Declaration of Sylvia Hall-Ellis, Ph.D. in Support of
`Petition for Inter Partes Review of
`U.S. Patent No. 9,349,120 B2
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`FACEBOOK, INC., INSTAGRAM, LLC and WHATSAPP INC.,
`Petitioners
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`v.
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`BLACKBERRY LIMITED
`Patent Owner
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`U.S. Patent No. 9,349,120 B2
`Issue Date: May 24, 2016
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`Title: System and Method for Silencing Notifications for a Message Thread
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`DECLARATION OF SYLVIA HALL-ELLIS, PH.D.
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`Table of Contents
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`INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................... 1
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`II. QUALIFICATIONS ....................................................................................... 2
`III. PRELIMINARIES .......................................................................................... 3
`A.
`Scope of Declaration and Legal Standards .......................................... 3
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`Persons of Ordinary Skill in the Art ..................................................... 5
`C. Use of Authoritative Databases ............................................................ 5
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`Indexing ..................................................................................... 6
`Summary of Opinions .......................................................................... 7
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`IV. LIBRARY CATALOGING PRACTICES ..................................................... 7
`A. MARC Records and OCLC .................................................................. 7
`1.
`Fields 008, 005, and 955 in MARC Records as Indicators
`of Public Accessibility ............................................................. 16
`PUBLICATIONS IN THIS PROCEEDING ................................................ 20
`A. Dallas [Exhibit 1003] ......................................................................... 20
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`Brown [Exhibit 1004] ......................................................................... 24
`C. Kent [Exhibit 1010] ............................................................................ 29
`D.
`LeBlanc [Exhibit 1005] ...................................................................... 33
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`Bott [Exhibit 1007] ............................................................................. 37
`F. Mann [Exhibit 1011] .......................................................................... 42
`VI. CONCLUSION ............................................................................................. 46
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`I, Sylvia D. Hall-Ellis, Ph.D., declare as follows:
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
`1. My name is Sylvia D. Hall-Ellis. I have been retained as an expert by
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`Facebook, Inc., Instagram, LLC and WhatsApp Inc., who I am informed are
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`petitioners to this IPR proceeding.
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`2.
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`I have written this report at the request of the Petitioners to provide my
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`expert opinion regarding the public availability of six particular books, identified
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`below. My report sets forth my opinions in detail and provides the basis for my
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`opinions regarding the public availability of these books.
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`3.
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`I reserve the right to supplement or amend my opinions, and bases for
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`them, in response to any additional evidence, testimony, discovery, argument, and/or
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`other additional information that may be provided to me after the date of this report.
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`4.
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`I am being compensated for my time spent working on this matter at
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`my normal consulting rate of $300 per hour, plus reimbursement for any additional
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`reasonable expenses. My compensation is not in any way tied to the content of this
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`report, the substance of my opinions, or the outcome of this litigation. I have no
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`other interests in this proceeding or with any of the parties.
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`5.
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`All of the materials that I considered and relied upon are discussed
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`explicitly in this declaration.
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`II. QUALIFICATIONS
`6.
`I am currently an Adjunct Professor in the School of Information at San
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`José State University in San José, California. I obtained a Masters of Library
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`Science from the University of North Texas in 1972 and a Ph.D. in Library Science
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`from the University of Pittsburgh in 1985. Over the last forty-five years, I have held
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`various positions in the field of library and information resources. I was first
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`employed as a librarian in 1966, and have been involved in the field of library
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`sciences since, holding numerous positions.
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`7.
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`I am a member of the American Library Association (ALA) and its
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`Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) Division, and I
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`served on the Committee on Cataloging: Resource and Description (which wrote the
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`new cataloging rules) and as the chair of the Committee for Education and Training
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`of Catalogers and the Competencies and Education for a Career in Cataloging
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`Interest Group. I also served as the Chair of the ALCTS Division’s Task Force on
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`Competencies and Education for a Career in Cataloging. Additionally, I have served
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`as the Chair for the ALA Office of Diversity’s Committee on Diversity. Currently I
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`serve as a member of the Editorial Board for the ALCTS premier cataloging journal,
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`Library Resources and Technical Services.
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`8.
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`I have also given over one hundred presentations in the field, including
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`several on library cataloging systems and Machine-Readable Cataloging (“MARC”)
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`standards. My current research interests include library cataloging systems,
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`metadata, and organization of electronic resources.
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`9. My full curriculum vitae is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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`III. PRELIMINARIES
`A.
`Scope of Declaration and Legal Standards
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`I am not an attorney and will not offer opinions on the law. I am,
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`however, rendering my expert opinion on the authenticity of the documents
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`referenced herein and on when and how each of these documents was disseminated
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`or otherwise made available to the extent that persons interested and ordinarily
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`skilled in the subject matter or art, exercising reasonable diligence, could have
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`located the documents before the dates discussed below with respect to the specific
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`documents.
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`11.
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`I am informed by counsel that a printed publication qualifies as publicly
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`accessible as of the date it was disseminated or otherwise made available such that
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`a person interested in and ordinarily skilled in the relevant subject matter could
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`locate it through the exercise of ordinary diligence.
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`12. While I understand that the determination of public accessibility under
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`the foregoing standard rests on a case-by-case analysis of the facts particular to an
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`individual publication, I also understand that a printed publication is rendered
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`“publicly accessible” if it is cataloged and indexed by a library such that a person
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`interested in the relevant subject matter could locate it (i.e., I understand that
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`cataloging and indexing by a library is sufficient, though there are other ways that a
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`printed publication may qualify as publicly accessible). One manner of sufficient
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`indexing is indexing according to subject matter category. I understand that the
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`cataloging and indexing by a single library of a single instance of a particular printed
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`publication is sufficient, even if the single library is in a foreign country. I
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`understand that, even if access to a library is restricted, a printed publication that has
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`been cataloged and indexed therein is publicly accessible so long as a presumption
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`is raised that the portion of the public concerned with the relevant subject matter
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`would know of the printed publication. I also understand that the cataloging and
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`indexing of information that would guide a person interested in the relevant subject
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`matter to the printed publication, such as the cataloging and indexing of an abstract
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`for the printed publication, is sufficient to render the printed publication publicly
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`accessible.
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`13.
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`I understand that routine business practices, such as general library
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`cataloging and indexing practices, can be used to establish an approximate date on
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`which a printed publication became publicly accessible.
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`B.
`14.
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`Persons of Ordinary Skill in the Art
`I am told by counsel that the subject matter of this proceeding generally
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`relates to electronic messaging, including functionality related to providing and
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`suppressing notifications regarding receipt of electronic messages.
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`15.
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`I have been informed by counsel that a “person of ordinary skill in the
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`art at the time of the inventions” is a hypothetical person who is presumed to be
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`familiar with the relevant field and its literature at the time of the inventions. This
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`hypothetical person is also a person of ordinary creativity, capable of understanding
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`the scientific principles applicable to the pertinent field.
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`16.
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`I am told by counsel that a person of ordinary skill in this subject matter
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`or art would typically be someone who possessed at least a bachelor’s degree in
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`software engineering, computer science, or computer engineering, or electrical
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`engineering with at least two years of experience in software application
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`development, including development of applications for messaging (or equivalent
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`degree or experience). I have been further informed by counsel that a person of
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`ordinary skill in the art would have been familiar with and able to understand the
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`information known in the art relating to these fields, including the publications
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`discussed in this declaration.
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`C. Use of Authoritative Databases
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`In preparing this report, I used authoritative databases, such as the
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`Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) bibliographic database and the Library of
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`Congress Online Catalog, to confirm citation details of the various publications
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`discussed.
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`1.
`Indexing
`18. A researcher may discover material relevant to his or her topic in a
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`variety of ways. One common means of discovery is to search for relevant
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`information in an index of periodical and other publications. Having found relevant
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`material, the researcher will then normally obtain it online, look for it in libraries, or
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`purchase it from the publisher, a bookstore, a document delivery service, or other
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`provider. Sometimes, the date of a document’s public accessibility will involve both
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`indexing and library date information.
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`19.
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`Indexing services use a wide variety of controlled vocabularies to
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`provide subject access and other means of discovering the content of documents.
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`The formats in which these access terms are presented vary from service to service.
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`20. Online indexing services commonly provide bibliographic information,
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`abstracts, and full-text copies of the indexed publications, along with a list of the
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`documents cited in the indexed publication. These services also often provide lists
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`of publications that cite a given document. A citation of a document is evidence that
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`the document was publicly available and in use by researchers no later than the
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`publication date of the citing document.
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`D.
`21.
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`Summary of Opinions
`I am informed by counsel that the claimed priority date for the patent
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`at issue is April 8, 2009. As I will explain below, it is my opinion that the printed
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`publications discussed in my Declaration were publicly accessible before the April
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`8, 2009 priority date.
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`IV. LIBRARY CATALOGING PRACTICES
`A. MARC Records and OCLC
`22.
`I am fully familiar with the library cataloging standard known as the
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`MARC standard, which is an industry-wide standard method of storing and
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`organizing library catalog information. MARC was first developed in the 1960’s by
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`the Library of Congress. A MARC-compatible library is one that has a catalog
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`consisting of individual MARC records for works made available at that library.
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`23. Since at least the early 1970s and continuing to the present day, MARC
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`has been the primary communications protocol for the transfer and storage of
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`bibliographic metadata in libraries.1 As explained by the Library of Congress:
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`1 A complete history of the development of MARC can be found in MARC: Its
`History and Implications by Henrietta D. Avram (Washington, DC: Library of
`Congress,
`1975)
`and
`available
`online
`from
`the Hathi
`Trust
`(https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015034388556;view=1up;seq=1; last
`visited January 14, 2019).
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`You could devise your own method of organizing the bibliographic
`information, but you would be isolating your library, limiting its
`options, and creating much more work for yourself. Using the MARC
`standard prevents duplication of work and allows libraries to better
`share bibliographic resources. Choosing to use MARC enables libraries
`to acquire cataloging data that is predictable and reliable. If a library
`were to develop a “home-grown” system that did not use MARC
`records, it would not be taking advantage of an industry-wide standard
`whose primary purpose is to foster communication of information.
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`Using the MARC standard also enables libraries to make use of
`commercially available library automation systems to manage library
`operations. Many systems are available for libraries of all sizes and are
`designed to work with the MARC format. Systems are maintained and
`improved by the vendor so that libraries can benefit from the latest
`advances in computer technology. The MARC standard also allows
`libraries to replace one system with another with the assurance that their
`data will still be compatible.
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`Why
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`Is
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`a MARC Record Necessary? LIBRARY
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`OF CONGRESS,
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`http://www.loc.gov/marc/umb/um01to06.html#part2 (last visited January 14, 2019).
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`24. Thus, almost every major library in the world is MARC-compatible.
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`See, e.g., MARC Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), LIBRARY OF CONGRESS,
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`https://www.loc.gov/marc/faq.html (last visited January 14, 2019) (“MARC is the
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`acronym for MAchine-Readable Cataloging. It defines a data format that emerged
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`from a Library of Congress-led initiative that began nearly fifty years ago. It
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`provides the mechanism by which computers exchange, use, and interpret
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`bibliographic information, and its data elements make up the foundation of most
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`library catalogs used today.”). MARC is the ANSI/NISO Z39.2-1994 standard
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`(reaffirmed in 2016) for Information Interchange Format. The full text of the
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`standard
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`is
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`available
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`from
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`the
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`Library
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`of
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`Congress
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`at
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`https://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ (last visited January 14, 2019).
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`25. A MARC record comprises several fields, each of which contains
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`specific data about the work. Each field is identified by a standardized, unique,
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`three-digit code corresponding to the type of data that follow. See, e.g. ,
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`http://www.loc.gov/marc/umb/um07to10.html (last visited January 14, 2019);
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`http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ (last visited January 14, 2019). For
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`example, a work’s title is recorded in field 245, the primary author of the work is
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`recorded in field 100, a work’s International Standard Book Number (“ISBN”) is
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`recorded in field 020, and the publication date is recorded in field 260 under the
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`subfield “c.” Id.2 If a work is a periodical, then its publication frequency is recorded
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`2 In some MARC records, field 264 is used rather than field 260 to record publication
`information. See http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd264.html (last visited
`January 14, 2019) (“Information in field 264 is similar to information in field 260
`(Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint)). Field 264 is useful for cases where the
`content standard or institutional policies make a distinction between functions”).
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`in field 310, and the publication dates (e.g., the first and last publication) are
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`recorded in field 362, which is also referred to as the enumeration/chronology field.
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`See http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd3xx.html (last visited January 14,
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`2019).3
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`26. The library that initially created the MARC record is reflected in field
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`040 in subfield “a” with that library’s unique library code.
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` See, e.g.,
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`http://www.loc.gov/marc/umb/um07to10.html (last visited January 14, 2019);
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`http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ (last visited January 14, 2019). Once a
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`MARC record for a particular work is originally created by one library, other
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`libraries can use that original MARC record to then create their own MARC records
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`for their own copies of the same work. These other libraries may modify or add to
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`the original MARC record as necessary to reflect data specific to their own copies
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`of the work. However, the library that created the original MARC record would still
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`3 Upwards of two-thirds to three-quarters of book sales to libraries come from a
`jobber or wholesaler for online and print resources. These resellers make it their
`business to provide books to their customers as fast as possible, often providing
`turnaround times of only a single day after publication. Libraries purchase a
`significant portion of the balance of their books directly from publishers themselves,
`which provide delivery on a similarly expedited schedule. In general, libraries make
`these purchases throughout the year as the books are published and shelve the books
`as soon thereafter as possible in order to make the books available to their patrons.
`Thus, books are generally available at libraries across the country within just a few
`days of publication.
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`be reflected in these modified MARC records (corresponding to other copies of the
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`same work at other libraries) in field 040, subfield “a”. The modifying library (or
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`libraries)
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`is
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`reflected
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`in
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`field
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`040,
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`subfield
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`“d”.
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`See
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`http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd040.html (last visited January 14, 2019).
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`27.
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`I
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`consulted
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`the
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`Directory
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`of
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`OCLC
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`Libraries
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`(https://www.oclc.org/en/contacts/libraries.html) in order to identify the institution
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`that created or modified the MARC record. Moreover, when viewing the MARC
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`record online via the OCLC bibliographic database, which I discuss further below,
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`hovering over a library code in field 040 with the mouse reveals the full name of the
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`library. I also used this method of “mousing over” the library codes in the OCLC
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`database to identify the originating and modifying libraries for the MARC records
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`discussed in this report.
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`28. MARC records also include one or more fields that show information
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`regarding subject matter classification. For example, 6XX fields are termed
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`“Subject Access Fields.” See http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd6xx.html
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`(last visited January 14, 2019). Among these, for example, is the 650 field; this is
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`the
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`“Subject
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`Added
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`Entry
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`–
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`Topical
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`Term”
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`field.
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`See
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`http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd650.html (last January 14, 2019). The
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`650 field is a “[s]ubject added entry in which the entry element is a topical term.”
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`Id. These entries “are assigned to a bibliographic record to provide access according
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`to generally accepted thesaurus-building rules (e.g., Library of Congress Subject
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`Headings (LCSH), Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)).” Id.
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`29. Further, MARC records can include call numbers, which themselves
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`contain a classification number. For example, a MARC record may identify a 050
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`field, which
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`is
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`the
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`“Library of Congress Call Number.”
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` See
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`http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd050.html (last visited January 14, 2019).
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`A defined portion of the Library of Congress Call Number is the classification
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`number, and “source of the classification number is Library of Congress
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`Classification and the LC Classification-Additions and Changes.” Id. Thus, the 050
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`field may be used to show information regarding subject matter classification.
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`30. Each item in a library has a single classification number. A library
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`selects a classification scheme (e.g., the Library of Congress Classification scheme
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`just described or a similar scheme such as the Dewey Decimal Classification
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`scheme) and uses it consistently. When the Library of Congress assigns the
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`classification number, it appears as part of the 050 field, as discussed above. For
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`MARC records created by libraries other than the Library of Congress (e.g., a
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`university library or a local public library), the classification number may appear in
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`a 09X (e.g., 090) field. See http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd09x.html
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`31. When a MARC-compatible library acquires a work, it creates a MARC
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`record for its copy of the work in its computer catalog system in the ordinary course
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`of its business. This MARC record (for the copy of a work available at the particular
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`library) may be later accessed by researchers in a number of ways. For example,
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`many libraries, including the Library of Congress, make their MARC records
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`available through their website. As an example, the MARC record for the copy of
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`The Unlikely Spy, by Daniel Silva,4 available at the Library of Congress can be
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`viewed
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`through
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`the
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`Library
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`of
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`Congress
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`website,
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`at
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`https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/staffView?searchId=20265&recPointer=1&recCount
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`=25&bibId=2579985 (last visited January 14, 2019). One could, of course, always
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`physically visit the library at which the work is available, and request to see that
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`library’s MARC record for the work. Moreover, members of the Online Computer
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`Library Center (“OCLC”) can access the MARC records of other member
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`institutions through OCLC’s online bibliographic database, as I explain further
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`below.
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`32. The OCLC was created “to establish, maintain and operate a
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`4 The Unlikely Spy is a 1996 novel written by Daniel Silva, who happens to be one
`of my favorite authors.
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`computerized library network and to promote the evolution of library use, of libraries
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`themselves, and of librarianship, and to provide processes and products for the
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`benefit of library users and libraries, including such objectives as increasing
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`availability of library resources to individual library patrons and reducing the rate of
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`rise of library per-unit costs, all for the fundamental public purpose of furthering
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`ease of access to and use of the ever-expanding body of worldwide scientific, literary
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`and educational knowledge and information.”5 Among other services, OCLC and
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`its members are
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`responsible
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`for maintaining
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`the WorldCat database
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`(https://www.worldcat.org/), used by independent and institutional libraries
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`throughout the world. All libraries that are members of OCLC are MARC-
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`compatible.
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`
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`See,
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`e.g.,
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`https://help.oclc.org/Metadata_Services/OCLC_MARC_records/About_OCLC_M
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`ARC_records (last visited January 14, 2019) (“OCLC-MARC records describes
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`records
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`produced
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`since
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`November
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`1993.”);
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`https://www.oclc.org/support/services/worldcat/documentation/cataloging/electron
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`icresources.en.html (last visited January 14, 2019) (“Like the two superseded OCLC
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`5 Third Article, Amended Articles of Incorporation of OCLC Online Computer
`Library
`Center,
`Incorporated
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`https://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/membership/articles-of-incorporation.pdf;
`last visited January 14, 2019).
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`documents, this revised set of guidelines is intended to assist catalogers in creating
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`records for electronic resources in WorldCat, the OCLC Online Union Catalog.
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`These guidelines pertain to OCLC-MARC tagging (that is, content designation).
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`Cataloging rules and manuals (such as AACR2) govern the content of records. You
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`should implement these guidelines immediately.”).
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`33. When an OCLC member institution acquires a publication, like the
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`other MARC-compatible libraries discussed above, it creates a MARC record for
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`this publication in its computer catalog system in the ordinary course of its business.
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`MARC records created at the Library of Congress may be directly uploaded or tape-
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`loaded into the OCLC database through a subscription to MARC Distribution
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`Services daily or weekly. Once the MARC record is created by a cataloger at an
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`OCLC member library or is tape-loaded from the Library of Congress, the MARC
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`record is then made available to any other OCLC members online, and thereby made
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`available to the public. Accordingly, once the MARC record is created by a
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`cataloger at an OCLC member library or is tape-loaded from the Library of
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`Congress, any publication corresponding to the MARC record has been cataloged
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`and indexed according to its subject matter such that a person interested in that
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`subject matter could, with reasonable diligence, locate and access the publication
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`through any library with access to the OCLC bibliographic database or through the
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`Library of Congress.
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`1.
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`Fields 008, 005, and 955 in MARC Records as Indicators of
`Public Accessibility
`34. When a MARC-compatible library creates an original MARC record
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`for a work, the library records the date of creation of that MARC record in field 008,
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`characters 00 through 05, in the ordinary course of its business.
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` See
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`http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd008a.html (last visited January 14, 2019).
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`For OCLC member institutions that use OCLC software to create original MARC
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`records, the date of creation in field 008 is automatically supplied by the OCLC
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`software. The MARC record creation date in field 008 thus reflects the date on
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`which, or shortly after which, a work was first acquired and cataloged by the library
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`that created the original MARC record.
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`35. When other MARC-compatible libraries subsequently acquire their
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`own copies of the same work, as mentioned, they create MARC records in their own
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`computer catalog systems for their copies in the ordinary course of business.6 They
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`may use a MARC record previously created for that work (by another MARC-
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`compatible library) to create their own MARC records for their own copies of that
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`6 Initial contributions to the bibliographic database for a work are called “master
`records.”
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`same work.7 The previously created MARC record used by subsequently-acquiring
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`libraries to create MARC records for their own copies may be obtained through the
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`OCLC bibliographic database, as described above. If, when creating a MARC
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`record to represent its own copy of the work, the subsequently-acquiring library uses
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`the master MARC record in its original form, the subsequently-acquiring library
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`cannot reenter data into the 008 field; therefore, the date in the 008 field will continue
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`to reflect the date the MARC record was initially created by the originating library.
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`On the other hand, if the subsequently-acquiring library modifies the previously
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`created MARC record when creating its own MARC record for its own copy of the
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`work, the subsequently-acquiring library may enter into the 008 field of its own
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`MARC record the date its own MARC record was created.8 But the library that
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`created the original MARC record used by the subsequently-acquiring library would
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`still be reflected in the MARC record of the subsequently-acquiring library in field
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`040, subfield “a”. Thus, the work identified by any MARC record possessed by any
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`7 When a local library uses a master record in OCLC and produces (or downloads)
`it to the in-house system, the three-character symbol for the subsequent library is
`added to the holdings for the work.
`8 This practice is not required by, but is nevertheless consistent with, the MARC
`standard. Many MARC records exist today whose 008 fields indicate when the first
`original MARC record for a work was created, rather than when a derivative record
`was created based on the original MARC record by a subsequently-acquiring library
`for its own computer catalog system.
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`MARC-compatible library would have been accessible to the public at least as of the
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`date shown in the 008 field, or shortly thereafter, either from the library that
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`possesses the MARC record itself, or from the originating library indicated in field
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`040, subfield “a”. As discussed, a MARC-compatible library in the ordinary course
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`of its business creates a MARC record in its own catalog system for a work when it
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`acquires a copy of that work.
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`36. Moreover, when a MARC record is created by a library for its own copy
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`of a work, field 005 is automatically populated with the date that MARC record was
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`created
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`in
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`year, month,
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`day
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`format
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`(YYYYMMDD).
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`See
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`http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd005.html (last visited January 14, 2019).9
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`Thereafter, the library’s computer system may automatically update the date in field
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`005 every time the library updates the MARC record (e.g., to reflect that an item has
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`been moved to a different shelving location within the library). Id.10 Thus, the work
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`identified by any MARC record possessed by any MARC-compatible library would
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`have been accessible to the public at least as of the date shown in the 005 field, or
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`9 Some of the newer library catalog syste