2.26+Practice+CIP

=**CIP Practice - Chapter 2 - Text**= This will be our first practice with MARC records. As the text indicates, if you do not get MARC records with your books, the first place you are going to look for help will be the CIP on the verso of the title page.

Let's see how that information might look in a MARC record. First of all, you will need a program that will permit you to create MARC records. = = =**TWO WAYS FOR CREATING MARC RECORDS FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENTS**= >
 * 1) **BestMARC:** Each student in the class will be given an account with Mitinet's BestMARC which is a Web version of cataloging software: @http://www.best-marc.com/. It is free, it works with all computers, and you have full access to original cataloging at no charge.  You should have received an e-mail from me with your username and password. If you don't want to use BestMARC, just tuck the e-mail away for future reference. Everyone has an educational account until next August. I recommend using BestMARC because of the help built into the system but you don't have to use it if you prefer your own cataloging system.
 * 1) **Use your own cataloging system**
 * 2) If you are in a library, you can use your own system.

GETTING STARTED WITH BESTMARC

 * 1) You will have received an e-mail from me with your user ID and password in order to enter BestMARC as a student of this class. Because you are using BestMARC, it is a simple process to turn in your assignments. (If you don't use BestMARC, contact me and I will go over how to turn in your assignments.)
 * 2) Look around and get a feeling for the interface.



On page 27 of your text, you saw the most common MARC tags used by small and school libraries. For more information about these or any other tags you run across, I recommend going to Follett’s Tag of the Month Web site @http://www.follettsoftware.com/tagofthemonth.cfm. Click on the “Tag of the Month Bibliographic Archives” to find the discussion of the tags. This is an exemplary discussion about the fields and subfields – all you would want to ever know. This is particularly helpful if you don't know how to formulate the information in the field. It will show you the correct formatting.

**ASSIGNMENT**
Now that you have either explored BestMARC or you are already familiar with entering information into your school catalog, you will practice using this software as well as practice descriptive cataloging. All practice sessions and graded assignments will be done in MARC formatting.

In order to get a feel for how the CIP translates into a MARC record, I want you to create a MARC record for each of the eight (8) examples in chapter 2 of the text.

**The most basic information will be pretty obvious:**
AUTHOR/PERSONAL NAME ENTRY TITLE STATEMENT PUBLICATION INFORMATION
 * 100 $a Author
 * 245 $a Title
 * 245 $b Remainder of the title
 * 245 $c Statement of Responsibility
 * 264 $a Location of publisher
 * 264 $b Name of publisher
 * 264 -1 $c Date of publication
 * 264 -4 $c Copyright date (© and the date -- **Mac: option + g; Windows: alt + 0169**)

==** ADDITIONAL FIELDS FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT: In addition to the fields above that you have already worked with, you will add the fields below to your records if the information is present (not all books will need all of these fields -- if the information isn't there just leave the field blank.) **==
 * ** 020 $a International Standard Book Number (ISBN) **
 * ** 100 $d Author dates (find the dates wherever your can. Authority files - I like VIAF as a starting point.) **
 * ** 100 $e Relator term (list here) **
 * ** 250 $a Edition statement **
 * ** 504 $a Note - Bibliography or indexing **
 * ** 700 $a Added Entry - Personal Name **
 * ** 700 $d Added Entry - Personal Name Dates (find the dates wherever your can. Authority files are the best place to start.) **
 * **700 $e Relator term**

WATCH: SCREENCASTS FOR ASSIGNMENT

 * 1) Looking at the CIP and gathering information plus a look at BestMARC
 * 2) Entering information from the CIP into BestMARC
 * 3) An example of a record with more than one person responsible for the intellectual content of a book (100, 245, and 700)

In summary, you will be responsible for any information that would fall into these fields: **020 $a** ISBN number **100 $a** Main person responsible for the item **100 $d** Main person responsible for the item dates **245 $a** Title **245 $b** Remainder of title **245 $c** Statement of responsibility **250 $a** Edition statement **264 $a** Publisher place **264 $b** Publisher name **264 1 $c** Date of publication **300 $a** Number of pages, the extent of the item **300 $b** Illustrations, maps, portraits **300 $c** Dimensions **504 $a** Bibliography statement **700 $a** Added entry: personal name **700 $d** Added entry: personal name dates **700 $e** Relator term
 * 100 $e ** Relator term

== Cataloging is like learning a foreign language. It builds from week to week. Get comfortable with the fields as they are added each week because new fields will be added each week and you will soon become OVERWHELMED if you do not. ==

There will be information that will go into other fields that we haven't studied yet (subject headings, summaries, etc.) which we will ignore for this assignment.


 * On Monday, I will post a screencast of my answers and you can compare your answers to mine.
 * Post any questions you have about your exercise.
 * There is nothing to turn in this week for a grade.

=If you want to view the MARC record (without all of the extra fields) (Click the image for a video)=