5.0 Results
Current and planned retrospective conversion programmes: Standards
The following results of the BLRIC study, with comparisons of some from the FIGIT study, are arranged under the following headings:
- Background data
- Current and planned retrospective conversion programs
- Methods
- Standards
- Access - to items in libraries and collections - to machine readable catalogue records
- Supplementary data - non-print items needing retrospective conversion - material which has never been catalogued
5.21 Bibliographic record format of those libraries with machine readable records (Q20 x Q1)
Table 28
| UKMARC | USMARC | In-house | Other external | |
| Public | 52 | 39 | 7 | |
| Government Ministry/Dept | 12 | 12 | 1 | |
| College/School | 2 | 2 | ||
| Learned society/professional | 6 | 2 | 24 | 9 |
| Cathedral | 5 | 4 | ||
| Subscription | 2 | 1 | ||
| Educational/research | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| Museum reference | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Other | 8 | 1 | 17 | 4 |
| Total | 90 | 4 | 103 | 26 |
Table 29 Bibliographic record formats for m/r records of those libraries with current programmes: BLRIC and FIGIT figures compared (BLRIC Q10 x Q20 and FIGIT Q25 x 10)
| Current | ||||||
| BLRIC | 39 | 2 | 38 | 11 | ||
| FIGIT | 65 | 10 | 15 | 12 | ||
| Total | 104 | 12 | 53 | 23 | ||
Table 30 Bibliographic record formats for m/r records of those libraries with planned programmes: BLRIC and FIGIT figures compared (BLRIC Q11 x Q20 and FIGIT Q33 x 10)
| Planned | Other external | ||||
| BLRIC | 32 | 1 | 32 | 10 | |
| FIGIT | 36 | 6 | 7 | 3 | |
| Total | 68 | 7 | 39 | 13 |
5.22 Levels of bibliographic description used by those libraries with m/r records (Q21 by Q1)
Table 31
| Level 1 | Level 1+ | Level 2 | Level 3 | |
| Public | 20 | 10 | 21 | 6 |
| Government Ministry/Dept | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| College/ School | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Learned society/professional | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| Cathedral | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Subscription | 1 | 1 | ||
| Educational/research | 1 | 1 | ||
| Museum reference | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Other | 5 | 5 | 3 | |
| Total | 38 | 24 | 47 | 13 |
| UKMARC Manual standard | Other recommended levels | In-house
level | |
| Public | 20 | 5 | 43 |
| Government Ministry/Dept | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| College/School | 1 | ||
| Learned society/professional | 1 | 1 | 24 |
| Cathedral | 4 | ||
| Subscription | 1 | 1 | |
| Educational/research | 1 | 6 | |
| Museum reference | 2 | ||
| Other | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| Total | 26 | 10 | 118 |
Table 32 Levels of bibliographic description used by those libraries with current programmes: BLRIC and FIGIT figures compared (BLRIC Q10 x Q21 and FIGIT Q25 x Q11)
| AACR2 Level 1 | AACR2 Level 1+ | AACR2 Level 2 | AACR2 Level 3 | UKMARC recommended | Other
recommended | In-house | Other | |
| BLRIC | 25 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 52 | |
| FIGIT | 8 | 10 | 44 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 8 |
| Total | 33 | 17 | 60 | 12 | 21 | 9 | 68 | 8 |
Table 33 Level of bibliographic description used by those libraries with planned programmes: BLRIC and FIGIT figures compared (BLRIC Q11 x Q21 and FIGIT Q33 x 11)
| AACR2 Level 1 | AACR2 Level 1+ | AACR2 Level 2 | AACR2 Level 3 | UKMARC recommended | Other
recommended | In-house | Other | |
| BLRIC | 19 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 42 | |
| FIGIT | 4 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |
| Total | 23 | 12 | 37 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 49 | 5 |
5.23 Libraries which would undertake retroconversion if resources/expertise could be made available (Q15 by Q1)
Table 34
| Yes | No | |
| Public | 56 | 5 |
| Government Ministry/Dept | 13 | 3 |
| College/School | 4 | 1 |
| Learned society/professional | 28 | 8 |
| Cathedral | 9 | 3 |
| Subscription | 9 | 1 |
| Educational/research | 3 | 3 |
| Museum reference | 9 | |
| Other | 22 | 4 |
| Total | 153 | 28 |
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