potential enhancements to University of Minnesota bibliographic data, including genre/form headings in other subject areas, and the addition of RDA elements to AACR2 records.