The WebOPAC Committee has been working on ways to improve the WebOPAC. One of the areas we have been considering concerns improving MARC tag labels and terminology for bibliographic records.
Proposed WebOPAC label change.xls
Some labels represent a fuller version of the term we already use.
For example:
Some labels will be more descriptive than the current label. For example, instead of just NOTES, there would now be labels for CREDITS, PERFORMER, CAST, and AWARDS
Sheet 1 includes the following columns: MARC tag, Current WebOPAC label, Proposed WebOPAC label, MARC label definition, # of records in PAC with that label (all institutions) as of April 2009, and a place for comments.
Sheet 2 includes record examples with specific MARC tags listed.
The proposed WebOPAC label changes have been updated on the staging server. The easiest way to find a record is to copy the b# from the spreadsheet into the following URL: http://innopac.library.unlv.edu:2082/record=b3214391a
If you want to see the MARC tags, click on the MARC display button. Once you bring up your first record you can then use the drop down menu under Record Number
If you want to compare how the record currently looks to the proposed changed record, copy the b# from the spreadsheet into the following URL for the current WebOPAC display: http://innopac.library.unlv.edu/record=b3214391a
If you want to see the MARC tags, click on the MARC display button. Once you bring up your first record you can then use the drop down menu under Record Number.
Also note that the author entry has been moved above the uniform title/title entry and examples of this are indicated on the spreadsheet under: Author. You must be in the Entire Collection scope for author to display above the uniform title/title entry. The staging server URL listed above takes you to this scope.
For those of you using Millennium, the display labels will not change.
Once we have received your comments we will be sharing these proposed changes with our III shared member institutions.
WebOPAC labels do not automatically get updated in Encore. We will need to let III know what changes to make once we have decided to change labels.
After the label change project is complete, the WebOPAC Committee will be addressing the current list of material types used when modifying a search. While we are aware that the meaning the "AV Materials" is confusing to many, we will be evaluating all the material types.
We would like to implement these label/terminology changes before the fall semester. Please post your comments, suggestions, etc. on this blog post by June 30.
Proposed WebOPAC label change.xls
Some labels represent a fuller version of the term we already use.
For example:
- ALT TITLE would change to ALTERNATE TITLE
- PUBL INFO would change to PUBLICATION INFO
- ADDED AUTH would change to ADDED AUTHOR
Some labels will be more descriptive than the current label. For example, instead of just NOTES, there would now be labels for CREDITS, PERFORMER, CAST, and AWARDS
Sheet 1 includes the following columns: MARC tag, Current WebOPAC label, Proposed WebOPAC label, MARC label definition, # of records in PAC with that label (all institutions) as of April 2009, and a place for comments.
Sheet 2 includes record examples with specific MARC tags listed.
The proposed WebOPAC label changes have been updated on the staging server. The easiest way to find a record is to copy the b# from the spreadsheet into the following URL: http://innopac.library.unlv.edu:2082/record=b3214391a
If you want to see the MARC tags, click on the MARC display button. Once you bring up your first record you can then use the drop down menu under Record Number
If you want to compare how the record currently looks to the proposed changed record, copy the b# from the spreadsheet into the following URL for the current WebOPAC display: http://innopac.library.unlv.edu/record=b3214391a
If you want to see the MARC tags, click on the MARC display button. Once you bring up your first record you can then use the drop down menu under Record Number.
Also note that the author entry has been moved above the uniform title/title entry and examples of this are indicated on the spreadsheet under: Author. You must be in the Entire Collection scope for author to display above the uniform title/title entry. The staging server URL listed above takes you to this scope.
For those of you using Millennium, the display labels will not change.
Once we have received your comments we will be sharing these proposed changes with our III shared member institutions.
WebOPAC labels do not automatically get updated in Encore. We will need to let III know what changes to make once we have decided to change labels.
After the label change project is complete, the WebOPAC Committee will be addressing the current list of material types used when modifying a search. While we are aware that the meaning the "AV Materials" is confusing to many, we will be evaluating all the material types.
We would like to implement these label/terminology changes before the fall semester. Please post your comments, suggestions, etc. on this blog post by June 30.
Looks good and much more informative than what we have now. Putting author above titles is a change I like - especially when there is also a uniform title. Good job and we'll hope the other institutions will like the idea also.
I like the changes. As you mention, the labels are more descriptive, and I think they are understandable. I suspect that overall they will make the record more meaningful to the student -- and I think that's what this project is all about . . .
I received the following email: I still really hate the idea of changing "title" to "uniform title" --
only librarians know what that means. Was a justification offered for the change?
In response: Every record will still have a title. The "title" label will only change when a "uniform title" entry is also present on the record.
In the current WebOPAC there may be two "titles" displayed at the top of the record but what does that mean to the user?
The 1st title listed is the "uniform title" which generally does not appear on the item itself, while the 2nd title listed is the title
as it appears on the book, video, sounding recording, serial, score, etc.
There are several reasons that uniform titles are created. One reason is to bring all versions of the same work together under
one title. For example we own several versions of Shakespeare's Hamlet published under various titles:
The tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark; The three-text Hamlet; The tragicall historie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke;
The first quarto of Hamlet; and: William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince of Denmark but collocated under the uniform title: Hamlet.
Compare the entry for The tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark on the staging server: http://innopac.library.unlv.edu:2082/record=b1074830a
(note author appears above uniform title/title) with its entry on the current WebOPAC: http://innopac.library.unlv.edu/record=b1074830a
(note author appears below the 2 titles displayed)
Another reason for creating a uniform title is to distinguish the heading for a work from the heading for a different work. For example we have several
journals with the same title: International affairs. In order to distinguish one from the other a uniform title is added:
International affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs : 1931); International affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs : 1944);
and: International affairs (Moscow, Russia)
Compare the entry for International affairs (Moscow, Russia) on the staging server: http://innopac.library.unlv.edu:2082/record=b1336994a
with its entry on the current WebOPAC: http://innopac.library.unlv.edu/record=b1336994a
A third reason for making a uniform title is to create a conventional collective title to collocate publications of an author, composer,
or corporate body containing several works or extracts, etc., from several works (e.g., complete works, several works in a particular literary or musical form).
For example we have a number of sound recordings for selected Mozart operas published under various titles: Arias;
Barbara Bonney sings Mozart; and: The Mozart album but are brought together under the uniform title: Operas. Selections
Compare the entry for Barbara Bonney sings Mozart on the staging server: http://innopac.library.unlv.edu:2082/record=b2422166a
(note author appears above uniform title/title) with its entry on the current WebOPAC: http://innopac.library.unlv.edu/record=b2422166a
(note author appears below the 2 titles displayed)
While I must confess to not having examined a record for each and every suggested change, what I have reviewed makes the records MUCH easier to interpret and I commend the group for this extensive and detailed work.
I like the changes. I think the fuller version of terms will make more sense to users and I'm sure the more specific notes will help people search the media collection at least.