Policy: The PCC BIBCO standard record (BSR) is one of the choices for original cataloging in LTS. The BSR is a floor record which emphasizes access points over extensive descriptive data. When determined that fuller cataloging is needed to enhance identification or retrieval of an item, catalogers should use more descriptive fields as necessary.

 Contact:   Sarah Ross   

Unit: Cataloging & Metadata Services

Date last reviewed: 07/22/2016

Date of next review: April 2017

Cataloging Guidelines:

The BSR is a standard record that specifies an essential set of data elements required for each bibliographic format. Catalogers can decide to include additional fields beyond the mandatory standards to serve user needs, but emphasis is given to access points and not to extensive descriptive data. 

The BSR document is here: PCC RDA BIBCO Standard Record (BSR) Metadata Application Profile.  It applies to the following formats:

• Archival materials
• Audio recordings
• Cartographic resources
• Electronic resources (computer file format, Ldr/06 "m")
• Graphic materials
• Moving images
• Notated music
• Rare materials (books, cartographic resources, graphics, and notated music)
• Textual monographs

Materials not cataloged with PCC BIBCO standards:

• Rare books:
         RMC monographs are generally cataloged beyond the BIBCO standard record for rare books. If all access points in the record are covered by authority records, the RMC cataloger codes the record as PCC. If the record contains provenance tracings, local subject headings (e.g. for publication date), or other headings not covered by authority records, it cannot be coded as PCC.
• Serials cataloged as monographs
• Serials at Cornell may be cataloged using the RDA CONSER Standard Record (CSR) Metadata Application Profile
• Two-check original cataloging by copy catalogers (processed according to LTS Procedure #35)

Coding level of PCC record:

All BSR records carry the encoding level “blank.”

Authority control

PCC standards require that all headings in a PCC BIBCO standard record be under authority control and that all applicable name authorities conform to RDA. Create or update authority headings according to NACO guidelines.

Use procedures at NACO/SACO Workflow (LTS Procedure #95) to create authority records in Voyager.

CUL catalogers should not trace series.

Record upgrades

Some existing records can be upgraded to BIBCO Record Standard.
These include:

• Vendor records (Typically Level 5)
• Level 3 records (abbreviated level), level 7 (minimal level), level K, or level I (OCLC)
• Member copy not already cataloged according to the BIBCO record standard and not containing 650s and/or nationally recognized class numbers.

Statistics

There are no special statistic codes in the 948 field for the BIBCO record standard. Use either "o" (original) or "u" (upgrade) as appropriate. The statistics program generates the appropriate code based on the presence of 042 pcc and the "o" or "u" in the the subfield b of the 948 field.