[Evergreen-catalogers] Vox books and Wonderbooks

Mon Aug 19 12:19:32 EDT 2019

I finally got a chance to see a Wonderbook last week. They look pretty
awesome but I understand the library staff where I visited should one to a
child and they were totally uninterested! So, we may go to all this trouble
and have the format crash and burn.

Unfortunately, neither OLAC nor DLC has any guidance for this format yet. I
figure that, given Murphy's Law, whatever we decide on to catalog these
will end up changing if OLAC issues a white paper as they did for playaways.

My thoughts for cataloging, after looking at records in OCLC and OLAC's
instructions for Playaways and RDA.

I think they need a special icon similar to the one we, and others, have
created for Playaways. PINES is : [image: Audio With Player] Audio With
Player for playaways. Or if we could do multiple icons: Book, sound
recording, electronic resource

They aren't a book accompanied by a sound recording according to DLC's
Books With Accompanying Materials (
https://www.loc.gov/aba/cyac/accompanying.htm) since the audio player is
part of the book (see Material that is not recorded in the 300 field).

I suggest: Type: a and Form: q This is similar to playaways which are Type:
i and Form: q

The 006 (which causes so much trouble with icons) : 006  m    bq  h
(with audience specific to the manifestation)

The 007s:

007         cs nza|auuuu||

007         sz zunznnnzned
Physical description example:

300  1 audio-enabled book (170 pages) ; ǂb black and white illustrations ;
ǂc 20 cm

And then the 33x and 34x fields:

336  spoken word ǂb spw ǂ2 rdacontent

336  still image ǂb sti ǂ2 rdacontent

336  text ǂb txt ǂ2 rdacontent

337  audio ǂb s ǂ2 rdamedia

337  unmediated ǂb n ǂ2 rdamedia

338  other ǂb sz ǂ2 rdacarrier

338  volume ǂb nc ǂ2 rdacarrier

344  digital ǂb non-volatile flash memory ǂ2 rda

347  audio file ǂb MP3 ǂ2 rda

Notes on some of the records in OCLC help define the items, and do seem to
me to be useful:

500  Audiobook originally released by [publisher].

500  Issued as a Wonderbook, a pre-loaded audiobook player permanently
attached to a hardcover book.

500  Powered by a rechargeable battery ; USB charger required for
recharging.

500  Audiobook player has 2 modes. Read-Along mode narrates the story.
Learning mode asks questions related to the story.

J. Elaine Hardy, PINES and Collaborative Projects Manager
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On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 1:47 PM Elaine Hardy <ehardy at georgialibraries.org>
wrote:

> Janet,
>
> A number of helpful links can be found at --
> https://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/3xx/344.html     and
> https://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/3xx/347.html
>
>
>
>
>
> J. Elaine Hardy, PINES and Collaborative Projects Manager
> ------------------------------
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>
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>
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> On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 3:45 PM Janet Schrader <jschrader at cwmars.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Beth,
>>
>> I think we may go with spoken recording. I prefer the physical
>> description to be "audio enabled book" rather than "+ audio narration" or
>> something like that, that I've seen in some records. I'm hoping Jason can
>> create a format filter for MP3 CD Audiobook using the 347 field. If that's
>> successful then I'd do the same for "Audio Enabled Book", although that's
>> probably not an 'authorized' term. I don't have a list of the RDA terms
>> used in the 344 and 347 fields. Is one available somewhere other than the
>> toolkit? Ideally the Vox and Wonderbooks could be searched using the "all
>> books" limiter and the "audio enabled book" limiter.
>>
>> If Christine can share the icons with me, that would be great.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Janet
>>
>>
>> Janet Schrader
>>
>> Bibliographic Services Supervisor | CW MARS
>>
>> 67 Millbrook Street, Suite 201, Worcester, MA 01606
>>
>> P: 508-755-3323 x 325 | F: 508-757-7801
>>
>> ------------------------------
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>> jschrader at cwmars.org  ||  http;//cwmars.org <http://www.cwmars.org/>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 9:10 AM Willis, Beth <willis at noblenet.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> NOBLE is cataloging Vox Books.  We have found it difficult to use MARC
>>> codes to clearly distinguish among some formats including the Vox books and
>>> playaways,  as well as some other. Additionally, as you pointed out, the
>>> records are not coded consistently.  So we have decided to use a local
>>> field to code the search format and the OPAC icon for these formats.  This
>>> method has worked well for us so far.  It helps that Christine Morgan has
>>> also created a nice format icon for the Vox books, among others.  She would
>>> be happy to share the icons if others are interested.
>>>
>>>
>>> Beth
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 12:40 PM Janet Schrader <jschrader at cwmars.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Catalogers,
>>>>
>>>> Always nice to get a puzzle on a Friday afternoon.
>>>>
>>>> I have a question about cataloging Vox books and Wonderbooks. These are
>>>> books with built in audiobook player attached to a hardcover book. Because
>>>> we download records from OCLC we are getting various formats. Some show as
>>>> CD audiobook, some as an e-book, and some are cataloged like Playaways
>>>> which have the format 'digital media player' in our ILS.
>>>>
>>>> At the request of one library in our network I've been changing the
>>>> format to 'digital media player' for ones they own, Vox books or
>>>> Wonder books that other libraries own have a variety of formats. I've
>>>> looked at call numbers and shelving locations and these vary from
>>>> Multi-media to Picture Book.
>>>>
>>>> Now to the question. How should these be cataloged in MARC. What goes
>>>> into the 006, 007, and 008 fields?  I am trying to avoid e-book as these
>>>> are not online resources bu Evergreen seems to pick up the code for
>>>> electronic resource in the 006 field and combine it with record type for
>>>> print.
>>>>
>>>> Do any in this group catalog these?  I would like some consistency (I
>>>> know, hobgoblins at all that) and right now it's pointing to audio even
>>>> though the book appears to be the primary format. The 300 field also
>>>> varies. The Vox books say 'audio enabled book' or describe the book +
>>>> 'audio enabled narration' The Wonderbooks actually have '1 Wonderbook' as
>>>> we now can use a common term for the description.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way in Evergreen for both 'Book' and 'Digital media player"
>>>> to display in the OPAC as formats?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts anyone?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Janet
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Janet Schrader
>>>>
>>>> Bibliographic Services Supervisor | CW MARS
>>>>
>>>> 67 Millbrook Street, Suite 201, Worcester, MA 01606
>>>>
>>>> P: 508-755-3323 x 325 | F: 508-757-7801
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>
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