Cataloging DVDs and Blu-ray Discs for Non-catalogers Training

Who Should attend: Staff who occasionally catalog a DVD

Trainer: Lloyd Chittenden

Duration: 1.5 hours


Description

How to create a basic MARC record for a DVD or BD when you can’t find anything to copy.

Outlines

  1. Setting Preferences

  2. Creating a new bib record in Sierra with a template

  3. Viewing the film

  4. Fixed fields

  5. Standard numbers

  6. Physical description

  7. Notes

  8. Subject headings

Relevant Resources

Best Practices for Cataloging DVD-Video and Blu-ray Discs: Using RDA and MARC21

Terminology

  • DVD – digital discs for storing videorecordings that utilize optical storage similar to CD-ROMs.

  • Enhanced DVD – contain additional material requiring the use of a computer.

  • BD – Blu-ray Disc. Blu-ray technology uses a blue-violet laser that has a shorter wavelength than the red laser used by DVDs. The dual layer Blu-ray Disc can contain over 9 hours of high-definition video or about 23 hours of standard-definition video.