Case Studies in Cataloging E-Monograph Collections
Name of Resource: Kraus Music Pamphlets
Resource Provider: Boston College Libraries
Resource Description: The Alessandro Kraus collection was purchased by the Boston College Libraries several years ago. A subset of the collection was recently selected by the music bibliographer and digitized by the Systems Department. Technical specifications for the project are on the staff web site under the "Digital Library" heading.
Number of Titles: 36
Cataloging Treatment: ______Separate Records ___x_______Single Record
Treatment Details: Each record received an 007 as well as a 530 note reading Available also through the Boston College Libraries' web site as a PDF file. The records already had a 940 with the local collection name Kraus Music Pamphlets.
Location of URLs: URLs were recorded in an int,onlin holdings record. One title (#698855 ) was a multi-volume. The URLs for all three volumes were recorded in one holdings record. Due to system limitations, only the URL for the first volume displays in the web opac holdings screen. All three URLs display in the web opac bibliographic record view.
Finding Records in Quest: wlt=Kraus and wsl=int
Treatment Rationale/Standards Applied:
The resource consists of images digitized from our own collection and is freely available to the Boston College community and beyond.
DCMB19, "Draft Interim Guidelines for Cataloging Electronic Resources (1998)" addresses the single/separate approach. DCMB19 included significant discussion of digital resources which are produced from material already in a library's collection.
Section B19.4.5 lays out criteria for determining the single/multiple record approach. The criteria allowed for using a single record approach for the Kraus pamphlets. We applied the single record approach/delineating technique as described in B19.5.2.1, except we didn't make an added entry for the collection.
We did consider the separate record approach. We wondered if that approach would be more effective in a FRBR display. However, one of the motivations for the digital project was that the pamphlets had been requested through ILL but were too fragile to loan. In the present, non-FRBR, environment, the single record approach will make it easier for ILL staff and patrons to identify the digital version.
We discussed the possibility of using the single records to generate a file of electronic only records which could be made freely available to other institutions. Indiana University offers its records for digital versions of Early American Imprints titles available in this manner.
