Re: arsclist Cataloging

["Steven Smolian" <smolians@xxxxxxxxx>]

Library vs private.

It is my understanding that some fields in the MARC cataloging system are
not searchable, which means the desired data is there but not independently
serarchable.

We might begin with what info libraries want and what collectors want.  A
list of fields (non-MARC) from each group might be a useful start.

The argument about cataloging not being discoraphic holds no water with me-
the computer can accomodate it.  Why leave important stuff out?

Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Seubert" <seubert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: arsclist Cataloging


> Steve's points are interesting, but private individuals don't need to buy
> their cataloging from OCLC. All of these utilities (and most library
> catalogs) can export catalog records in a variety of formats. This is how
> researchers compile bibliographies and one could do the same for an LP or
> CD collection. This doesn't address if library cataloging meets the needs
> of an individual collector, but if you just want to make a list of what
> you've got, it will certainly suffice.
>
> A library catalog is not a discography and isn't the definitive source of
> information about a disc, and shouldn't pretend to be. Our catalog tells
> our patrons what we have and describes the recording in enough detail to
> distinguish it from similar items. Collectors want discographies and
> libraries need catalogs and these will always need to be structured
> differently.
>
> This would be an interesting subject for the conference.
>
> David
>
> >Would you buy cataloging, as with OCLC who sells their cataloging to
> >libraries, only in a more consumer-friendly form?  Is there a business
for
> >someone doing this out thee, perhaps in conjunction with a preexisting
> >business who have developed the materials we need and would mostly have
to
> >alter, expand and shuffle data they already have?
> >
> >ARSC's present efforts at putting together everyone's 78 lists suffers
> >from a lack of standards applied uniformly by the various
> >contributors.  Ross Laird's "Brunswick Records" is terrible when it comes
> >to identifying classical music.
> >
> >If ARSC is to have a hand in cataloging issues as they relate to private
> >collectors, perhaps in conduction with one of the pre-existing cataloging
> >services, this should be addresses both on this list and, perhaps, at the
> >forthcoming conference.
> >
> >For those who feel that a dollar spent on cataloging is a record not
> >bought, this is not for you.
> >
> >Steve Smolian
> >
> >
>
> David Seubert, Curator
> Performing Arts Collection
> Davidson Library Special Collections
> University of California
> Santa Barbara, CA  93106
> (805) 893-5444 Fax (805) 893-5749
> mailto:seubert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/pa/
>
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