Just the basics

Descriptive cataloging Bibliographic descriptions: AACR2R, chapter 7 Choice of main and/or added entries: AACR2R, chapter 21

Subject cataloging LCSH Genre headings

Hands-on cataloging exercise

Unlike books, videorecordings have no standard format in presenting information it’s hard to determine where the title frames begin and end

Authorship for videos is usually diffuse makes it hard to select access points

Information on containers and videos may be different notes are needed to specify differences

Differences that justify a new record B & W versus color (including colorized) Sound versus silent Significantly different length Different machine/video format

VHS versus Laser disc versus DVD Changes in publication dates

Be careful that date changes are not merely for packaging Dubbed versus subtitled Different language versions

Differences that do not justify a new record “Absence or presence of multiple publishers, distributors, etc.,

as long as one on the item matches one on the record and vice versa.”

Rule 7.0B1. Chief source of information In this order of preference:

the item itself (e.g., title frames) its container (and container label) if the container is an integral

part of the piece (e.g., cassette) If the information is not available from the chief source,

take it from the following sources (in this order of preference):accompanying textual material (e.g., scripts, shot lists, publicity

materials) container (if not an integral part of the piece) other sources

Example 1 300 _ _ 1 videocassette (104 min.) : $b sd., col. ; $c ½ in. 538 _ _ VHS ; Hi-fi, stereo. 007 _ _ v $b f $d c $e b $f a $g h $h o $i s

Example 2 300 _ _ 1 videodisc (120 min.) : $b sd., col. ; $c 4 ¾ in. 538 _ _ DVD ; Dolby surround 5.1 007 _ _ v $b d $d c $e g $f a $g i $h z $i q

Example – UPC 024 1 _ 024543034674

Example 1028 42 2003467 $b 20th Century Fox

1st indicator 4 for videorecording number 2nd indicator 2 to provide note but no added entry

Example 2028 42 1202 $b Kultur

$a TitlePCC practice: When credits for performer, author, director,

producer, "presenter," etc., precede or follow the title in the chief source, in general do not consider them as part of the title proper, even though the language used integrates the credits with the title. (In the examples below, the italicized words are to be considered the title proper.)

Twentieth Century Fox presents Star Wars Steve McQueen in Bullitt Thief, with James Caan

Exceptions to the aforementioned PCC practiceThe credit is within the title, rather than preceding it

CBS special report IBM—upclose IBM puppet shows

The credit is actually a fanciful statement aping a credit Little Roquefort in Good mousekeeping

The credit is represented by a possessive immediately preceding the remainder of the title Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Transcribe statements of responsibility relating to those persons or bodies credited in the chief source of information with a major role in creating a film (e.g., as producer, director, animator, or writers)

Performers are never listed in $c, but in a 511 note

Example

245 10 Bram Stoker’s Dracula 246 30 Dracula

1st indicator 3 – no note, title added entry 2nd indicator 0 – Portion of title

Examples

250 _ _ Special ed. 250 _ _ Letterbox format. 250 _ _ 20th anniversary ed.

Sometimes publication information is not clear on the videorecordings.

The Internet Movie Database is a useful source of information, on the web at http://www.imdb.com.

Additionally, most film companies now have web sites that may provide useful information about individual films.

$a give the playing time after the physical units 1 videodisc (114 min.)

$b orders: sound characteristics, color Give sd. (sound) or si. (silent) to indicate the presence or absence of a sound

track. Give col. or b&w to indicate whether an item is in color or black and white.

$c dimensions 4 ¾ in. (DVD) 12 in. (Laser disc) ½ in. (Videocassette)

$e accompanying material + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 ¾ in.)

Notes are very important in videorecording cataloging and contain useful descriptive information that does not fit in other areas of the description. When appropriate, combine two or more notes to make one.

Give notes in the order listed in AACR2, Ch.7.7B

OCLC 310376557 538 __ Blu-ray disc, widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby DTS-HD Master 5.1 surround, BD-50, BD-Live

2.0, 1080p High Definition ; (Special features: Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., 1080i High Definition). 538 __ This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players. 546 __ English dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of

hearing. 500 __ Title from container. 511 1_ Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, James Franco. 508 __ Director of photography, Harris Savides ; editor, Elliot Graham ; music, Danny Elfman. 500 __ Originally released as a motion picture in 2008. 521 8_ MPAA rating: R; for language, some sexual content and brief violence. 520 __ His life changed history. His courage changed lives. Harvey Milk is a middle-aged New

Yorker who, after moving to San Francisco, became a Gay Rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt, he was elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977. His election makes him the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the United States. The following year, both he and the city's mayor, George Moscone, were shot to death by former city supervisor, Dan White, who blamed his former colleagues for denying White's attempt to rescind his resignation from the board. Based on the inspiring true story of Harvey Milk.

500 __ Special features: "Remembering Harvey:" revealing film clips, photos and stories (in HD); "Hollywood comes to San Francisco:" join the cast and crew (in HD); "Marching for equality:" key figures from Milk's life reflect on the marches of the 1970s (in HD); BD-Live: collect your own movie clips with My Scenes, then send them through an Internet-connected player.

OCLC 52770128 538 __ DVD; Dolby Digital. 500 __ Title from container. 511 0_ Natalia Makarova, Anthony Dowell, Gerd Larsen, Derek Rencher; Royal

Ballet, Norman Morrice, director; Orchestra of Sadler's Wells Ballet, Ashley Lawrence, conductor; artists of the Royal Ballet Company.

508 __ Senior cameraman, Peter Shaw; scenery, costumes, Leslie Hurry; videotape editor, Camilla Keenan; narrator, Michael Hordern.

500 __ Original choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov; additional choreography by Frederick Ashton, Rudolf Nureyev.

518 __ Recorded July 28, 1980 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. 520 __ Prince Siegfried sees a swan on the lake who turns into the enchanted

princess Odette. She can only be saved by the true love of another. This the Prince promises her, but he is tricked by a wicked magician who disguises his daughter as the swan-maiden. Siegfried and his love leap to their death thus destroying the evil power of the magician.

AACR2Rmakes no specific rules regarding videorecordings Follow the general guidelines

In most instances, numerous people and many different groups contribute in various ways to the creation of the intellectual or artistic content Main entry for most videorecordings will be entered under title Straightforward concert videos may qualify for entry under a performing group or

individual

Be liberal when adding added entries. Remember that all added entries must be justified in the body of the record

Mixed responsibility - different people doing different tasks (author, illustrator, editor)

Shared responsibility – 2 or more people doing the same work – “Rule of 3” applies (if 3 or less all names listed, if more than 3 first name only listed followed by … [et al.])

LCSH has remained the main source for subject headings because of a strong interest in integrating nonprint resources into the catalog, the benefit of record sharing, and LC’s ongoing effort to revise and augment the LCSH tool

Follow the guides in LC Subject Cataloging Manual: Subject Headings in Cataloger’s Desktop: H 2230  Visual Materials and Non-Music Sound Recordings

Feature films can be assigned: topical headings with $v Drama or $v Juvenile films topical heading Feature films (40 minutes or longer) topical heading Short films (less than 40 minutes)

Documentaries can be assigned: topical headings appropriate to the subject of the film topical heading Documentary films

Educational films can be assigned: topical headings appropriate to the subject of the film topical heading Educational films (appropriate for pre-K-High school)

Music videos can be assigned: topical headings appropriate to the musical form

Add genre headings as appropriate to the film The LOC Moving Image Genre-Form Guide can be found at

http://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/miggen.html Examples:

655 _ 7 Dark comedy $2 migfg 655 _ 7 Fallen women $2 migfg 655 _ 0 Spaghetti westerns

Feature films Examples 1-2

Documentaries Examples 3-6

Locally produced Examples 7-8

Educational Examples 9-12

Music Examples 13-16

May or may not happen No more abbreviations Example of a videorecording in AACR2 and RDA

http://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/BCC/Presentations/RDA_in_Practice_2009_Iseminger.pdf

Maxwell, Robert L. “Improving Access to Audio-Visual Materials by Using Genre/Form Terms.” Paper presented at the Online Audiovisual Catalogers Conference, Montreal, Quebec, October 1-3, 2004 http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/cts/olac/conferences/2004.html#maxwell

Guidelines for  Subject Analysis of Audiovisual Materials http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/598/01/guidelinessubject.htm

Nonprint media preservation: A guide to resources on the Web http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2003/september8/nonprintmedia.htm

Olson, Nancy B. Cataloging of audiovisual materials and other special materials : a manual based on AACR2 and MARC 21. With the assistance of Robert L. Bothmann and Jessica J. Schomberg. 5th ed. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2008.

Ashley, Lowell E., ed. Cataloging musical moving image material. Canton, Mass.: Music Library Association, 1996.

Videorecordings Cataloging Workshop by Jay Weitz http://www.trincoll.edu/mla2008/docs/VideoWks.pdf

Hweifen Weng

Mac Nelson

Jay Weitz

Get with a partner (there will be one group of 3) and catalog one of these music videos. You can select from:Verdi’s Il TrovatoreDonizetti’s Lucia di LammermoorPuccini’s TurandotVerdi’s Aïda