http://blogs.uflib.ufl.edu/catablog A Blog for UF's cataloging community. Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:16:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en *Note* I started writing this before the workshop, but I thought it bore repeating ... often! Have you ever noticed the "User tools" toolbar, or seen something that says "Assign user tools" in Connexion? How about the blue numbers on some of your coworker's Connexion screens, that may not be ... http://blogs.uflib.ufl.edu/catablog/2009/08/14/hotkeys-in-connexion-pt1/ Recent changes to Map Library cataloging include changes to the Holdings 852 field, subfield c. The previous codes were “REF” (for all non-Atlas books) and “ATL”  (for atlases). Now all books and atlases will be coded “GEN.” Example: 852 0_ $$a FU $$b UFMAP $$c GEN    (Not: REF nor ATL) $$h G1021 $$i .R185 1992 This change includes not ... http://blogs.uflib.ufl.edu/catablog/2009/06/26/recent-changes-to-map-cataloging-processing/ So ... you have a record with a URL in it ... but we all know that many links are invalid (if you didn't know that, please see Jessica York. She will educate you!) and you wonder if this is one of those. So you copy and you ... http://blogs.uflib.ufl.edu/catablog/2009/05/14/web-browsing-from-the-aleph-client/ Betsy Simpson sent out an announcement about the procedures for electronic bookplating of items. There has been a macro created to make these bookplates easily, which although it seems daunting at first, I quickly realized how much time and effort it saves. The macro can be accessed from ... http://blogs.uflib.ufl.edu/catablog/2009/04/08/donor-bookplates-and-parallel-records/ Love 'em or Hate 'em? Send them to the owning location or plop them on your cubicle as decoration? In answer to the question "What in the heck am I supposed to do with this book jacket?", Doug let us know Monday that the procedure has been updated now that ... http://blogs.uflib.ufl.edu/catablog/2009/04/01/book-jackets-anyone-book-jackets/ As we know, the 246 Marc field is used for the variant title of an item. Like the similar versions of the title appearing on the label, container, spine, etc. Or found in abbreviated form or make up full or part of the subtitle, and can be construed by someone ... http://blogs.uflib.ufl.edu/catablog/2009/03/16/246-v-740-think-variant-vs-alternate-vs-unrelated/ OK ... I know a lot of people decry various online translation resources, but I am not talking about reading a book, I am talking about translating a title page here. The fact is they have gotten more sophisticated and you can now get a lot more than just ... http://blogs.uflib.ufl.edu/catablog/2009/03/03/google-translate-tools/ The 245 field must end with a punctuation, the closed bracket    ] will not do it.     Ex.:   [et al.]. As opposed to the 260 field where the date can end in the closed bracket    ] Ex.:     [1987] There is a ... http://blogs.uflib.ufl.edu/catablog/2009/02/18/end-of-field-punctuations/ I'm sure we have all heard by now that the Series Statement/Added entry-title field, known to most of us as 440, has died. It is survived by it's child, the 830, and a sibbling, 490. All joking aside, the rules seem almost too easy. Basically, use 490, first indicator ... http://blogs.uflib.ufl.edu/catablog/2009/02/06/obituary-440/ I would like to thank everyone who came to the Holdings refresher class/workshop/seminar ... whatever! I enjoyed meeting several folks who I did not know as well as seeing familiar faces. Now, I need to retract one thing I said in the first class, and add some information I learned ... http://blogs.uflib.ufl.edu/catablog/2009/02/06/holdings-class-done-thank-you-everyone/