POLICY NO. 16
(8/4/95)
COMPUTER SOFTWARE, LANGUAGES AND OPERATING SYSTEMS: ADDITION OF SYSTEM AND VARIATION NUMBER INFORMATION TO UNIFORM TITLE SUBJECT ADDED ENTRIES
(NO LONGER USED)

This policy was used by the UK Computer Labs when they added materials to the library catalog. They ceased to add materials in 1997, and their records were removed in 1999 with the migration to Voyager. DO NOT FOLLOW THIS POLICY, but standard LC practice for computer programs, languages, & operating systems.

The Lexington Main Campus (LM) and Student Computing Services (SCS) processing units will add system and version number information to uniform title subject headings (field 630) of the bibliographic records for materials describing the use of computer programs, languages, or operating systems.

The 630 field as described in this policy is not meant to replace the uniform title subject headings which may appear on a bibliographic record, but is meant to be added to the bibliographic records for the aforementioned types of materials.

If possible, the form of entry of the uniform title subject heading will be taken from the OCLC Authority File. System and version number information will be added to the uniform title element in accordance with Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, second edition, 1988 revision and the Subject Cataloging Manual: Subject Headings.

System information, when it has not been supplied as part of the uniform title element of the subject heading, will be added in "|s". The information found within "|s" can contain the name of either the operating system a software application needs to run, or the name of the hardware necessary to run an operating system. A "Systems Dictionary" for "|s" will be maintained and appended to this policy.

Version number information will be added to the uniform title element of the subject heading in "|g". This information will refer to the latest version number of the software application or operating system as specified anywhere in the item being cataloged.

The second indicator of the 630 field will be coded as 4, (source not specified), so as not to require changes in input workflow for original cataloging.

This policy is necessary for the following reasons:

The following examples of MARC records illustrate the application of this policy:

250     1st ed.

260     New York : |b MIS:Press, |c 1993.

300     xviii, 414 p. : |b ill. ; |c 24 cm.

630 00  QuarkXPress (Computer file)

630 04  QuarkXPress (Computer file). |s Macintosh. |g Version 3.2

650  0  Desktop Publishing.

260     New York : |b Springer-Verlag, |c c1993.

300     xxvii, 383 p., A-1-I13 p. : |b ill. ; 24 cm. + |e 1

computer disk (3 1/2 in.)

500     System requirements for computer disk: NeXT-compatible

computer or PC with 486 or Pentium processor; UNIX; NEXTSTEP; high-

density floppy disk drive; mouse.

500     Includes index.

650  0  IBM-compatible computers.

650  0  Operating systems (Computers)

650  0  NeXT (Computer)

630 00  NeXTSTEP.

630 04  NeXTSTEP. |s NeXT. |g Version 3.

630 04  NeXTSTEP. |s IBM-compatible computers. |g Version 3.

Other Bibliographic Policies & Procedures

1. Call numbers for non-book materials (7-8-1999)
3. Printing date for materials (9-21-2000)
4. Copy numbers in holdings or item records (12-14-2000)
5. Minimal level cataloging (2-10-2000)
6. MFHD Records for Serials and Non-Serials Materials (rev. & combined with Policy #17, 3/31/04)
Caption Dictionary (11-7-2002)

7. Withdrawals, lost / missing, and deletions (September 2004)
9. Local notes (2-08-2001)
11. Hierarchy for cataloging sources (9-22-2000)
12. Authority control for the UK Institutional Group (1-05-1995)
13. Mixed media materials (3-29-1994)
14. "Boundwiths": multiple bibliographic records representing one physical piece (2-08-2001)
15. Bibliographic Control & Processing Policies for Non-book Materials (3-18-2002)
18. Language Used in the Enumeration of Multi-volume Works (12-16-1996)
19. Guidelines for OPAC Display of Internet Resources (10-05-2000)
20. Storage Procedures for Updating the Catalog (6-10-2003)
21. Guidelines for the Cataloging of Internet Resources (4-03-2003)
22. Multiple Versions - Same Title in Different Formats (2-06-2002)
23. Enumeration and Chronology in Item Records (11-19-2003)

This page was last updated 6 October 2004. To comment on this document, send mail to Kate Seago at kseago@email.uky.edu.