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Integrating Video Collectioninto OPAC: 

Integrating Video Collection into OPAC Work in progress in College of Staten Island Library 2006/2007

Before : 

Before Cataloged in DOS Notebook in-house database accessible by Media Department staff only Some titles in OPAC

Before: 

Before Kept in closed stacks Circulating only for faculty that sends requests to Media staff. Organized by accession number

After – the goals: 

After – the goals All videos cataloged in OPAC All videos classified with LC classification as other materials in the library All videos circulating

Now : 

Now Catalog all videos Identify those not cataloged Edit the records of old ones with all access points Classify all videos Add LC classification to all records

Cataloging : creating or editing records: 

Cataloging : creating or editing records Add notes Add access points to all records Add subject headings Add date of release of original movie and the videotape if possible

Add notes: 

Add notes 538 – VHS or DVD 546 – Close captioned 500 – Title from the container 511 – Cast 508 – Producers, distributors 500 – General note 518 - Date and time of event 521 – Audience 520 – Summary

Examples: 

Examples 538 ## $aVHS. 511 1# $a Spencer Tracy…….. 508 ## $aProducer, Joseph N. Ermolieff ; director, Lesley Selander ; screenplay, Theodore St. John ; music director, Michel Michele 518 ##$aBroadcast October 17, 1954. 500 ##$a Videocassette release of the 1974 theatrical motion picture.

Add access points: 

Add access points 700 – actors, actresses, contributors, directors, producers 710 – corporate bodies 740 – related works

Add subject headings: 

Add subject headings Topical subject headings Genre subject headings Geographical subject headings, or geographical subdivision when appropriate.

Topical subject headings: 

Topical subject headings Add subject headings to all nonfiction materials Add topical subject headings to all fiction, feature films according to LCSH policies

Genre subject headings : 

Genre subject headings Adding genre subject headings will be considered in later stage of the project. Current catalog does not index the 655 field. In the future, in agreement with findings of Martha M.Yee, LCSH will be used.

Subject headings for foreign films: 

Subject headings for foreign films Use LCSH : Motion pictures Motion pictures – country Motion pictures, nationality Use LCSH : Foreign films 650 0$$aFeature films. 650 0$$aForeign films $$z Spain.

Classification: 

Classification Use LC classification for all materials Classify all non fiction films according to subject Classify all the feature films as literary works

Types of material classed together: 

Types of material classed together Silent films – PN1995.75 Animated films NC1766.A-Z (fiction) or classified with topic Television programs – treated as feature films or documentary films

Music and performaces: 

Music and performaces Operas, musicals… Music performaces Live performaces

Feature films with screenplays based on written stories: 

Feature films with screenplays based on written stories Will be classified with book’s author name in PS or PR or accordingly Recorded plays will be classify with the author of the play Problems: Example All president’s men

Feature films based on original screenplays: 

Feature films based on original screenplays Will be classified with screenwriter name. Examples: Oliver Stone’s movie Salvador - PS3569.T64157 S26 Gods must be crazy – PR9369.3.U98 for South African screenwriter and director Jamie Uys.

Adaptations: 

Adaptations Adaptations of literary works will be classified with those works Adaptations of Shakespeare plays will with separate plays number Adaptations of musicals with musical

Foreign films: 

Foreign films Will be classified with director’s name. The director is more prominent, better recognized then screen writer, but when the movie is based on the story by known author it will be classed with that author’s number

Decisions to be made : 

Decisions to be made What to do with 16mm films – collection is going to be evaluated and valuable items converted to digital format What to do with videodiscs? What to do with U-Matic tapes? Circulate or not circulate?

Bibliography: 

Bibliography Merry, Lois K. The Devil in the Details: and Academic Library Acquires a Video Collection. Library Collections, Acquisitions & Technical Services. 28 (2004): 298-311. Ho, Jeannette. Cataloging Practices and Access Methods for Videos at ARL and Public Libraries in the United States. LRTS, 48/2 (2004): 107-121. Ho, Jeannette. Applying form/genre headings to Foreign Films : a Summary of Autocat and OLAC-List discussions. Cataloging and Classification Quarterly. 40/2 (2005): 73-88 Weitz, Jay. Videorecording Cataloging problems and pointers. Cataloging and classification Quarterly. 31/2 (2001) 53-83 Yee, Martha M. Two Genre and Form Lists for Moving Image and Broadcast Materials: A Comparison. Cataloging and Classification Quarterly. 31/3-4 (2001): 237-294

Contact information: 

Contact information All the comments, advise, sharing experiences are welcome Ewa Dzurak College of Staten Island Library Email: dzurak@mail.csi.cuny.edu Address:2800 Victory Blvd. 1L-107 Staten Island, NY10314