Greta: I added your scenario to the wiki--thanks for this, and for the gritty realism you added!
Regards, Diane Greta de Groat wrote:
Ok, i'll have to think about this some more, but here's one scenario based on an item i copy cataloged last week Jane Cataloger is working on cataloging the individual DVDs from the Ford at Fox Collection. The selector has repackaged the individual DVDs in containers and asked Cataloging to catalog them separately. However, this package contains two DVDs for the film The Iron Horse. She searches the library database and finds: A work record for the Ford at Fox collection A work record for the film The Iron Horse Director: John Ford Preferred title of work: The Iron Horse Form of work: Motion Picture Original language of work: English Original year of release: 1924 Actor: George O'Brien Actor: Madge Bellamy Actor: Charles Edward Bull Production company: Fox Genre of work: Feature film Genre of work: Silent film Genre of work : Fiction film Genre of work: Western film Subject of work: Railroads--West (U.S.--History--19th century--Drama There are assorted other people related to the work, but Jane's not working for a film archive, so she doesn't add any more of them to the work record. Now, the two DVDs are two different versions of the film. Presumably she could choose to catalog the DVDs separately or together, but since her selector gave them to her together, she catalogs them together. One DVD is the International version, and the other is the US version. Both have scores by William Perry. So she creates two expression records: Jane finds this expression record attached to a manifestation released by the British Film Institute: Language of expression: English Composer of musical score of expression: William Perry Running time of expression: 133 minutes Jane wonders if this is the same as her International version. It has the same running time and also has a score by William Perry. So she takes a chance and adds to the record Name of expression: International Version Language of expression: English Composer of musical score of expression: William Perry in addition, this has optional French or Spanish intertitles so presumably each of those would also be expressions, so Jane would need two more expression records? Jane does not find this expression record and needs to create it: Name of expression: U.S. Version Language of Expression: English Composer of musical score of expression: William Perry Running time of expression: 150 min. In addition, this has optional French or Spanish intertitles so presumably each of those would also be expressions, so i would need two more expression records? One or both of these also has a commentary track by Robert Birchard (mea culpa, i didn't note which one when i cataloged it, nor did anyone in OCLC). So presumably the one with the commentary track is yet another expression. so so far Jane has had to use one existing expression record and had to create 6 more expression records for this. Jane is unsure which other expression is already in OCLC. The two VHS tapes from Nostalgia Family Video run 133 minutes so Jane thinks they might be the international Version, though this is not stated. However, they have an orchestral score by an unidentified composer or compiler, so are a different expression. So she doesn't link to this expression record. She also finds that the DVDs have a featurette; a restoration comparison; vintage program gallery; advertising gallery; still gallery. Jane is tired by this time and decides that these are untitled and worthy of only a note, instead of creating work records for each. Jane is also starting to worry that the implication of a "restoration comparison" means that there may be a difference in expression between the BFI version and this version, but she really has no way to research this. What does Jane do? Flip a coin? Try to call film experts? Ignore it and let it pass? Ignoring that for the moment, Jane can finally gets down to the manifestation: Place of Publication: Beverly Hills, Calif. Publisher: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Date: 2007 Media type: DVD; Other technical characteristics: NTSC, all region, full frame, choice of Dolby 5.1 or stereo for the music track (uh oh, Jane wonders if these constitue different expressions, but decides not to think about it abd just lets this pass). Extent: 2 videodiscs : sd., b&w, 4 3/4 in. She also has to link to the Ford at Fox set somehow for the series. Jane thinks this is manifestation information, and is unsure how the linkage will work between individually cataloged manifestations and the set, which presumably has work, expression, and manifestation records. Jane has now spent two days cataloging this resource. Her boss calls her into her office to explain why she should spend so much time and money playing with her records when they could just outsource it to India. Jane goes back to her desk and looks at the next time in her pile, which is a videodisc containing 30 short films by filmmaker Dennis Oppenheim. The one under that is a disc 60 short animated films by a variety of people she's never heard of. Next is the second volume with another 60 films. She contemplates the idea of work records for these, then goes home and slits her wrists. cheers Greta de Groat Stanford University Libraries
