Super records: An approach towards the description of works appearing in various manifestations

Library Review

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 19-29

  Fattahi, Rahmatollah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cataloguing; Literature; Online computing; Records management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039964847     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000004129     Document Type: Article

References (17)

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10. Choosing the piece in hand as the only basic unit of description, however, does not apply to all types of publications. For example, a single issue of a serial does not provide sufficient cataloguing data for the description and also bibliographic relationships of the whole serial. Graham[11] criticizes AACR2 for its approach towards describing serials and states that there are structural, philosophical and practical problems with that approach.
11. Graham, C., “What's wrong with AACR2: a serial perspective”, electronic draft 20 January, 1995, available at: http://tpot.ucsd.edu/cataloging.rystal/Crystal.html
12. Lubetzky, S., Code of Cataloging Rules: Author and Title Entry: An Unfinished Draft, American Library Association, Chicago, IL, 1960.
13. A prototype catalogue of super records has been created by this author using a hypertext environment. It is available at: http://wilma.silas.unsw.edu.au/students/rfattahi/
14. The criteria for such a decision could be provided by cataloguing codes. For example, AACR2 rule 25.1A provides that:“Base the decision whether to use a uniform title in a particular instance on: (1) How well the work is known, (2) How many manifestations of the work are involved, (3) Whether the main entry is under the title, (4) Whether the work was originally in another language, (5) The extent to which the catalogue is used for research purposes”.
15. Buckland, M., “Bibliographies, library records, and the redefinition of the library catalog”, Library Resources and Technical Services, Vol. 32 No. 4, 1988, pp. 299-311.
16. Buckland, M., Redesigning Library Services: A Manifesto, American Library Association, Chicago, IL, 1992.
17. Martin, G., . Message posted to USMARC discussion list, 15 December 1995, addressing the concept of super records introduced by this author.