Your Name: John Driscoll

LIS 703 -- 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 100-200 words
per answer. For question #3, your answer should be around 300-400 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

LIS 703

Final Exam

p. 2

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

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 email. 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 email 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, email it to the
professor's outside email 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.

LIS 703

Final Exam

p. 3

LIS 703

Final Exam

p. 4

Part 1
Answer the following questions within this exam. With the exception of question
3, each answer should be around 100-200 words (if you are a little above or a
little below that amount, that's fine). I expect an answer of around 300-400
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.
RDA rule 5.1.4, defining access points, as well as authorized and variant access
points, satisfies Cutters first and second objects and standardizes their use
across libraries. By specifying authorized access points such as the preferred
form of an authors name, but also attaching variant forms as access points, RDA
allows the library to show (and the user to find) materials that are available by
someone who has used different names throughout their career such as Diddy, or
associated works that may be known by more than one name, such as Blade
Runner and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
RDA rule 2.5 regarding edition statements, and specifically 2.5.2.2 designating
where and how to find designations of edition, assist in Cutters Object G, to
assist in the choice of a book as to its edition. By standardizing the way in which
libraries record edition information and from where they obtain the information, it
makes it easier for users to locate a particular edition of a given work, or to make
sure they have the most recent edition.

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.
James Clavells Shogun is not exactly a recent work, but otherwise makes a good
example of FRBR Group 1 Entities. Since its a very long book, my hardcover copy
(which would be an Item) is in two volumes, whereas the paperback copy I used
to have (still an Item) was in one volume. If a library user were to order this book
through Interlibrary Loan, they would need to be sure they were getting the entire

LIS 703

Final Exam

p. 5

book, and not just one of two hardcover volumes. By tracking information about
different Manifestations of Shogun, a library can identify whether they had the
hardcover two-volume set or the single-volume paperback. Additionally,
collocating works in this model would allow users to see other Expressions of the
original Work, such as the TV miniseries starring Richard Chamberlain. Should
the user enjoy the book or miniseries, they might be interested in other of James
Clavells Works, including other novels such as Tai-Pan and Noble House (which
was also made into another Expression, a miniseries starring Pierce Brosnan). By
using the FRBR model, all of these different versions of the same and related
works can be organized in a fashion that allows the library user to find their
preferred form of the work and obtain it from the library.

3) 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.
To persuade my library that cataloging is still important, I would start by referencing Alan
Danskins Tomorrow Never Knows: the end of cataloguing? to illustrate the continued
need for cataloging. As Danskin points out, the barriers to publication of a new work are
lower than ever, and now anyone with sufficient will and access to a pc and a browser
can become their own publisher. There is certainly no lack of material to catalog.
Danskin also refutes the idea that print is dying, and points out that there is no evidence
of that, in spite of the growth of electronic publishing. As long as libraries maintain print
collections (which will be for many years even if new print publications did eventually
start to decline), there will be a need to catalog the books so that users can find them. In
fact, print resources can and often should be cataloged as well. While its true that many
text-based web resources are searchable and therefore do not need access points
provided, this does not apply to everything on the web that we might want to catalog.

LIS 703

Final Exam

p. 6

I would be the first to agree that library catalogs need to evolve, and I would point to the
RDA system, particularly its Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records, as
evidence of that beginning to happen. To eliminate cataloging at the library at a time
when such shifts in the field are taking place would be a grave mistake. Still, I would
agree that further innovations are needed, particularly with the interface that library
users must work with to find what theyre looking for.
OCLCs Online Catalogs: What Users and Librarians Want seems to suggest that what the
library catalog is missing is ease of use and interoperability with third-party systems such
as Google book search. Library users want to be able to link straight into online content,
and to easily tell if the library has the materials theyre looking for. I would try to show
my library that cataloging is moving in that direction, although it does have some
distance to go.
I would conclude with a quote from David M. Levys Cataloging in the Digital Order, that
cataloging is not simply a matter of reading off self-evident properties of items, but is a
highly skilled interpretative activity by which the properties of items are not simply
described, but stabilized and even created. In other words, this is a highly necessary
function that requires a catalogers skill set, especially now that the catalog is about to
undergo some drastic changes.

LIS 703

Final Exam

p. 7

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 (1st) and second (2nd) indicators. Replace the underscore with
the appropriate indicator value where needed.
Please transcribe your answers using blue font.

LIS 703

Final Exam

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
2002

1st Random House Classics Edition

Table of Contents

p. 8

LIS 703

Final Exam

p. 9

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.....................................................................120
Chapter 8 - Slavery and
Democracy................................................................................141
Chapter 9 - Pushing
Westward........................................................................................167
Chapter 10 - Jackson's
Legacy.........................................................................................198
Conclusion.........................................................................................................
..............229
Bibliography.......................................................................................................
.............247

LIS 703

Final Exam

p. 10

Index..................................................................................................................
..............266

Additional Information:

This is a work of non-fiction (a biography)

Include the table of contents in your record!
Includes a bibliography (pages 247-265)
Includes an index (pages 266-278)
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: 1433805618
LCCN: 20028015176

010 _ _

$a 20028015176

020 _ _

$a 1433805618

050 _ 4

$a E382 $b .R46 2002

100 1 _

$a Remini, Robert V. $q (Robert Vincent), $d 1921-2013 $e author.

245 1
0

$a Andrew Jackson : $b his amazing life and presidency / $c Dr. Robert V.

Remini and Matthew Warshauer.

246 _ _
250 _ _

$a 1st Random House classics edition.

264 _ 1

$a Paris : $b Random House, $c [2002?]

264 _ 4

$c 2002

LIS 703

Final Exam

p. 11

300 _ _

$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

490 _ _
504 _ _

$a Includes bibliography (pages 247-265) and index

505 0 _

$a Jackson and the age of the 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 Jacksons legacy.

600 1
0

$a Jackson, Andrew, $d 1767-1845 $v Biography.

6xx _ _
700 1 _

$a Warshauer, Matthew, $d 1965- $e author.

7xx _ _
8xx _ _

Type:

ELvl:

BLvl:

Form:

GPub:

LitF:

Srce:

Audn:

Ctrl:

Conf:

Biog:

Indx:

Desc:

MRec
:
Fest:

Lang
:
Ctry:
0 DtSt:

en
g
fr

Cont
:
Ills:

Date
s:

200
2

b F

LIS 703

Final Exam

p. 12

LIS 703

Final Exam

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 1955
2nd Printing 1958
3rd Printing 1960
4th Printing 1975
Copyright 1954 - Isaac Asimov

Additional Information:

p. 13

LIS 703

Final Exam

p. 14

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, Harlans 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 Nos
Lambent, a woman who lives in real time and space. Then Harlan learns
that Nos will cease to exist after the next change, and risks everything to
sneak her into Eternity. Unfortunately, they are caught. Harlans
punishment? His next assignment: kill the woman he loves before the
paradox they have created results in the destruction of Eternity.
ISBN: 1563081765

010 _ _
020 _ _

$a 1563081765

050 _ 4

$a PS3551.S5 $b E53 1955

100 1 _

$a Asimov, Isaac, $d 1920-1992, $e author.

245 1
4

$a The end of eternity / $c a novel by Isaac Asimov ; foreword by Stephen W.

Hawking.

246 _ _
250 _ _
264 _ 1

$a New York : $b Stellar Publishing Corporation, $c 1955.

264 _ 4

$c 1954

300 _ _

$a 256 pages ; 17 cm.

336 _ _

$a text $2 rdacontent

337 _ _

$a unmediated $2 rdamedia

338 _ _

$a volume $2 rdacarrier

490 1 _

$a Stellar science fiction series ; number 35

LIS 703

520 _ _

Final Exam

p. 15

$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, Harlans 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 Nos Lambent, a woman who lives in real time and space. Then Harlan
learns that Nos will cease to exist after the next change, and risks everything
to sneak her into Eternity. Unfortunately, they are caught. Harlans
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 $v Fiction.

655 _ 0

$a Science fiction.

700 1 _

$a Hawking, S. W. $q (Stephen W.) $e author of foreword.

7xx _ _
830 _ 0

$a Science fiction series ; $v no. 35

Type:

ELvl:

BLvl:

Form:

GPub:

LitF:

Srce:

Audn:

Ctrl:

Conf:

Biog:

Indx:

Desc:

MRec
:
Fest:

Lang
:
Ctry:
0 DtSt:

en
g
ny
u
t

Cont
:
Ills:
Date
s:

195
5

195
4

LIS 703

Final Exam

p. 16

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

LIS 703

Final Exam

p. 17

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: 083890842X

010 _ _
020 _ _

$a 083890842X

050 _ 4

$a TT819.U6 $b .D87 1995

100 1 _

$a Durant, Judith, $d 1955- $e author.

245 1
3

$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.

246 _ _

$a Patriotic knitting projects of the United States

250 _ _

$a Yarntastic edition.

264 _ 1

$a [United States] : $b Albino Squirrel Press, $c 1995.

264 _ _
300 _ _

$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 _ _

LIS 703

Final Exam

p. 18

6xx _ _
650 _ 0

$a Knitting $z United States.

700 1 _

$a Hammett, Carri, $d 1956- $e author.

700 1 _

$a Parkes, Clara, $e author.

700 1 _

$a Pearl-McPhee, Stephanie, $e author.

700 1 _

$a Sharp, J. B. $q (Joseph Budsworth) $e author.

8xx _
_

Type:

ELvl:

BLvl:

Form:

GPub:

LitF:

Srce:

Audn:

Ctrl:

Conf:

Biog:

Indx:

Desc:

MRec
:
Fest:

Lang
:
Ctry:
0 DtSt:

en
g
xx
u
s

Cont
:
Ills:

Date
s:

199
5