Overview |
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Scope |
Bibliographic Formats and Standards is a guide to the structure, coding practices, and input standards used in bibliographic records in the WorldCat® database. It provides definitions, guidelines, and examples for entering information into WorldCat. |
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Audience |
Bibliographic Formats and Standards is designed to assist catalogers and other technical services staff making use of bibliographic records in WorldCat. This guide assumes you are familiar with Resource Description & Access or other recent cataloging standards as well as other standard cataloging reference material. |
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Updates |
This document is kept up-to-date by technical bulletins outlining changes to tagging conventions and coding practice for bibliographic records. Information appearing in technical bulletins is incorporated into this document on a regular basis. For a list of current technical bulletins, see Technical Bulletins. Other changes and updates are incorporated into this document as needed. The latest revision date appears at the end of each page. |
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Designations |
The following designations are used throughout this guide:
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Examples |
Most examples provided are based on instructions found in Resource Description & Access. They are illustrative, not necessarily prescriptive. Because of the dynamic nature of WorldCat, some examples may not appear online now as shown in this document. |
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Additional examples |
If you find a bibliographic record that illustrates a cataloging instruction or coding practice particularly well, you may share it with us. Send an e-mail message giving the OCLC record number and comments to askqc@oclc.org. |
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Acknowledgments |
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OCLC acknowledges the efforts of all the people who participated in producing Bibliographic Formats and Standards. |
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Contributors |
OCLC acknowledges Nancy B. Olson for permission to adapt and use her chart from A Catalogers Guide to MARC Coding and Tagging for Audiovisual Material. DeKalb, Ill.: Minnesota Scholarly Press, 1993. OCLC acknowledges Amigos Library Services for permission to adapt and use charts from Amigos Technical Memorandum T79-37, Formatting of Call Numbers. OCLC acknowledges the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County for permission to adapt and use its chart Summary of Field 260 ǂc. |
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OCLC writers and reviewers |
Bryan Baldus, Robert Bremer, Linda Gabel, Luanne Goodson, Shanna Griffith, Hayley Moreno, Charlene Morrison, Nathan Putnam, Laura Ramsey, Robin Six, Patty Treboni, Jay Weitz, and Cynthia Whitacre. |
This page last revised: November 18, 2021