Re: Need help MARC coding Czech series Kathy Bowersox 18 Jan 2001 16:58 UTC
Hello Kay. I am a Serials Cataloger, and I studied Czech while working at Nebraska. As you may be aware, in the Czech langurage the hacek (I'll use ^ for now) over a character creates a totally new letter. The translations for your quandries are: Czech statistics. Series 14, Industry. and: Czech statistics. Series 4, Population. Most likely, ^Rada 14 will always be associated with Prumysl (Industry) and ^Rada 4 always associated with Obyvatelstvo (Population) I would use: 245 00 $a ^Ceska statistika. $n ^Rada 14, $p Prumysl. Don't forget to transcribe the little circle over the "u" in Prumysl (I forget what it's called) As for inconsistant tagging in existing records, the cataloger may have had the same questions you have now. Not knowing the language just exacerbates the problem. Hope this helps! Kathy B. (Christa Easton will remember me as the "Serials Cataloger From Hell") Kathlyn A. Bowersox E-mail: bowersox@lib.subr.edu Cataloging/Serials Librarian Office: (225) 771-2863 John B. Cade Library Fax: (225) 771-2039 Southern University Baton Rouge, LA 70813 -------- Original message --------- >>> Kay Teel <kteel@SULMAIL.STANFORD.EDU> 01/17/01 04:22PM >>> I'm hoping there are some serials catalogers with Slavic expertise out there who can help me on this. We have several publications in the "Ceska statistika" series that we need to catalog. All of them are subseries. An example of a subseries title is: Ceska statistika, Rada 14, Prumysl (there is a hacek over the c in Ceska and over the r in Rada) Our first impulse was to code "Rada 14" in $n and "Prumysl" in $p. However, after searching the bibliographical utilities, it appears that LC has mostly coded both of these types of title information in $p. For example: "Ceska statistika.$pRada 4, Obyvatelstvo." But we also found LC records for other Czech titles that use "rada" where it is coded $n. For example: "Prace Historickeho ustavu AV CR.$nRada A,$pMonographia" Our queries to the Slavic serials specialist at LC via our NACO coordinator have gone unanswered for almost 5 months, so, in our desperation, I am sending out a plea: help! Is "rada 14" a numbered section ($n as coded in MARC21, 245) and "prumysl" a named section ($p as coded in MARC21, 245) of the title "Ceska statistika"? Or is "rada 14" to be considered a named section, despite the presence of a numeral? Thanks for any assistance you can give. Kay Teel Serials Cataloger/Authority Control Librarian Stanford University Libraries kteel@sulmail.stanford.edu