Cataloging Audiobooks
Written by Karen A. Plummer
Introduction
An audiobook contains the recording of a reading of a book, magazine, or other printed material, stored on one or more cassette tapes or compact discs; originally designed for the use of the visually impaired.
Classification
Audiobooks are classified, following normal classification rules. In all cases, classification numbers will be recorded in MARC Tag 090, using subfields a, b, and e. Subfield e is a format designation. For audiobooks, use CD or Cassette
Example:
090 PZ4.G1422 ‡b L47 1997 ‡e CD
090 PZ4.G1422 ‡b L47 1997 ‡e CD
Description
- Record the original author of the audiobook in the main entry tag (100, 110) and in the statement of responsibility (245c). Example:
- 100 1 Shakespeare, William, ‡d 1564-1616
245 10 Twelfth night ‡h [sound recording] / ‡c William Shakespeare
- 100 1 Shakespeare, William, ‡d 1564-1616
- If the item in hand represents an abridged version of the original, note this in the edition field (250). Example:
- 250 Abridged
- Record production date in the 260c. Example:
- 260 Washington, D.C. : ‡b Audio Books Contractors, Inc., ‡c p1999
- individual tape/disc titles in the 505 contents notes, with running times if available. Example:
- 505 0 1. The facts about negotiating -- 2. Three stages of negotiation -- 3. Tactics and countertactics of negotiating -- 4. More tactics of negotiating -- 5. More tactics of negotiating -- 6. Still more tactics -- 7. Power : understanding it and gaining it -- 8. Managing time and information -- 9. Personality types -- 10. Personality types II -- 11. Body language -- 12. Hidden meanings in conversation
- If there are multiple discs with full contents notes, record each disc as a separate 505 note. Example:
- 505 0 Disc 1. The store (7:19) -- Uncle Willy and Bailey (7:33) -- Powhitetrash girls (10:02) -- Reverend Taylor and Sister Monroe (10:19) -- Leaving Momma (9:16) -- Life in St. Louis (9:54) -- Mother dear (9:52) -- Mr. Freeman's secret (9:30)
- 505 0 Disc 2. Bailey learns the secret (11:48) -- Graduation and defeat (10:32) -- Valedictory victory (4:11) -- California high school (9:34) -- In a Mexican cantina (9:00) -- The driving lesson (11:06) -- Delores (9:07)
- 505 0 Disc 3. On my own (5:19) -- Junkyard girl (6:54) -- My first job (6:12) -- Breaking the color barrier (8:36) -- The seduction (6:21) -- A blessed event (11:24)
- Record producer, director, abridgment writer, etc. in the 508 tag. Example:
- 508 Directed by David Timson ; produced by Nicolas Soames
- 508 Producer, Eve Beglarian ; abridgment by Lynn Lauber
- Record reader, narrator, performer(s) in the 511 performance credits note. Example:
- 511 0 Read by Maya Angelou
- 511 0 Jonathan Keeble, Nick Fletcher, Daniel Philpott, Lucy Whybrow, Gerard Murphy, Christopher Godwin, David Timson, Jane Whittenshaw, Brian Parr, Stella Gonet, Benjamin Soames, Malcolm Sinclair, Adam Kotz, Peter Yapp
- 511 0 Where I'm calling from, read by Peter Riegert ; The stories of John Cheever, read by Maria Tucci ; Selected stories, read by John Updike ; Lolita, read by Jeremy Irons
- Always add a summary note (520). Example:
- 520 Tender yet tense novel of a Japanese-American fisherman who stands trial for murder in an atmosphere of racism and unrequited love.
- 520 Practical advice from ten successful entrepreneurs about starting your own business
- Provide adequate access through assignment of appropriate subject headings for fiction and nonfiction titles. Example:
- 100 1 Schulz, Mona Lisa <.li>
- 245 10 Awakening intuition ‡h [sound recording] : ‡b using your mind-body network for insight and healing / ‡c by Mona Lisa Schulz
- 650 0 Audiobooks
- 650 0 Intuition
- 650 0 Healing
- 650 0 Mind and body therapies
- 650 0 Women ‡x Health and hygiene
- 100 1 Guterson, David
- 245 10 Snow falling on cedars ‡h [sound recording] / ‡c David Guterson
- 650 0 Audiobooks
- 650 0 Japanese-Americans ‡z Washington (State) ‡v Fiction
- 650 0 Trials (Murder) ‡z Washington (State) ‡v Fiction
- 650 0 Journalists ‡z Washington (State) v‡Fiction
- 651 0 Washington (State) ‡v Fiction
- Always add the subject heading: Audiobooks in the 650 field. Example:
- 650 0 Audiobooks
- Add 700 author tracings for all persons listed in the 511 notes field, if different from the main author. Example:
- 100 1 Berendt, John, ‡d 1939-
- 245 10 Midnight in the garden of good and evil ‡h [sound recording] / ‡c John Berendt
- 511 0 Read by Anthony Heald
- 700 1 Heald, Anthony
- 100 1 Angelou, Maya
- 245 10 I know why the caged bird sings ‡h [sound recording] / ‡c Maya Angelou
- 511 0 Read by Maya Angelou
- [No 700 for Angelou]