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Serials cheat sheet and RLIN serials example

Serials Original Cataloging MARC Tag "Cheat Sheet"

                BIBLIOGRAPHIC MARC CATALOGUING
 Local Control # : New record  Transaction type : Original Entry
 Last updated    :             Leader           : nas a 2
 Cataloguer      : 
 
 008      970529c    9999xxu r         0    0eng d
 022 BB a      ISSN
        y      Incorrect ISSN
        z      Cancelled ISSN
 030 BB a      CODEN
 037 BB b      Name and address of publisher/distributor (optional)
 040 BB a NNU
       c NNU
 043 BB a
 245 00 a
 246 xx a
 260 BB a
        b
        c
 300 BB a
        b
        c
 310 BB a      Frequency
 362 0B a      Numerical and/or Chronological Designation (formatted)
 362 1B a      Numerical and/or Chronological Designation (given as a
                      note)
 510 xB a      Works which index this serial title
 515 BB a      Numbering irregularities note
 525 BB a      Supplement note
 530 BB a      Additional physical formats note
 546 BB a      Language note
 555 BB a      Cumulative indexes available (formatted note)
 580 BB a      Complex relationships to other titles note
 650 B0 a
            x Periodicals.
 770 xB t      Title of supplement 
 772 xB t      Title of parent serial of a supplement
 780 x0 t      Former title
 785 x0 t      Later title
 787 0B t      Non-specific relationship title
Summary Holdings Statement: 
 866 BB l      Location (given as Library/Collection/Prefix code)   
        d      Call number (can be an LC call # or Periodicals)
        j      Enumeration of holdings (Omit designations such as              
                   "v.," "vol.," "Bd.," etc. and give numbers only)
        k      Chronology of holdings (given in years, or year:month,
              e.g.: 1997:05)
        i      Free text note about holdings that displays to the public.


Deciphering an RLIN serial record 

  010     7610311//r962$zsn8510%55   <--LCCN
  022 0   0014-2433                  <--ISSN
  032     097830$bUSPS               <--Postal registration number
  035     (OCoLC)1148976             
  037     $bEuromoney Publications, Nestor House, Playhouse Yard,     
                 London EC4V 5EX$c$89.00
  040     DLC$cPPiU$dCtY$dPPiU$dFU$dMnMULS$dNSDP$dAIP$dNST$dMH$dAIP
               $dOCoLC$dMH$dNSDP$dNST$dTxU$dNST$dDLC$dInU$dDLC$dCStRLIN
  042     nsdp$alc                   <--Authentication code
                                      nsdp is the National Serials                                  
                                      Data Program, involved in                                        
                                      assigning ISSNs (sort of like      
                                      CIP for serials). lc is Library of
Congress
  050 0   HG3881$b.E665
  082     332.1/5             
  210 0   Euromoney                 <--Abbreviated title (LC use)
  222  0  Euromoney                   <--Key title (LC use)
  245 00  Euromoney.                    
  260     [London :$bEuromoney Publications,  <--Note the *absence* of 
                                                                        $c
information
  300     v. :$bill. ;$c29 cm.
  310     Monthly
  362 1   Began with June 1969.               <--Publication info given as
a note.
  500     Description based on: Jan. 1982; title from cover.  <--
"Description
                                                               based on"
note is *required*  when 
                                                               the
Publication info is given as a      
                                                               note or
unknown.
  510 1   Business periodicals index$x0007-6961
  510 1   Management contents$b1974-           <--$b is date of coverage
  510 2   ABI/INFORM$bApr. 1979-
  510 2   Predicasts
  510 2   Public Affairs Information Service bulletin$x0033-3409
  515     Vols. for  unnumbered.
  525     Supplements accompany some issues.
  555     Vols. 1 (June 1969)-2 (May 1971), with v. 2.
  580     Vols. for 1981-   have supplement: Euromoney annual financial
report; 
                 <1991-> have supplements: Borrower's guide to  financing
in foreign 
                 markets, and: Investment guide to the European domestic
bond markets; 
                 <1992-> have supplement: Guide to selected domestic bond
markets.
  580     With Global investor, has supplement called: European brokers
survey.
  650  0  International finance$xPeriodicals.
  650  0  Euro-dollar market$xPeriodicals.
  770 1   $tEuromoney annual financial report$x0269-3534
                $w(DLC)sn 84012717$w(OCoLC)8513004            <-- $w is
linking control #s
(LC and OCLC/CONSER use)
  770 1   $tInvestment guide to the European domestic bond markets
                 $w(DLC)sn 92030017$w(OCoLC)25171160
  770 1   $tBorrower's guide to financing in foreign markets$w(DLC)sn     
                 92030018$w(OCoLC)24895577
  770 1   $tGuide to selected domestic bond markets$w(DLC)94648212
                 $w(OCoLC)25236659
  770 1   $tEuropean brokers survey$w(DLC)   95648172$w(OCoLC)32082474
  770 0   $tGuide to currencies$w(DLC)   96648010$w(OCoLC)24656469
  850    CCC$aCU-I$aCU-Riv$aCaBVa$aCaOOEDC$aCaOONL$aCaSSU
              $aDLC$aFMU$aFU$aInU$aKPT$aKyLoU$aMH-CI$aMWiW
              $aNNStJ$aNSyU$aNcCU$aOCU$aOU$aPU-W$aTxCM$aTxHR
              $aULA$aUPB$aViW      <-- 850 is OCLC union list holdings 
                                                       (NYU does not
participate -- 
                                                       we delete the 850s
locally)

The components of a BobCat serial brief display
(note: this example is from the CAT module)

      Online Catalogue - BRIEF DISPLAY        (1 of 1 titles)
 Local Control # :11185994
(245)      TITLE :Biochimica et biophysica acta.
(260)  PUBLISHER :Amsterdam [etc.] Elsevier/North Holland [etc.]
(362)  PUBLISHED :v. 1- Jan. 1947-
(310)  FREQUENCY :Irregular
(300)DESCRIPTION :v. ill. 25 cm.

Summary Holdings Statements:
(866)LIBRARY HAS :Bobst QD1.B55 HOLDINGS:  1- (1947-)
                    ^      ^       ^      ^   ^
                    $l      $d  (generated  $j  $k  
                                 from $d*)
*If there is no $d in the 866, the display label HOLDINGS: will not be
generated for Brief and Detailed displays

(955)  955        :BMAIN Recon2
                     ^     ^
                     $l     $u

Everything below this point is drawn from the presence of a copyset, a
type of record created and maintained in the SERials acquisitions
module. Corrections to be made "below the line" should be done by
Serials Receiving staff.

Use the ALL option for information about all items. Use the Item#
option for information about specific item(s).

     See "LIBRARY HAS" for a complete list of holding libraries.
     -----------------------------------------------------------
 1.  Bobst       QD1 .B55
     Last rec'd: Vol.1360 No.2  / 12 APR 1997           04/30/97
 
Item record for the title (which stores the LC call # for filing
purposes) does not display on this screen because the copyset
information overrides it.

Typical example of multiple summary holdings fields (866s) and
how they appear in an OPAC display

MARC:
 Local Control # : 10686556 
 866 BB l Bobst REF1 Career
       d LA226.P46
       i Latest only.
 866 BB l Bobst Microform
       d Film/Per
       i Previous only.
 866 BB l Cooper Reference
       d LA226.P46
       i Latest only.
 866 BB l NewSchool Reference Desk
       d LA226.P46
       i Latest only.
 866 BB l Parsons CareerRef
       d LA226.P46
       i Latest edition only.
 866 BB l Parsons Audiovisual
       d LA226.P46 Disk
       i Computer diskette supplements accompany some editions.

Notes: 
1) Libraries entered in alphabetical order (Bobst always comes first).
2) Library, Collection, and Call Number Prefix designations should
      match the same codes used in item records and copysets. 
3) Call number given on one line with no spaces. 
4) $i notes are free text, but should end with a period.

OPAC display:
     LIBRARY HAS :Bobst Career REF1 LA226.P46 HOLDINGS: Latest only.
                  Bobst Microform Film/Per HOLDINGS: Previous only.
                  Cooper Reference LA226.P46 HOLDINGS: Latest only.
                  NewSchool Reference Desk LA226.P46 HOLDINGS: Latest 
                      only.
                  Parsons CareerRef LA226.P46 HOLDINGS: Latest edition 
                      only.
                  Parsons Audiovisual LA226.P46 Disk HOLDINGS: Computer 
                      diskette supplements accompany some editions.