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=Common Errors and Tips in Cataloging (Google Doc.)=

= Author of Forward = = = =CIP (Cataloging in Publication)= This PDF file discusses how CIP will have a new look starting this year.

=MARC Fields= 082 $a **Dewey Classification Number**
 * OCLC Classify http://classify.oclc.org/classify2/ Type in whatever you know about the item and you will be given suggestions for the Dewey number in order of preference.

100 $a **Author** - There are never two authors in this field. One author is always given primacy. Additional authors will be mentioned in the 245 $c field as well as the 700 $a field. If there is no author, leave the field blank.

100 $d **Dates** - always search for these dates. They will not always be available. See the Authorities section of this wiki.

245 $b **Subtitles** - written in a sentence format and does not begin with a capital letter unless it is a proper noun or adjective

245 $c **Statement of Responsibility** - reproduce the information of the author as it appears on the title page

250 $a **Edition statement** - 1st ed., 2nd ed., etc.

260 $a **Place of Publication** - If all the cities are in the United States, pick the first one listed.

260 $b **Publisher name** - put in enough to distinguish one publisher from another

300 $a **No page numbers** - estimate the number and put this in square brackets, e.g. [150 p.]

440 $a **Series statement** - obsolete. Use 490 $a instead.

500 $a **Note: General** - can put almost any information in this area

504 $a **Note: Bibliography** - also can indicate an index or glossary

505 $a **Note: Formatted Contents** - contents within a book; listing of poems or short stories

520 $a **Note: Summary** - often taken from the book flap or from a review. Be sure to give credit to the review source, e.g. - Amazon. Otherwise, make up your own summary from perusing, watching, listening, etc. the material.
 * Amazon has amazingly detailed summaries. http://chopac.org/ > Amazon Functions > Amazon to MARC Converter > enter title, ISBN. Some of the other fields are less reliable but the summaries are excellent.

521 **Note: Target Audience**
 * 521 8 $a $b -- Current and classic material found on the Lexile site https://lexile.com/fab/

526 $a **Note: Study Program Information** - example: 526 $a Accelerated Reader $b Reading Level -- 5.5 $d Points -- 7.0 $5 School - Elem
 * AR Bookfinder http://www.arbookfind.com will give you all of the information you need for this field -- and often the Lexile rating as well

586 $a **Note: Awards** - Mark Twain Readers Award, Belpré Medal, Michael L. Printz Award, etc.
 * //Children's Literature Comprehensive Database// is a first stop for this information. This will give you also 521 and 526 information as well.

658 $a **Curriculum Objective** - Common Core Exemplar Text or 658 $a Language Arts $b Writing $b Build and Present Knowledge $b 5 (for fifth grade) = 658 $a Main curriculum objective 658 $b Subordinate curriculum objective (repeatable) $c Curriculum term $d Correlation factor

=Classifying by Format=
 * Is a movie of //Othello// classified in the 700s (movies) or 800s (literature)?
 * Works dealing with two subjects that are not used to explain one another are classified by the dominant format of the work


 * Shakespeare's //Othello//
 * The literature of the play - 822.33 (English drama > Shakespeare)
 * The opera by Verdi - 782.1 (Vocal music > Operas)
 * A stage production - 792 (Stage presentations)
 * A film - 791.43 (Public performances > Motion pictures)
 * A graphic novel 741.5 (Drawing & Drawings > Comics)

=Graphic Novels=
 * Why are fictional graphic novels classified in 700s instead of 800s?
 * General DDC rule: fictional narrative is presented primarily visually or when graphics and text are equally important, prefer 700 over 800: 741.5 or 741.59
 * Graphic material intended to inform or persuade
 * Use 001-999, ex.: //The Picture Bible// 220.9505; //Persepolis// by Marjane Satrapi 955

=[|D]iacritical Marks=  Accents, Diacritical Marks and Special Characters Transcribe accents and diacritical marks that are present on the source. Treat special characters which cannot be represented by the diacritic and special character codes in one of the three ways described below. > >> //source:// **245 10 Rx for tomorrow** >> //source:// **245 10 I [love] a piano.** >> **246 3# I love a piano** > **NOTE:** Currently, the Greek letters alpha, beta and gamma may be input directly into bib records using the proper [|special character codes], but other Greek letters represented by the actual letter must be spelled out within brackets. >> //source:// within title**245 10 ... [delta] ...** >> //source:// within title >> **245 10 ... [lambda] ...**
 * NOTE:** The Spanish letter Ñ is transcribed as found since it is a separate letter of the Spanish alphabet.
 * 1) Omit the symbol if it is not integral to the understanding of the title.
 * 1) Use existing characters when this can be done without loss of meaning.
 * 1) Substitute, in the language of the work, the phrase that is the obvious equivalent of the symbol. Bracket the interpolated equivalent.

[|Top] Inverted Question Mark or Exclamation Point When an inverted question mark or exclamation point is present on the item, do not transcribe it. > //source: ¿ Por que ?// would be shown as **245 10 Por que?**

=**ISBN**= http://www.isbn-13.info/isbn-information