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Vol. 10, no. 2 November 1984 - Newsletter of the Technical Services Special Interest Section and the On-line Bibliographic Services Special Interest

TS-SIS OBS-SLS

Acqu i s i t i ons Committee: t i n g Committee: Merle Slyhof f , Chai r Margaret Ax tmann Mary Ertl Sue !Jelch

OCLC Committee: Cata loging and C l a s s i f i c a t i o n :

Diane Hillmann, Chai r Curt Conklin Barbara Hycnar Regina Wallen

Nominating Committee: E l i z a b e t h Xatthews, Chai r Byron Cooper Gayle Edelman Judy Westhuis

P rese rva t ion Committee: Pa t r ic ia Denham, Chai r Willis Meredith Kather ine Tooley Diana Vincent-Davis

S e r i a l s Committee: E l i zabe th Ginkel , Chai r Margaret Hall Heija Roo Kaye Stoppel

Acqu i s i t i ons Big Heads Discuss ion Group: Xerle S lvhof f , Coordina tor

Cataloging Big Heads Discuss ion Group: Evelyn Smith, Coordinator

Richard Amelung, Chair

P u b l i c i t y Committee: Ermina Nahn, Chair J ack Bissett

RLIN Committee: Renee Chapman, Chair

\JLN Committee: Suzanne Harvey, Chair

TS-SIS L i a i s o n -- t o AALL

Execut ive Board : ?largaret Lear- Education: Donna Hirst Comm. on R e l a t i o n s

wi th P u b l i s h e r s fi Dealers : Herle Slyhoff

P u b l i c Re la t ions : Xargare t Elilar P u b l i c a t i o n s : Darcy Kirk

TSLL STAFF --

ED I T O R :

ACQUISITIONS:

CLASSIFICATION:

DASHED ON:

DESCRIPTION :

PRESERVATION:

SERIALS :

SUBJECTS :

Xichele M. F i n e r t y , Un ive r s i ty of Missouri-Kansas C i t y , Law L i b r a r y , 5100 Rockh i l l Road, Kansas C i t y , YO 64110

Con t r ibu t ing E d i t o r s

Margaret Maes Axtmann, Corne l l U n i v e r s i t y Law L i b r a r y , Myron Taylor Hall , I t h a c a , N.Y. 14853

Cecilia Kwan, Un ive r s i ty of C a l i f o r n i a , Davis, Law L i b r a r y , Davis , CA 95616

P a t Ca l l ahan , Un ive r s i ty of Pennsylvania , B i d d l e Law L ib ra ry , 3400 Ches tnut S t r e e t , P h i l a d e l p h i s , PA 19174

Melody Lembke, Los A n g e l s County Law L i b r a r y , 301 w. F i r s t S t r e e t , Los Angeles , CA 90012

Rhonda Lawrence Mi t t an , Los Angeles County Law L i b r a r y , 301 W. F i r s t S t r e e t , Los Angeles, CA 90012

Pa t r ic ia K. Denham, Un ive r s i ty of C i n c i n n a t i , Rober t s. ?.lam Law L i b r a r y , C i n c i n n a t i , OH 45221

Donna Hirst, Un ive r s i ty of Iowa Law L i b r a r y , Iowa C i t y , IA 52242

Peter Enyingi , Los Angeles County Law L i b r a r y , 301 W - F i r s t S t r e e t , Los Angeles, CA 90012

ques t ions o r comments should be addressed t o t h e e d i t o r o r a p p r o p r i a t e c o n t r i b u t i n g e d i t o r .

EDITORIAL POLICY

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On-Line Bib l iographic Serv ices Report of t h e Chair

Evelyn Smith Univers i ty of Michigan

-- New York Convention. A l l our sugges t ions were accepted by

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Harvey (Univers i ty of Puget Sound) w i l l coord ina te a program on the Linked Systems P r o j e c t , the coopera t ive venture between WLN, RLIN, and LC which w i l l l i n k the t h r e e systems and which w i l l even tua l ly a l low a use r t o access a l l t h r e e systems from a s i n g l e terminal . LSP is an important s t e p toward a n a t i o n a l b ib l iog raph ic network; I ' m glad OBS is sponsor- ing t h i s program. Jacqui Paul (Delaware) w i l l be respons ib le f o r t he program on turnkey i n t e g r a t e d l i b r a r y systems f o r l i b r a r i e s wi th c o l l e c t i o n s ranging i n s i z e from 20,000 t o 100,000 t i t l e s . Suzanne Thorpe (Hennepin County), Donna Hirst (Univers i ty of Iowa), and Ruth Funabiki (Universi ty of Idaho) w i l l l ead a d i scuss ion on publ ic s e r v i c e s and t h e b ib l iog raph ic u t i l i t i e s . t i es , shar ing of te rmina ls between t echn ica l s e r v i c e s and publ ic s e r v i c e s , t r a i n i n g and documentation needs of publ ic s e r v i c e s s t a f f . We hope t h i s d i scuss ion w i l l l ead pub l i c s e r v i c e s people t o become more a c t i v e i n t h e sec t ion .

Topics t o be d iscussed inc lude publ ic s e r v i c e uses of t he u t i l i -

- SIS Membership. f o r t he Executive Board. des igna ted i n s t i t u t i o n a l members can become members of SIS's. sus t a in ing , l i f e , and s tuden t members cannot j o i n SIS's, al though they can be appointed t o AALL committees. The Membership Committee asked Melody Lembke (Los Angeles County), c h a i r of t he SIS Council , t o coord ina te SIS input on t h i s matter. I t o l d Melody t h a t I fe l t t h e r e was no need t o restrict membership of t he sec t ion , nor t o restrict p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n s e c t i o n a c t i v i t i e s (e .g . , holding o f f i c e ) by c e r t a i n types of members. an opinion on t h i s matter, p l ease convey i t t o me. SIS membership should not be l i m i t e d , w e s h a l l have t o amend the OBS-SIS bylaws.

AALL's Membership Committee is reviewing AALL's c a t e g o r i e s of membership According t o AALL bylaws, on ly ind iv idua l a c t i v e members and

Ind iv idua l a s s o c i a t e ,

I f you have I f t h e Executive Board dec ides t h a t

Committees. Bissett (Washington 6 Lee). a d e s c r i p t i o n of OBS committees, information about TSLL, a copy of t he bylaws, and a list of cu r ren t members and t h e i r a f f i l i a t i o n . Af t e r t he mail ing is completed t h i s f a l l , they w i l l t u r n t h e i r a t t e n t i o n t o o t h e r p u b l i c i t y matters. w i l l c h a i r t he Nominating Committee. (Corne l l ) , and Cindy Larter (Univers i ty of P i t t sbu rgh) . f o r o f f i c e o r wish t o suggest someone else f o r o f f i c e , g e t i n touch with them.

The P u b l i c i t y Committee c o n s i s t s of Ermina Hahn (Rutgers) , c h a i r , and Jack They are planning a mai l ing t o a l l members which w i l l inc lude

Gail Daly (Univers i ty of Minnesota) Other members of t he committee are Margie Axtmann

I f you would l i k e t o be a candidate

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OBS-SIS Committee Richard Amelung

S t . Louis Univers i ty

OCLC is c u r r e n t l y b lanket ing the country wi th reg iona l in format iona l meetings t o d i s c u s s Long-range p r i c ing . up of r ep resen ta t ives from t h e i r Marketing, Finance, and Operations Div is ions . Reasons given f o r s tudying poss ib l e changes i n the p r i c ing s t i i c t u r e inc lude the fol lowing: 1) OCLC has evolved from a s i n g l e s e r v i c e t o a mult! , j e r v i c e e n t e r p r i s e ; 2) l i b r a r i e s are reques t ing more f l e x i b i l i t y i n use of t he system; ar,d 3) new technology is not allowed f o r under the present p r i c ing s t r u c t u r e . Po in t s under cons idera t ion a t t h i s time are the poss ib l e charge f o r reuse of a record , modi f ica t ion of the cu r ren t "charge f o r ac t ion , " and perhaps an access charge.

In 1981 OCLC e s t ab l i shed an i n t e r n a l P r i c ing Committee made

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Analysis of system use had produced some i n t e r e s t i n g f ind ings . Although FTU'S were s ta t ic between 1981 and 1983, t o t a l ca t a log ing message t r a f f i c has increased from 300 t o 400 m i l l i o n messages. Furthermore, i t appears t ha t academic l i b r a r i e s perform more searches per ca ta loging produce than publ ic l i b r a r i e s , whi le pub l i c l i b r a r i e s tend t o reuse records more f requent ly . I n the In te r -Library Loan subsystem, s i z e of l i b r a r y seemed t o provide a more s i g n i f i c a n t s o r t i n g t o o l than type of l i b r a r y ; t he smaller the l i b r a r y , t he more searches per produce.

OCLC wishes t o emphasize t h a t they are s t i l l a t an e a r l y s t a g e of planning, and any modi f ica t ions t h a t may be i n i t i a t e d would be done gradual ly with t h e goa l being t o c r e a t e a more f l e x i b l e , manageable, and e q u i t a b l e s t r u c t u r e . bu t ion of charges t o r e f l e c t use p a t t e r n s , no t necessa r i ly an inc rease i n those charges .

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OBS-SIS - R L I N Standing Committee Renee D. Chapman

Univers i ty of Iowa

With the implementation of R L I N 11, MARC f i e l d 350 began t o p r i n t on ca t a log cards . J an Most u s e r s of RLIN f o r t e c h n i c a l processing would p r e f e r t h a t t h i s f i e l d not p r i n t .

James (RLG) has t o l d me t h a t t h i s f i e l d should have remained a non-printing f i e l d . On September 10th the i s s u e of f i e l d 350 as a non-printing f i e l d was submit ted t o RLG as a bug t o be f ixed .

I rece ived an RLG document e n t i t l e d "Cluster ing s p e c i f i c a t i o n s , working d r a f t , August 30, 1984," i n the September 21s t , Fr iday mai l ing from RLG. Users of RLIN f o r tech- n i c a l p rocess ing w i l l be p a r t i c u l a r l y i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e s p e c i f i c a t i o n s f o r c l u s t e r i n g ser ia ls . The document has combined a l l formats i n t o t h i s one document and s p e c i f i e d which formats are a f f e c t e d f o r each of t h e MARC f i e l d s l i s t e d . There was no RLG document number a s soc ia t ed wi th t h i s pub l i ca t ion , bu t i t is a v a i l a b l e upon r eques t t o RLG.

Operat ions Update, i s s u e 29, August 1984, r e p o r t s on t h e accomplishments of t he f i r s t By now, a l l u s e r s of RLIN should have received or year f o r t he Pub l i ca t ions Task Force.

*--chased a copy of t he new RLIN System Reference Manual and the newly updated Searching i n --- R L I N 11. Acqu i s i t i ons -- F i e l d Guide and Cata loging i n RLIN 11.

For R U N t e c h n i c a l processing u s e r s , major r e v i s i o n s are i n progress f o r t he

I n the RLIN system re fe rence manual, t h e r e was an a t tempt t o ga the r widely-used R L I N Much of what i t con ta ins w i l l n o t be repea ted else- information i n a s i n g l e pub l i ca t ion .

where, and i t w i l l be the f i r s t manual t o be updated when changes occur. manual is a must f o r a l l l i b r a r i e s u t i l i z i n g the RLIN.

Therefore , t he

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Nelody LGbke and Rhonda Lawrence Mit tan Los Angeles County

I n t h e May 1984 i s s u e of TSLL, we d i scussed the form heading " ( J u r i s d i c t i o n . ] Courts" t h a t had been used under ALA Catalog Rules and appl ied under the L ib ra ry of Congress' superimposi t ion po l i cy f o r t h e adopt ion of AACR 1. l oge r s was the presence of LC Name -4u thor i t i e s records f o r t he c o l l e c t i v e "Courts" form headings t h a t appeared t o be coded f o r use under AACR 2 . Ben Tucker of t he LC Of f i ce of Desc r ip t ive Pol icy c a l l e d and informed us t h a t LC would t r y t o c l a r i f y those a u t h o r i t y records f o r headings such a s "Iowa.

A major poin t of confusion f o r cata-

As a r e s u l t of t h a t column,

Courts ."

Recently, when we searched t h e RLIN LC a u t h o r i t y f i l e , w e discovered t h a t a note had been added t o the a u t h o r i t y records t h a t we had used as examples.

AUT/PROD LCK FUL LCRN80145203 Search CLCL-LCL Record 1 o f 1

lD:LCRN80145203 ST:P HS:c EL:n AD:l2-18-80 TD:07-03-84 Af\'R:a LHE:a csc: HOD: GHC:? UNl2:n U1F:a RC1:n L:??? NMU:a NMR:n SHU:8 SHR:a D1D:n SRU:b STP:n SNR:n ROHI? 010 n00145203 040 DLCtcDLCkIDLC 110 10 1oua. fbCour ts . 667 NOT A VALID AACR 2 HEADINGI NO VALID ECIUIVALENT UNDER AACR 2) DO NOT USE

FOR ITEMS CATALOGED AFTER DECEMBER 1980

AUT/PROD LCR f UL LCRN83bSl26 Search CLCL-LCL Record 1 o f 1

tb:LCRN8365126 ST:r H S t c E L t n ADt04-13-83 TD107-03-04 ARR:o LHE:J csc: HOD: GHC:? UNQIn UIPla RC1:b L:??? Nt4U:a NHR:n SBU:a SBR:w D I D t n SRU:b STP:n SNR:n ROH:? 010 n8365126 040 DLCtcDLC+dDLC 110 10 C a l i f o r n i w . t h D i s t r i c t C o u r t s o f A r r e 8 1 r 410 10 C a l i f o r n i a . t b C o u r t s o f Arremlr D i s t r i c t 667 NOT A VALID AACR 2 HEADINGI NO VALID EQUIVALENT UNDER AACR 2) DO NOT USE

FOR ITEMS CATALOGED AFTER DECEHBER 1980

While some o t h e r a u t h o r i t y records f o r o t h e r j u r i s d i c t i o n s ' c o l l e c t i v e "Courts" fonn headings have been updated, no t a l l t he records have been. Obviously, comments and ques t ions from ca ta loge r s r e a l l y do make a d i f f e rence . e f f o r t s t he LC s taff makes t o s impl i fy ou r ca ta loging complexi t ies . I n c a p i t a l le t ters , no less!

We c e r t a i n l y apprec i a t e t he

Sometimes, though, what might appear t o be a complicated new r u l e i n t e r p r e t a t i o n is ins t ead a simple e r r o r . t o i n d i c a t e a new p r a c t i c e f o r co rpora t e bodyluni fom t i t l e conf igura t ions . d e l i m i t e r ' I t " s u b f i e l d included i n the 110 f i e l d .

The LC record (LC 84-115664) f o r t h e new Code of Canon Law seems Note the

PROD FUL/BIB DCLC84115664-B Se8rch CLCL-LCL Record 1 of 1

XD:DCLC84115664-B RTYP:c ST:? FRNI NLR:O23333 HStn E L I AD:02-07-84 CCt9110 BLT!an DCFIa CSC: HOD: SNR: ATC: UD:01-01-01 CP t d c u L:end I N T I GPC: BIO: FIC:O CON; Pc: s FD: 19BW REP; CPIZO FS1:O ILC: t4EI:O 11:1 HHD : OR: PoLa DH: RR: COL : EHL : GEM1 BSE: 010 84115664 020 0943616204 020 0943616190 (rbk.) 040 * dCStRL I N 050 0 LAW 082 0 262.9/4*219 110 20 C a t h o l i c C h u r c h + t t C o d e x J u r i s C 8 n O n i C i ( 1 9 8 3 ) . ~ l E n d l i s h S LWtin* 243 10 Code o f canon l a u ~ L a t i n - E n d l i s h o d i t l o n : t b t r a n s l a t i o n / I c r r e ? a r e d un

d r r the a u s r i c a s o t thw Canon Lwu S o c i e t u o f America. 260 0 Uashins i tonr D.C. :+bC8non Law S o c i e t v o f A n e r i c a r t c l 9 8 3 .

500 T i t l e o n added t.?.: Codex I u r i s Canon ic i . 500 I n c l u d e s i ndex . 650 0 Canon law. 710 20 Carton Law Societu o f Anericw. 740 01 Codex I u r i s C m o n i c i .

300 X l i i ? 668 P* jSc24 CDI

This is an e r r o r . A l l of the d a t a i n the d e l i m i t e r "t" s u b f i e l d should be coded Before w e succumb t o our sanctimonious f inger-shaking as a uniform t i t l e , f i e l d 240.

impulses, remember t h a t t he Desc r ip t ive Cataloging s t a f f does not f i l l i n t he MARC t ags . After d e s c r i p t i v e ca t a loge r s have completed t h e ca t a log worksheets, t he shee t s are even- t u a l l y s e n t to the MARC tagging o f f i c e , where non-catalogers supply MARC t ags . mistakes a r e made.

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Technical Services S X Serials Committee

Donna Hirst University of Iowa

Title changes

The following serials changed title recently and were caught by the University

AELE Law Enforcement Legal Defense Center.

American Bankers Assn. Instalment Lending Division. Delinquency rates on bank

of Iowa acquisitions staff: Defense manual.

Changed to Americans for Effective Law Enforcement. Defense manual. No. 8411-

instalment loans. Changed to American Bankers Assn. Consumer Financial Services Group. Consu- mer Credit Delinquency Bulletin. No. 428- 1984-

Changed to ABA journal. Jan. 1984-

Changed to United Nations of the Next Decade Conference. Report. 19th-

Changed to Journal of financial planning. v.6,no.2- 1984-

Changed to Illinois. General Assembly. Law Revision Commission. report. 1983-

Estate Planning. Changed to Philip E. Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning.

Dangerous Goods Code. Looseleaf updates changed to International Maritime Organization. tional Maritime Dangerous Goods Code.

Changed to International trade reporter. v.1,no.l- July 4, 1984-

Changed to Arthur Young's oil & gas federal income taxation.

Changed to Rocky mountain mineral law foundation. v.17,noe6- June 1984-

Changed to Securities regulation law alert. v.17,no.lO- July 1, 1984-

Changed to Boalt Hall transcript. v.17,no.l- summer 1984- (? )

Changed to University of Florida lawyer.

Changed to Virginia. Employment Commission. Biennial report.

American Bar Association journal.

Conference on the United Nations of the Next Decade.

Financial planning today.

Illinois. General Assembly. Law Revision Commission. Report.

1984-

Biennial

Institute on Estate Planning, Univ. of Miami Law Center. Annual Institute on

18th- 1984- Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization. International Maritime

Interna- 1984-

International trade reporter's U. S. export weekly.

Miller's oil and gas federal income taxation.

Rocky Mountain mineral law newsletter.

Securities regulation & transfer report,

The Transcript.

University of Florida. College of Law. Law Center news.

Virginia. Employment Commission. Report.

1984-

spring 1984-

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Automated Serials Systems Clearinghouse

As more and more libraries are examining and choosing automated serials check- in systems, the Serials Committee has recognized the need for a clearinghouse of information regarding the variou? systems. create a network of information ai:d resources (e. g. in-house training documentation, a list of librarians who have experfence with particular systems, hardware needs,

The goal of the clearinghouse is to

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etc.). on vendor's promotional material in evaluating the systems.

The network will enable us to learn from each other and not have to rely totally

Janice Anderson (Georgetown) and Lynn Randall (Maine Law & Legislative Reference Library) are serving as the coordinators of the project. If you have any information to offer, whether your library is using an automated check-in system, you have'examined the available systems, or you want to pass on the name of someone who has had experience, please contact Janice Snyder Anderson, Assistant Law Librarian for Technical Services, Fred 0 . Dennis Law Library, Georgetown University, 600 New Jersey Ave., Washington, D.C. 20001. Janice can also be reached by calling (202) 624-1223.

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Cataloging and Classification Report Phyllis Marion

William Mitchell College

Committee on Cataloging: Description --- and Access (ALA). attended the meetings of CC:DA that were held at the annual meeting of ALA in June 1984. There was no particular focus to the discussions at these meetings; instead, the committee considered a whole range of proposals dealing with descriptive cataloging. Listed below are those of interest to law catalogers.

As representative of AALL I

1. CC:DA accepted a list of uniform titles for constitutions of African and Asian countries as prepared by the ALA Committee on Cataloging: Asian and African materials. The list is now being prepared for publication. It is uncertain at this time who will publish the list, but a decision should be forthcoming late this fall.

modify wording so that these rules encompass rulers who do not govern. be forwarded to the Joint Steering Committee for consideration.

and collections.

2. The committee accepted LC proposals dealing with Rules 22.17A4 and 22.17A5 that These changes will

3. Proposals were adopted dealing with the imprint area for unpublished materials These changes will be forwarded to JSC.

The next meeting of the committee will be in Washington, D.C. in January 1985. At that time, the committee will be asked to consider some proposals from the Yusic Library Association dealing k-ith the language used in uniform titles for music. If the committee decides to study this question, it is probable that it will address the whole question of language used in uniform titles. via TSLL.

If this happens, I will keep TS-SIS members informed

Library of Congress LC committee I attended its first meeting which was held just prior to the AALL annual meeting in San Diego. the following charge:

Classification Advisory Committee. As AALL representative to this

This Committee, appointed by the Library of Congress, will address

The Library of Congress Law Classification Advisory Committee will review the plans for the development of the law classification and make recommendations regarding the nature of the development and the time table for the completion of the remaining volumes.

The LC Director for Cataloging will chair the committee, the Law Librarian will be the vice chairman.

The committee will meet two times a year in conjunction with the meetings of the Associatioh of American Law Schools. The committee will remain in existence for two years. Extension of its existence will depend on the rate of completion of the remaining voLumes of the schedule.

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Cur ren t members of t h e committee and t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n s they r e p r e s e n t a r e : J ane Hammond, C o r n e l l Law L i b r a r y (ABA S e c t i o n on Legal Educa t ion ) ; Margaret Learv, Univer- s i t y of Michigan Law L i b r a r y (AALS); P h y l l i s Marion, William F l i t c h e l l Co l l ege : H . P e t e r Mue l l e r , Brigham Young U n i v e r s i t y (ABA S tand ing Committee on f a c i l i t i e s of t h e Law L i b r a r y of Congress) ; and Tom Reynolds, U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a , Berkeley (RLG).

A t t h e f i r s t meet ing, Luc ia R a t h e r , c h a i r of t h e committee, p r e s e n t e d a r e p o r t on t h e s t a t u s of law c l a s s i f i c a t i o n development a t LC and a p r o j e c t e d t i m e t a b l e f o r complet ion of t h e schedu les . ( T h i s r e p o r t is appended below.)

The r e p o r t i t s e l f is f a i r l y s e l f - e x p l a n a t o r y bu t s e v e r a l facets of i t should be s t r e s s e d . F i r s t of a l l , i t is proposed t h a t a l l f u r t h e r development of s c h e d u l e s fol low t h e p a t t e r n used f o r L a t i n America, t h a t is, be based on t h e u s e of g e n e r a l i z e d t a b l e s of t o p i c s a p p l i e d t o c o u n t r i e s and r e g i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s . Secondly, a f t e r d i s c u s s i o n , t h e group sugges t ed , and LC ag reed , t h a t t h e r e v i s i o n of J X should be moved t o a h i g h e r p l a c e i n t h e s c h e d u l e of p r i o r i t i e s . ( I t was f e l t t h a t more LC c l a s s i f i c a t i o n schedu le u s e r s would b e n e f i t from r e v i s i o n of J X t han would from t h e development of a shedu le f o r t h e o c r a t i c l e g a l systems. 1

The committee w i l l meet a t r e g u l a r i n t e r v a l s f o r t h e n e x t two y e a r s . The nex t meet ing w i l l be h e l d i n Washington, D . C. e a r l y i n Janua ry 1985. I f you have comments o r s u g g e s t i o n s about t h e f u r t h e r development of t h e LC law c l a s s i f i c a t i o n s c h e d u l e s , p l e a s e send them t o me a t Will iam M i t c h e l l Co l l ege of Law, L i b r a r y , 871 Summit Avenue, S t . P a u l , MI4 55105.

PLANS FOR COMPLETION OF L A W CLASSIFICATION

1. Schedules a l r e a d y p u b l i s h e d

1977 K L a w (Genera l ) 1973 KD Law of t h e UK and I r e l a n d 1976 KE L a w of Canada 1969 KP L a w of t h e United S t a t e s 1982 KK-KKC L a w of Germany

2. Schedu les s e n t t o t h e p r i n t e r i n summer 1984

1984 KDZ, KG-KH Law of L a t i n America ( f i r s t u s e of g e n e r a l i z e d t a b l e s of t o p i c s a p p l i e d t o c o u n t r i e s and r e g i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s )

3. Schedu les i n p r o g r e s s a t LC (in o r d e r of a n t i c i p a t e d p u b l i c a t i o n ) ----_I

ILT-KKZ L a w of Europe ( excep t Germany and France ) ( f i r s t u s e of 9

g e n e r a l i z e d c i v i l law t a b l e of t o p i c s ) F r o g r e s s : be ing t y p e d , w i l l r e q u i r e r ev iew and index ing . W i l l p robab ly

be a p p l i e d a t LC in 19S5, w i t h a n t i c i p a t e d p u b l i c a t i o n i n 1986

KJV-KJX L n w of France ( t h e l a s t s c h e d u l e to be c r e a t e d t h a t is unique

P rogres s : being t y p e d , w i l l r e q u i r e r ev iew and index ing . Will probab ly t o one c o u n t r y )

be a p p l i e d a t LC i n e a r l y 1986, w i t h a n t i c i p a t e d p u b l i c a t i o n in 1987

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4. Schedules t o be developed

- KL-Kz Soviet Union, Africa, Asia, Austral ia (ice., the renaining j u r i s d i c t i o n s ) (This w i l l probably be i n two volumes-a volume of j u r i s l d i c t i o n a l l i s t i n g s , similar t o the one i n KI-KKZ and a volume of t ab le s , cons i s t ing of a c i v i l law t ab le , a common law table, and tables f o r provinces, cities, forms, etc.)

Prognosis: has not yet been s t a r t e d . Publication i n 1989? This schedule requires two basic tasks: and t h e c r ea t ion of a generglized common law t ab le , s ince the generalized

the development of the j u r i s d i c t i o n a l lists,

c i v i l l a w topics i n

Tent a t i v e KL iM-KPZ KQ-KTZ Kv-w

t a b l e has a l teady been created for KI-KKZ, and the cables for provinces and cit ies, and the form t ab le s already e x i s t .

summary of the j u r i s d i c t i o n a l a l loca t ions : Soviet Union Asia (Near East, South, and Southeast Asia. Far East) Africa (North Af rica , Sub-Saharan Af rica) Australia, New Cufnea, New Zealaad, Melanesia, Micronesia,

Polynesia, Antarctica .*.. Theocratic l e g a l systems (canon law, Islamic l a w , Jewish l a w , o ther) Note: Islamic law as applied in an Islamic country will class with that country, ctc.

Prognoeis: W i l l be s t a r t e d once the typing of KL-KZ is under way

5 * L - Existing rchedules t o be revised:

To be considered after the rest of the world is completed. Some sec t ions will have t o be adjusted or eliminated. - S subclasses

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For Your Information -- The copies of two l e t t e r s , which are of i n t e r e s t t o OBS-SIS and TS-SIS members, were

recently forwarded t o the e d i t o r of TSLL. The f i r s t was addressed t o a l l WLN law l i b r a r i e s and interested parties by Ruth Patterson Funabiki (University of Idaho), and the second was a l e t t e r from Diane Hillmann (Cornell) t o Ben Tucker (LC).

Dear

A t the annual meeting of AALL i n San Diego, a VLN Committee was created within the OBS-SIS. i n t e r e s t fo r t h e committee:

Several of us met i n San Diego, and we i den t i f i ed three areas of immediate

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3 . Cooperative cataloging.

The acquis i t ions subsystem (including online transmission of orders) . Law uniform t i t l e s (online authori ty updating, and sharing our expert ise with non-law l i b r a r i a n s i n WLN).

The WESTPAC meeting i n Reno, October 17-19, presents another opportunity f o r WLN users to meet. contact: Tacoma, WA 98402-4470, ( 2 0 6 ) 756-3326.

I f you a r e interested i n par t ic ipat ing i n a meeting of WLN users, p l ease Suzanne Harvey, University of Puget Sound Law Library, 950 Broadway Plaza,

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This l e t te r i s being mailed t o WLN Lia i sons i n law l i b r a r i e s a f f i l i a t e d w i t h WLN. If i t would be more appropr i a t e f o r someone o the r than the WLN Lia ison t o rece ive mail ings about t he committee, p l ease con tac t me a t : Idaho, 83843, (208) 885-6521.

Univers i ty of Idaho, Law L ib ra ry , Moscow,

Mr. Ben Tucker Of f i ce of Desc r ip t ive Cataloging Pol icy Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 20540

Dear Ben:

The AALL Technical Serv ices SIS, Committee on Cataloging and C l a s s i f i c a t i o n , of which I am c h a i r , has looked over the r ecen t d r a f t "Recommendations f o r Rules of Descrip- t i o n i n Cataloging Loose-leaf pub l i ca t ions wi th Spec ia l Emphasis on Legal ? l a t e r i a l s , " and i n t e r e s t e d members have forwarded t h e i r comments t o me. I have taken the l i b e r t y of summarizing those comments, thereby inc luding some t h a t were given t o me ve rba l ly a s wel l as my own response t o the d r a f t . I w i l l a l s o inc lude , f o r your informat ion , copies of t he w r i t t e n comments rece ived , which were, on the whole, very favorable .

Most of t he respondents agreed wi th the fundamental dec i s ion t o c a t a l o g loose-leaf materials a s monographs. One respondent who d id not c i t e d the i n a b i l i t y of t he OCLC system t o al low use of t he ser ia ls check-in system wi th materials ca ta loged a s monographs. Other serials c o n t r o l systems t h a t I have seen do not adhere t o t h a t kind of d i s t i n c t i o n , so i t remains t o be seen how important a cons ide ra t ion t h a t w i l l be i n the f u t u r e . Another respondent who a l s o d isagreed wi th the dec i s ion t o ca t a log as monograph c i t e d the more s e r i a l - l i k e t r a n s f e r b inder material as a problem f o r h e r , bu t f e l t more a b l e to dea l with the monograph dec i s ion i f t r a n s f e r b inders could be ca ta loged sepa ra t e ly .

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One of t he most c o n t r o v e r s i a l po r t ions of the d r a f t seems t o be the dec i s ion by t o ca t a log t r a n s f e r b inde r s as p a r t of t he loose- leaf s e r v i c e , r a t h e r than sepa ra t e ly ser ia ls . Some ob jec t ions :

Many t r a n s f e r b inde r s do not come bound, bu t r a t h e r i n s e p a r a t e f l imsy b inde r s , and may o r may no t be bound by the l i b r a r y . Therefore , us ing the des igna t ion "(bound)" i n the c o l l a t i o n may be somewhat misleading. i n s t ead . Another respondent suggested t h a t the l a c k of a s e p a r a t e c a l l number would be a problem i n he r l i b r a r y . the o ld r u l e s f o r dashed-on e n t r i e s , but no t , c e r t a i n l y , f o r added e n t r i e s . That same respondent a l s o objec ted t o the lack of b ib l iog raph ic d e s c r i p t i o n f o r t r a n s f e r b inde r s , e s p e c i a l l y of chronologica l coverage f o r material such as cour t r e p o r t s o r admin i s t r a t ive ru l ings . Such information may be a v a i l a b l e on she l f lists o r o t h e r ho ld ings records , but may not be a v a i l a b l e t o the publ ic without a s e p a r a t e b ib l iog raph ic desc r ip t ion . An a d d i t i o n a l problem wi th the added e n t r y approach t o t r a n s f e r b inde r s is t h a t l i k e a l l s e r i a l s , they are prone t o t i t l e changes and changes i n f requency, numbering, e t c . The no te s f o r some of t he l a r g e r sets wi th long runs of t r a n s f e r b inders could become very complicated under t h i s approach, un le s s t i t l e changes and t i t l e mergers were ignored a s a matter of po l icy . Another problem wi th ca t a log ing t r a n s f e r b inde r s on the same record Is the d i f f i c u l t y i n making s e p a r a t e she lv ing dec i s ions f o r cu r ren t and non-current m a t e r i a l s when a l l are on the same record. Some l i b r a r i e s main ta in s p e c i a l s e c t i o n s f o r cu r ren t loose- l ea f s e r v i c e s , but she lve t r a n s f e r b inders i n the s t a c k s o r o t h e r remote loca t ions . Such loca t ion s p l i t s are d i f f i c u l t t o maintain on one ca t a log record.

One respondent sugges ts using " ( t r a n s f e r ) "

Such a sepa ra t e ca l l number would have been poss ib le under

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While c e r t a i n l y the d r a f t a l l ows f o r t h e o p t i o n of ca t a log ing t r a n s f e r r e d m a t e r i a l s s e p a r a t e l y as serials, i t is c l e a r l y more d i f f i c u l t € o r i n d i v i d u a l l i b r a r i e s t o do so when LC chooses t o subsume them under more g e n e r a l r eco rds . Perhaps i f t h e advantages of such an approach could be s p e l l e d o u t more s p e c i f i c a l l y i n t h e "Guide l ines ," and some guidance g iven t o t h e t rea tment of t i t l e t r a n s c r i p t i o n problems wi th such an approach, t h e o p t i o n might be seen as more v i a b l e f o r t h e l i b r a r i e s which would l i k e t o u s e i t .

Another area which drew many responses was the s e c t i o n on series numbering ( 2 . 6 G ) . ?lost respondents f e l t t h a t t h e r e would be a cons ide rab le amount of e x t r a work i n l i s t i n g i n d i v i d u a l volumes i n t h e manner d e s c r i b e d , and f e l t t h a t t h e informat ion involved would be more a p p r o p r i a t e l y kep t i n l o c a l ho ld ings .

Response t o the sugges t ion of a no te , s imilar t o t h a t used f o r s e r i a l s , which would Most respondents i d e n t i f y t h e exac t p i e c e used f o r c a t a l o g i n g , was uniformly f avorab le .

seemed t o f avor t h e "Descr ip t ion based on:" format , f o r s i m p l i c i t y ' s sake , bu t I found no real oppos i t i on t o t h e form sugges ted i n t h e "Guidel ines ."

One somewhat confus ing p o i n t brought up by one respondent , was whether o r no t t h e d a t e of p u b l i c a t i o n should be bracke ted i f no t n e c e s s a r i l y taken from the l a t e s t c h i e f source of in format ion .

Adele ' s l a s t paragraph of t h e i n t r o d u c t i o n , which e x p l a i n s t h a t t h e nex t area t o r e c e i v e a t t e n t i o n w i l l be supplementa t ion and replacement volumes, has genera ted no small amount of i n t e r e s t . We look forward t o see ing t h e r e s u l t s of t h a t i n q u i r y , and e s p e c i a l l y a d i s c u s s i o n of t h e d i f f i c u l t i e s i n c r e a t i n g ho ld ings r eco rds f o r such material.

Yours t r u l y ,

Diane Hillmann Cha i r , Committee on Cata loging

Technica l Se rv ices S I S and C l a s s i f i c a t i o n

Diane a d v i s e s t h a t she has e x t r a c o p i e s of t h e d r a f t g u i d e l i n e s f o r r eade r s of TSLL who might l i k e t o see them. f i r s t se rved basis.

The number is l i m i t e d , so they w i l l be suppl ied on a f i r s t come,

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