Cataloger's Reference Shelf
CONSER Editing Guide
Cataloger's Reference Shelf
CONSER Editing Guide
Update 15, 2003 (Updates)
Update 15 includes documentation on parallel language records as one of the categories of permissible duplicates (as announced in OCLC technical bulletin 250). New practices implemented as part of the aggregator neutral record, such as discontinuation of the "Coverage as of" note, were added. The removal of most 510 fields from CONSER records is described. Appendix E. Creating Records with Data in Non-Roman Script for Arabic Serials, is new. This update also includes many corrections and clarifications that have been collected from CEG users since the last update in 2002.
Field, etc. |
Addition, Change, Deletion |
Changed in minimum transactions required per year for Associate and Enhance membership Changed in the review process for Enhance members' records in anticipation of the INST command going away |
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Added wording to clarify that procedure is for Prepub records Changed "title changes" to "major changes" |
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Added section C7.2.7 on parallel records Updated steps used in deleting records in LC's system |
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Added fax no. for NSDP and LC |
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Changed in minimum transactions required per year for Associate and Enhance membership |
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Corrected "Five numeric values" to "Six numeric values"; "Four categories" to "Three categories"; "Appendix A" to "Appendix C" |
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Added code b for black & white Added wording to clarify that when there is no sound the recorded value is blank and there is no subfield $f |
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Minor change in wording |
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Added a sixth instance when a 050 not assigned by LC may be retained Changed in number of space preceding a date in subfield $b to "one" |
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Corrected typo in an example Changed first indicator in field 245 to value 1 in examples where there is also a 1XX Added second example to 6 |
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Added instructions and changed examples to reflect new policy to always set the first indicator in 245 to value 1 when there is a 1XX Inserted diacritics to examples Added $n or/and $p to some examples |
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Updated instructions to clarify order of input Clarification of first indicator usage Added subfields $n and $p to some examples |
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Corrected punctuation in last example |
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Updated editing instructions to clarify change made in CEG Update 14 |
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Changed instructions to reflect the decision to discontinue use of "Coverage as of" note Added instructions on the use of "Print began with" note |
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Added field 830 to third example Removed extra spaces following hyphen |
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Information about the removal of most of 510 fields from CONSER records Changed blank spaces in examples to # |
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Changed instructions and example tag to reflect preference to use field 580 to describe multiple relationships |
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Changed wording to say that use of subfield $m is recommended not required Changed chronology in examples to ANSI/NISO format |
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Corrected typos in examples Updated instructions on new requirement of giving both LCCN and OCLC control numbers in subfield $w of links Corrected spacing |
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Changed wording to clarify that "no online record" means "record does not appear on OCLC" not "no record for the online version" Changed first indicator value from 0 to 1 for some 245 |
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Changed delimiter in subfield $c to dollar sign Corrected typos in examples with Roman data [Note: this is the first time Appendix E has appeared in print and Catalogers Desktop, changes refer to a draft that was posted on CONSER's web site] |
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Corrected references to modules in the CCM; updated record for remote access serial |
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Clarified where non-Roman script should be supplied when applicable Added category 6 to the General Guidelines to clarify that note fields should be given in English |
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Index updated |
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