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1 Margaux Deutsch LIS Final Exam Instructions for Completing and Submitting Your Exam - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY! The Final Exam for this course is divided into two parts. In the first part, you will answer three (3) questions that require you to reflect upon and write coherently about course content from throughout the semester. In the second part of the exam, you will create three (3) MARC records for items I will give you (do not catalog any other items!). Use the variable and fixed fields templates provided for each item to transcribe your answers. There are further instructions under each part of the exam - please read these instructions carefully. You may use the following to complete the exam:! RDA Toolkit (RDA)! Cataloger's Desktop (SHM)! Classification Web (LCSH and LCC)! LC Authorities website! OCLC Bibliographic Formats & Standards website! LIS 703 Course Lessons, Lectures, Discussion Postings, Blog Postings & Assessments! Course textbooks and handouts The course instructor has the following expectations for each question in Part 1:! Answer each question fully using course content and resources! Cite sources that you use, whether you quote directly or paraphrase! For all questions except for #3, keep your answers between words per answer. For question #3, your answer should be around words The course instructor has the following expectations for each record in Part 2:! Use the templates provided! Create each record using MARC coding! Create each record using RDA! Fill- in all applicable fixed & variable fields! Consult authority records to determine the preferred form of name and series access points! Consult LCSH to construct valid subject headings/subject strings (as many as you deem appropriate for the item, but there needs to be at least one (1) subject heading/subject string per record)! Consult LCC to construct one, full call number per record

2 LIS 703 Final Exam p. 2 You are encouraged to consult the course Lessons and Assessments, as well as resources such as RDA Toolkit and OCLC Bibliographic Formats & Standards website. If you have any questions about the exam (about the logistics of completing the exam or if you need clarification on one or more of the items), you must contact the professor via . You MAY NOT consult another person about exam content (such as other students, librarians, etc.) nor may you post questions about the exam in the Blackboard discussion forum or outside or discussion lists. Any postings made about the exam in the discussion forum for the duration of the exam period will be deleted. Complete the Final Exam within this Word document. Put your name after "Your Name" at the top of the first page and change the file name of this document to: YourLastName_FinalExam.doc (e.g., Snow_FinalExam.doc). The file extension can be either.doc or.docx. Upload the completed document to the Assignment tool within Blackboard by 11:55pm CST on the due date noted within the Weekly Schedule. Please do not wait until the last minute to upload your exam. Please review the step- by- step guide to uploading assignments in Blackboard. If you have any technical difficulties that prevent you from uploading your completed document to the Assignment tool within Blackboard, it to the professor's outside address (which can be found in the course Syllabus). It will not be counted as late as long as the exam is received in the professor's inbox by 11:55pm CST the day it is due.

3 LIS 703 Final Exam p. 3 Part 1 Answer the following questions within this exam. With the exception of question 3, each answer should be around words (if you are a little above or a little below that amount, that's fine). I expect an answer of around words for question #3. Cite your sources if you directly quote or paraphrase a source. Use in- text citations and list your sources at the end of your answer. 1) Review Charles Cutter's Objects and Means for a library catalog. Now consider RDA as a manual for achieving those objectives. Identify two specific RDA rules (meaning: include the RDA rule number) that help make Cutter's objectives an achievable reality. Briefly discuss your choices and how each will make Cutter happy. One of Charles Cutter s objects is, To show what the library has by a given author (Cutter). This means that the library should have some means of identifying what items a creator has published that the library owns. With modern technology and RDA, the use of authors or creators as access points is especially easy to identify as a fulfillment of this object. Rule in the RDA handbook states that, If an individual has more than one identity, choose the name associated with each identity as the preferred name for that identity (RDA Toolkit). When we abide by this rule, any item by any given author is filed under the same name, regardless of whether or not s/he changes his or her name or uses a pseudonym. Another one of Charles Cutter s objects that is fulfilled by RDA is, To enable a person to find a book of which the subject is known (Cutter). Rule in the RDA Toolkit explains that it is important to provide a summary of the item whenever possible. This means that if a patron were to do a keyword search for something on Pandas, for example, the library s OPAC would ideally be able to pull up any and all material pertaining to pandas. Works Cited Cutter, C. A. (1904). Objects and means. Rules for a Printed Dictionary Catalog, 4th ed. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. RDA Co-Publishers. RDA Toolkit Apr Web. < 2) Choose one item from your personal collection or your local library (do not choose an item that has been used as a FRBR example in this course). Think about the item as it relates to the FRBR Group 1 Entities (Work, Expression, Manifestation, and Item). Discuss attributes of your item at the Work, Expression, Manifestation, and Item level. Describe how will the library user will benefit from describing the item in this way. Bryce Courtenay s The Power of One is one of my favorite books. In FRBR terms, it is exciting to think about where this item came from, since I have read and re-read the book so many times. In the beginning, as they say,

4 LIS 703 Final Exam p. 4 there was a work. According to the rules of FRBR, a work is, an abstract idea, or distinct intellectual creation (Librarygeeky). For The Power of One, the idea of the protagonist Peekay in Bryce Courtenay s head would be the start of this particular work. The first time Courtenay wrote down Peekay s story--the first printing of Peekay s life-- would signify the expression of The Power of One (Librarygeeky). My edition of The Power of One is a 2008 Ballantine Books Trade Paperback Edition (Courtenay) and all of these editions are a part of the manifestation (Librarygeeky) of this work. Finally my own copy of The Power of One, with my name stamped on the first page and all of my notes and underlined passages, is considered an item in FRBR terms (Librarygeeky). These four levels of identification from work to item are an interesting way to look at the items we check out from the library. While the item I have read and re-read is an item, there are other copies out in the world that are from the same manifestation that are not the same item. Likewise, there are other manifestations of this work out there as well, including the original expression of the work. This work has also taken on other expressions, as it was made into a movie in If a patron logs on to a library database and expects to find this exact manifestation, she will be surprised and maybe confused if she did not realize that there were other expressions of the same work. However, by narrowing down the search she can find the exact manifestation she needs. Works Cited Courtenay, Bryce. The Power of One. New York: Random House, Inc., Print. Librarygeeky. Bram Stoker s Dracula in FRBR Terms. LibraryGeeky. YouTube, 11 Sept Web. 28 Apr ) You just graduated from library school and you were fortunate to be hired as a cataloging librarian at your neighborhood library - the Bliss Public Library. Your immediate supervisor thinks you have done a great job so far, but there have been major rumblings about lack of funding from the Library Board. Your job is on the line, due in large part to the Board's continuing conviction that cataloging just isn't worth it. In a rare moment of mercy, the Board has given you a chance to talk to them directly. You have the opportunity to convince them that the work of the cataloger is critical to the success of the library. In the space below, discuss your presentation to the Board. Choose two things you feel make the best case for the role of cataloging. Reflect upon the work you have done this semester and consider everything we discussed. When choosing your points to argue, keep in mind the benefits for the catalog user. Support your case with specific examples and cite at least two of the readings (articles and/or textbooks) in your answer. Catalogers are an integral part to any library s infrastructure because they organize the information patrons need in order to access items in the library. According to Arlene G. Taylor and Daniel N Joudrey, [r]etrieval of information is dependent upon its having been organized (Taylor 2). This means that in order for patrons to get what they came for, someone has to organize the bibliographic information about the items in the library. Without some means of accessing records of the items each library holds, namely a catalog, patrons would mill around the stacks until they found the items they were looking for. Because of Charles Cutter s Objects and Means, we have some

5 LIS 703 Final Exam p. 5 standards on how to organize our catalogs. Whether we retrieve items based on access points or subjects, the ideas set forth by Charles Cutter in 1904 are still applicable today (Cutter). More recently, a survey put forth by OCLC in 2009 proved that now more than ever library patrons are in need of catalogers organizational skills. On top of the necessity of accessing information based on access points and topics, patrons are asking more of catalogers with their OPAC use. According to OCLC s survey, patrons now want Direct links to online content and evaluative content, such as summaries and abstracts, tables of contents and excerpts (OCLC 11). This means that in order to keep patrons happy, catalogers are increasingly expected to provide summaries of each item in the library and links to online copies of items on their library catalogs. If anything, catalogers are of a greater value to a library than they ever have been in the past. Some might argue that with shared cataloging catalogers could be replaced with other librarians and library staff. However, with this increasing work load set up by the patrons want for more information on each library s OPAC, the task of cataloging is more time consuming than ever. If catalogers are cut, then the slack would be nearly impossible for the rest of the librarians and library staff to pick up. Works Cited Cutter, C.A. Objects and Means. Rules for a Printed Dictionary Catalog. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office., Print. OCLC. Online Catalogs: What Users and Librarians Want. Dublin. Ohio: OCLC Online Compute Library Center, Inc., Web. Taylor, Arlene G. and Daniel N. Joudrey. Organization of Recorded information. The Organization of Information. Westport, Connecticut: Libraries Unlimited, Print.

6 LIS 703 Final Exam p. 6 Part 2 In this section, you must provide bibliographic records for each of the items represented here. Use the information provided for you for each item to create your records. You will be provided with a title page, title page verso, cover, and/or a table of contents, as well as further information about each item (such as page numbers and dimensions). Assume that each of items below is an actual book, written by actual people. Make sure you find the preferred forms of names, series titles, and subject headings. Use the templates (variable and fixed field) provided to transcribe your answers. Use MARC coding for all answers! You will not need to use every field for every record. Leave the MARC field blank if you do not use it. You do not need to delete it. Please feel free to add fields as needed (e.g., add an additional 246 for multiple variant title fields.) In MARC field codes, replace the x's in with the appropriate MARC field code (e.g., change 5xx to 504 for a note on the inclusion of a bibliography). The underscores ( _ ) represent the first (1 st ) and second (2 nd ) indicators. Replace the underscore with the appropriate indicator value where needed. Please transcribe your answers using blue font.

7 LIS 703 Final Exam p. 7 Item #1 (Book) Title Page Andrew Jackson: His Amazing Life and Presidency Dr. Robert V. Remini and Matthew Warshauer Random House Paris - - New York - - Tokyo st Random House Classics Edition

8 LIS 703 Final Exam p. 8 Table of Contents Table of Contents Preface...ii Introduction...iv Chapter 1 - Jackson and the Age of the Democratic Revolution...1 Chapter 2 - A Roaring Fellow...22 Chapter 3 - "Jackson and Reform"...38 Chapter 4 - First- term troubles...59 Chapter 5 - Democracy and the Monster Bank...73 Chapter 6 - The Nullifiers' Uprising...95 Chapter 7 - The Second Battle of the Bank Chapter 8 - Slavery and Democracy Chapter 9 - Pushing Westward Chapter 10 - Jackson's Legacy Conclusion Bibliography...247

9 LIS 703 Final Exam p. 9 Index Additional Information:! This is a work of non- fiction (a biography)! Include the table of contents in your record!! Includes a bibliography (pages )! Includes an index (pages )! Preliminary pages are numbered ii through vii! The rest of the item is numbered 4 through 278! Includes black and white illustrations and maps throughout the work! In the middle of the item, there are 10 unnumbered leaves of plates! Item is 22.7 centimeters high! Item is 18.5 centimeters wide! ISBN: ! LCCN: $a $a _ 4 $a CT275.J33 $b.r _ $a Remini, Robert V. $q (Robert Vincent), $d $e author $a Andrew Jackson : $b his amazing life and presidency / $c Dr. Robert V. Remini and Matthew Warshauer $a 1 st Random House classics edition. 264 _ 1 $a Paris : $b Random House, $c [2002?].

10 LIS 703 Final Exam p _ 4 $a $a vii, 278 pages, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates : $b illustrations, maps; $c 23 cm. 336 $a text $2 rdacontent 337 $a unmediated $2 rdamedia 338 $a volume $2 rdacarrier $a Includes bibliographic references (pages ) and index _ $a Jackson and the age of democratic revolution - - A roaring fellow - - Jackson and reform - - First- term troubles - - Democracy and the monster bank - - The Nullifiers uprising - - The second battle of the bank - - Slavery and democracy - - Pushing westward - - Jackson s legacy. 650 _ 0 $a Presidents- - Biography $z United States $v Biography 655 _ 0 $a Biography _ $a Warshauer, Matthew, $d $e author. 7xx 8xx Type: a ELvl: I Srce: d Audn: g Ctrl: Lang: eng Cont: b i BLvl: m Form: Conf: 0 Biog: b MRec: Ctry: fr Ills: a b GPub: LitF: 0 Indx: 1 Desc: i Fest: 0 DtSt: s Dates: 2002

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12 LIS 703 Final Exam p. 12 Item #2 (Book) Title Page The End of Eternity A Novel by Isaac Asimov Foreword by Stephen W. Hawking Stellar Science Fiction Series - number 35 Title Page Verso Stellar Publishing Corporation New York Published in nd Printing rd Printing th Printing 1975 Copyright Isaac Asimov

13 LIS 703 Final Exam p. 13 Additional Information:! This is a work of science fiction. Time travel is a major theme.! Item's pages are numbered 1 through 256! Item does not include any illustrations! Item is 16.8 centimeters in height! Item is 10 centimeters in width! Summary (from back cover of item): Andrew Harlan is an Eternal, a member of the elite of the future. One of the few who live in Eternity, a location outside of place and time, Harlan s job is to create carefully controlled and enacted Reality Changes. These Changes are small, exactingly calculated shifts in the course of history made for the benefit of humankind. Though each Change has been made for the greater good, there are always costs. During one of his assignments, Harlan meets and falls in love with Noÿs Lambent, a woman who lives in real time and space. Then Harlan learns that Noÿs will cease to exist after the next change, and risks everything to sneak her into Eternity. Unfortunately, they are caught. Harlan s punishment? His next assignment: kill the woman he loves before the paradox they have created results in the destruction of Eternity.! ISBN: $a $a PS3551.S5E53 $b.a _ $a Asimov, Isaac, $d $e author $a The end of eternity : $b a novel / $c by Isaac Asimov ; foreword by Stephen W. Hawking _ 1 $a New York : $b Stellar Publishing corporation, $c _ 4 $a $a 256 pages ; $c 17 cm. 336 $a text $2 rdacontent 337 $a unmediated $2 rdamedia

14 LIS 703 Final Exam p $a volume $2 rdacarrier 490 1_ $a Stellar science fiction series ; $v number $a Andrew Harlan is an Eternal, a member of the elite of the future. One of the few who live in Eternity, a location outside of place and time, Harlan s job is to create carefully controlled and enacted Reality Changes. These Changes are small, exactingly calculated shifts in the course of history made for the benefit of humankind. Though each Change has been made for the greater good, there are always costs. During one of his assignments, Harlan meets and falls in love with Noÿs Lambent, a woman who lives in real time and space. Then Harlan learns that Noÿs will cease to exist after the next change, and risks everything to sneak her into Eternity. Unfortunately, they are caught. Harlan s punishment? His next assignment: kill the woman he loves before the paradox they have created results in the destruction of Eternity. - - Back Cover. 5xx 650 _ 0 $a Time travel- - Science Fiction $v Fiction. 6xx $a Science fiction 700 1_ $a Hawking, S. W. $q (Stephen W.) $e translator. 7xx 830 _ 0 $a Stellar science fiction series ; $v no. 35. Type: a ELvl: I Srce: d Audn: g Ctrl: Lang: eng Cont: BLvl: m Form: Conf: 0 Biog: MRec: Ctry: nyu Ills: GPub: LitF: 1 Indx: 0 Desc: i Fest: 0 DtSt: t Dates:

15 LIS 703 Final Exam p. 15 Item #3 (Book) Title Page An American Yarn: Patriotic Knitting Projects Created Throughout the United States by Judith Durant Carri Hammett Clara Parkes Stephanie Pearl-McPhee J.B. Sharp Title Page Verso Albino Squirrel Press Yarntastic Edition - January 1995

16 LIS 703 Final Exam p. 16 Additional Information:! This is a work of non- fiction.! On the cover, the title is given as: Patriotic Knitting Projects of the United States! No place of publication given on item and you cannot find anything about the location of the publisher after performing outside research.! The item is unnumbered, but you count that there are 44 pages.! Includes illustrations - all in color! 22 centimeters high! 26.3 centimeters wide! ISBN: X $a X 050 $a TT819.U6 $b.d _ $a Durant, Judith, $d $e author $a An American yarn : $b patriotic knitting projects created throughout the United States / $c by Judith Durant, Carri Hammett, Clara Parkes, Stephanie Pearl- McPhee, J.B. Sharp $a Patriotic knitting projects of the United States 250 $a Yarntastic Edition 264 _ 1 $a [United States?] : $b Albino Squirrel Press $c $a 44 unnumbered pages : $b Color illustrations ; $c 22 x 27 cm. 336 $a text $2 rdacontent 337 $a unmediated $2 rdamedia 338 $a volume $2 rdacarrier 490 5xx 5xx

17 LIS 703 Final Exam p $a Knitting $z United States. 6xx 700 $a Hammett, Carri, $d $e author _ _ _ $a Parkes, Clara, $e author. $a McPhee, Stephanie Pearl- $e author. $a Sharp, J. B. $q (Joseph Budworth) $e author. 8xx Type: a ELvl: I Srce: d Audn: g Ctrl: Lang: eng Cont: BLvl: m Form: Conf: 0 Biog: MRec: Ctry: xxu Ills: a GPub: LitF: 0 Indx: 0 Desc: i Fest: 0 DtSt: s Dates: 1995