1. Moving Beyond APPM to a Global Standard:
Using DACS for Cataloging
and Finding Aids
MARAC Fall 2006 conference
Susan Hamburger, Ph.D.
Penn State University Libraries
October 28, 2006

2. Rules for constructing title
APPM
Creator: Jefferson, Thomas,
Title: Papers,
DACS
Title: Thomas Jefferson papers,

3. OCLC search in cataloging mode, Connexion
Title search: Papers
Retrieve 8,313 records
Click and receive message: “This line contains too many records to display. Select another item or modify your browse request.”

5. OCLC search in public mode, WorldCat
Title search: Papers
Restricted to English and Mixed Materials
Retrieve 41,430 records
Unordered result set (not chronological by date, not alphabetical by creator or title)
But it does list the creator’s name as Author

7. RLG search in public mode, Eureka
Basic Search
Title: Papers
Retrieve 4,000+ records
Click on Papers, displays unordered list of 12,008 titles
Advanced Search
Form/Genre: Personal papers
Limit by English, Archival Control, Mixed Materials
Retrieve only 10 records

10. Extent
APPM:
cu. ft. p.
DACS:
cubic feet
pages

11. Date Element Collection that will be added to Abbreviations
APPM: indicate accretions with open date:
|f 1979-(ongoing)
DACS: use inclusive dates for materials in hand: |f
Must change catalog record and finding aid each time new accretion is received
Abbreviations
APPM: approx., ca.
DACS: approximately, circa
Unknown dates
APPM: n.d., s.d.
DACS: undated

18. ArchiveGrid: Search for James Ewell Brown Stuart (45 hits)

19. Full Form of Name, LCNAF Not Applied
Confederate officers photographs, [1864?].
23 photographs (1 folder).
Arrangement of Materials: Arranged alphabetically.
. . .
Alabama Department of Archives and History
This collection covers:
Anderson, George Thomas,
Stuart, James Ewell Brown,

20. Mixed Form of Name, LCNAF Not Applied
Confederate officers photograph album, n.d.
.66 cubic ft. (2 archives containers).
Arrangement of Materials: Arranged numerically by photograph number.
. . .
Alabama Department of Archives and History
This collection covers:
Adams, Daniel Weisiger,
Stuart, Jeb (James Ewell Brown),

21. LCNAF Form of Name, Full Form in Note
Stuart, Jeb,
Military papers of Jeb Stuart, (bulk ).
267 pieces.
5 boxes.
Arrangement of Materials: Arranged chronologically.
. . .
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Notes and Summaries:
James Ewell Brown (Jeb) Stuart ( ), Confederate cavalry commander

22. ArchiveGrid: Search for Jeb Stuart or J.E.B. Stuart (90 hits)
Does not retrieve Confederate officers photographs, [1864?] at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. [bad cataloging]
Periods in initials are ignored [good indexing/searching algorithm]

23. DACS and MARC/EAD vs. HTML
Context
Standards for encoding
Standards for content
Platform-neutral portability
HTML
Style
Web presentation

24. Conclusion DACS is useful for Consistency Standardization Uniformity
Global compatibility
Cataloging
EAD finding aids

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