Re: cataloging

[Jeff Ahrens <jahrens@FLR.FOLLETT.COM>]

There is no MARC rule concerning cutters-- they're created locally.  A
library can request that a vendor add them, but it's still a local decision
on whether to use them and when they'll be used.  Cutters are usually based
on a main entry, and are often machine generated.  In my 5 years of
cataloging, I've never added them to the 082 tag.

Good luck!

Jeff Ahrens, MLS
Cataloger
Follett Library Resources
1340 Ridgeview Drive
McHenry, IL 60050
(815) 759-1700, ext. 387
http://www.flr.follett.com
jahrens@flr.follett.com

> Dear Colleagues,
>     I would like your input on the subject of cataloging. It has come to
>
> my attention that the new marc standards require a material in Dewey to
> have its main entry used as the first three letters on the spine label
> when there is no author. My problem is literary criticism of Hemingway
> (for example) is scattered about according to the title, i.e., Modern
> Critical Views, Twentieth Century Interpretations, and not grouped
> together by the author being criticized. We have a fairly extensive
> criticism collection, as a high school, and criticisms (were) scattered
> all over the place.
>     Could a librarian have created such a stupid cataloging rule? Is
> this, in fact, a cataloging rule? We have, over the past year,
> recataloged all criticism, to group authors together, no matter what
> series it comes from.
>     Consulting our regional catalog online leads me to believe, with few
>
> exceptions, other librarians are disregarding this "rule" and placing
> criticism of a single author together by that authors last name.
>     I'd like to know what you're doing. Perhaps I have brought a problem
>
> to your attention, if you're criticism collection seems out of control.

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