Matthew Henson : explorer. (OCLC #29917825)
In the Dewey Decimal Classification, biographies may be classified in the 920s (with history), or simply under “B” with a cutter indicating the subject of the biography:
082 14 ǂa B ǂb H5265Ma
James Baldwin : the price of the ticket / a Karen Thorsen production in association with Maysles Films, Inc. & WNET, New York ; directed by Karen Thorsen ; produced by Karen Thorsen & William Miles ; written by Karen Thorsen, Douglas K. Dempsey. (OCLC #25112025)
This title is biographical in nature, as indicated in the subject headings:
600 10 ǂa Baldwin, James, ǂd 1924-1987. 650 _0 ǂa African American authors ǂy 20th century ǂv Biography. 650 _0 ǂa Civil rights workers ǂz United States ǂv Biography.If this were a Book record (for example, with Type: a for Language material and BLvl: m for monograph), there would be a position in the fixed fields used to designate this (Biog = 008/34, 006/17); as this is a Visual materials record, fixed fields are used to record other data specific to the format, such as running time (in minutes), and technique (live action or animated?).
Not at my desk right now, but is there a way to add the biography designation in a 006? As if any ILS would ever make use of that, but still. @problem-cataloger
I’m so glad you asked, @callmebackinfiveyears, as I’ve been wondering about this too; my guess is that you cannot do it, at least not for this video.
I only see the Biog fixed field in the Books type, so that sounds like to add this type of 006, the resource would have to be bookish in some way (like an ebook is primarily a book so that’s its 008, but is computer file-ish so gets that 006), or you would need to have a book as accompanying material that you could describe with that 006. The OLAC
Best Practices for Cataloging DVD/Blu-ray only mention this field in the context of substantial accompanying text. BYU’s FAQ describes 006 as “as an auxiliary fixed field to be added when the fixed field for the format you have chosen is insufficient” though, so maybe some libraries use them more freely.
But yeah… I don’t think I’ve ever used an ILS that made use of Biog (or many other fixed fields) in the 008 even! Too bad, as it would be a nice if you could specify in a normalized way and then determine whether it’s an autobiography, individual or collective biography, etc.
James Baldwin : the price of the ticket / a Karen Thorsen production in association with Maysles Films, Inc. & WNET, New York ; directed by Karen Thorsen ; produced by Karen Thorsen & William Miles ; written by Karen Thorsen, Douglas K. Dempsey. (OCLC #25112025)
This title is biographical in nature, as indicated in the subject headings:
600 10 ǂa Baldwin, James, ǂd 1924-1987. 650 _0 ǂa African American authors ǂy 20th century ǂv Biography. 650 _0 ǂa Civil rights workers ǂz United States ǂv Biography.
If this were a Book record (for example, with Type: a for Language material and BLvl: m for monograph), there would be a position in the fixed fields used to designate this (Biog = 008/34, 006/17); as this is a Visual materials record, fixed fields are used to record other data specific to the format, such as running time (in minutes), and technique (live action or animated?).
安妮日记 / 安妮 · 弗兰克著 ; 奥托 · 弗兰克, 米莉亚姆 · 普雷斯勒编 ; 高年生译. (OCLC #436270933)
I classed this diary of Anne Frank (translated to Chinese from the original Dutch) under DS135.N6 (The Jews, Netherlands, Biography and memoirs) to parallel what Libray of Congress did – so why does Anne Frank have a class number in her authority record (PT5834.F68: under Dutch authors, 1800-1960)?
It turns out that Anne Frank did author more than her diary, and these works, along with any criticism of those works are classed there. There is a spot under this classification for autobiography (PT5834.F68 Z46) but the DS classification is probably more helpful.
Still running : the autobiography of Nate Northington, the first African American football player in the Southeastern Conference / Nathaniel Northington ; with La Monte McNeese. (OCLC #851416833)
Individual biographies in football are classed under GV939.A2-Z. The Classification Web description looks pretty normal, so it is tempting to cutter by the author’s name. Doing so would hide his autobiography under N, between biographies of him written by others. Why not put his first?
Though ClassWeb doesn’t mention it, “Individual Biography” numbers have a specific meaning for A2-A5, which (unless specified) is detailed in the Biography Table; this particular title should have second cutter A3 for Autobiographies, diaries, etc. putting it close to the front, where it belongs.