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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)

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 200-300 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 & ISBD punctuation
Fill-in all applicable fixed & variable fields
Consult authority records to determine the preferred form of name and
series access points

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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 Canvas 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 Final Exam assignment area within
Canvas 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.
If you have any technical difficulties that prevent you from uploading your
completed document to Canvas, email the document 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.

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Part 1
Answer the following questions within this exam. With the exception of question
3, each answer should be around 200-300 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 may be considered a manual for achieving the main objectives in
Charles Cutters Objects and Means. If beginning with the Core Elements in
rule 1.3 which states,
When recording data identifying and describing a manifestation or item,
include as a minimum all of the following elements that are applicable and
readily ascertainable, one can see the importance of including these (e.g.
title proper, statement of responsibility, edition statement, publication
statement, copyright date, etc.) when identifying and describing an item to
assist the user. This specificity would please Cutter.
In RDA rule 2.2, the preferred source of information is defined and
explained. This honors the Cutter objectives by keeping things consistent in
cataloging (e.g. using the title page first for finding the title proper).
Cutters Objects concentrate on the finding of books, the showing of what
the library collection offers, and the assistance in choosing books in an
unbiased scholarly manner. They are the foundation on which Cutter built
a full set of rules covering all a cataloger would need to do to make a
dictionary catalog (Denton 41).
The Means seem to clarify how to accomplish the Objects; and RDA can be
interpreted as a detailed set of rules that continue the tradition of Cutters
ideas.
Denton, William. "FRBR and the History of Cataloging." In Understanding
FRBR: What It Is and
How It Will Affect Our Retrieval Tools, edited by
Arlene Taylor, 35-57. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2007.

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,
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Manifestation, and Item level. Describe how the library user will benefit from
describing the item in this way within a library catalog.
My personal chosen item is The Swiss Family Robinson by, Johann David Wyss.
At the Work Entity level, I would name the work itself, Johann David Wyss The
Swiss Family Robinson. This is the abstract, artistic creation that the author had in
his mind.
When considering the Expression, I think of the version of the particular work in
hand. It is a 2006 Sterling Classics edition of the classic story written in English.
The Expression is also considered in the abstract format.
The Manifestation level changes to the physical attributes of the item. This is a
cloth/hardcover version published by Sterling Childrens Books in 2006. At the
Item level, which is also a physical representation, this is my personal individual
copy on my bookshelf.
The FRBR model introduces a clear and detailed pathway for the user, identifying
unique entities and showing the connections between them. This will simplify the
search process for the user and assist in linking related works, which will improve
the users overall search experience. When compared to the general keyword
search, FRBR offers a more detailed identification of works, helping library
professionals gather and combine resources that will cater more towards the
unique interests of their users.
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 course readings (articles
and/or textbooks) in your answer.
Libraries require order. From the earliest days of libraries when individual books were shelved by size
and sometimes locked up for limited use, there has always been the need for order.
Libraries need consistency. In order for the reader to be connected to the appropriate book through the
title, author or subject, there needs to be a consistent procedure utilized by all libraries to facilitate this
process.
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It is a set of practices which quite literally put a librarys collections in order and provide access
through a set of systematically organized surrogates; and it is therefore a crucial part of the system by
which books and other materials are maintained and made available to readers throughout the world
(Levy).
One of the librarys main objectives dating back to Charles A. Cutter, a leading librarian and one of the
founders of the American Library Association, is enabling a person to find a book, or as Ranganathan
affirms: Every reader his book (Denton 44). To achieve this, the work of the cataloger is critical. As
Francis Miksa states in The Historical Development of Library Classification, Catalogings chief
purpose has been to facilitate document retrieval; and from The Organization of Information by
Arlene G. Taylor and Daniel N. Joudrey, we organize because we need to retrieve (2). Facilitate is
another essential idea here. The cataloging process is vital in assisting the reader to find the appropriate
book through different points of access and saving the time of the reader. This means a specific
organizational system must be in place where documents can be searched by author, title or subject to
show what the library owns and assist in the choice of a book -Every book its reader (Denton 44).
Cataloging is synonymous with efficiency, order and standardization. Without it, we would have
massive collections of random books never reaching the readers that seek them. An organized and
consistent system of cataloging that reaches between libraries is necessary to consistently provide the
reader with the scholarly service that can only be attained in the rich environment of information that is
the library.
Denton, William. "FRBR and the History of Cataloging." In Understanding FRBR: What It Is and
How It Will Affect Our Retrieval Tools, edited by Arlene Taylor, 35-57. Westport, CT:
Libraries Unlimited, 2007.
Levy, David M. (1995). "Cataloging in the digital order." In Digital Libraries '95: The Second
Annual Conference on the Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, June 11-13, 1995, Austin,
Texas.
Miksa, Francis. (1999). The historical development of library classification
Taylor, Arlene G. & Daniel N. Joudrey. (2009). The Organization of Information. 3rd edition.
Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited.

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Part 2
In this section, you must provide a bibliographic record for each of the items
represented here. Use the information provided for you 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 item 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.

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Additional Information:

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

Include the table of contents in your record!
Includes a bibliography (pages 247-268)
Includes an index (pages 269-280)
Preliminary pages are numbered ii through vii
The rest of the item is numbered 4 through 280
Includes black and white illustrations and maps throughout the work
In the middle of the item, there are 8 unnumbered leaves of plates
Item is 20.2 centimeters high
Item is 16.5 centimeters wide
ISBN: 1433805618
LCCN: 20028015176

010 _ _

$a 20028015176

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$a 1433805618

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$a E383 $b .R46 2005

100 1 _

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

245 10

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

Remini and Matthew Warshauer.

246 3 _

$a Andrew Jackson: his amazing life & presidency

250 _ _

$a Second Penguin Classics edition.

264 _ 1

$a London : $b Penguin Books, $c [2005?]

264 _ 4

$c copyright 2005

300 _ _

$ vii, 280 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : $b illustrations, maps ; $c

21 cm.

336 _ _

$a text $2 rdacontent

337 _ _

$a unmediated $2 rdamedia

338 _ _

$a volume $2 rdacarrier

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$a Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-268) and index.

505 0 _

$a Jackson and the Age of the Democratic Revolution - - A roaring fellow- Jackson and reform- - First-term trouble - - Democracy and the monster bank - The nullifiers uprising- - The second battle of the bank - - Slavery and
democracy - - Pushing westward - - Jacksons legacy .

600 10

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

650 _ 0

$a Presidents $z United States $v Biography.

700 1 _

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

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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, 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 _ _
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$a PS3551.S5 $b E53 1955

100 1 _

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

245 14

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

Hawking.

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

264 _ 4

$c copyright 1954

300 _ _

$a 256 pages ; 17 cm.

336 _ _

$a text $2 rdacontent

337 _ _

$a unmediated $2 rdamedia

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$a volume $2 rdacarrier

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490 1 _

$a Science fiction series ; $v number 35

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$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 Backcover.

5xx _ _
650 _ 0

$a Time travel in literature $v Science fiction.

6xx _ _
700 1 _

$a Hawking, Stephen, $d 1942- $e writer of supplementary textual content.

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Additional Information:

This is a work of non-fiction

"Ewe" (pronounced "you") is another word for a female sheep
Includes a bibliographical references throughout the work
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 64 pages in the item
Includes illustrations - all in color
20 centimeters high
26.3 centimeters wide
ISBN: 083890842X

010 _ _
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$a 083890842X

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$a HD8039.S47 $b A7 2000

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$a Wooster, Chuck $e author.

245 10

$a Ewe and me : $b a history of sheep shearers in Argentina / $c by Chuck

Wooster ; photographs by Kathryn Dun.

246 3 _

$a Ewe & me

250 _ _

$a Wooltastic edition.

264 _ 1

$a [Place of publication not identified] : $b Albino Squirrel Press, $c 2000.

264 _ _
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$a 64 unnumbered pages : $b color illustrations; $c 20 X 27 cm.

336 _ _

$a text $2 rdacontent

337 _ _

$a unmediated $2 rdamedia

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$a Includes bibliographical references.

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$a Dun, Kathryn, $e photographer.

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