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Cataloging Best Practice Standards
This living document outlines and provides best practices for cataloging within NC Cardinal’s Evergreen ILS. All policies and procedures are recommended and should be implemented throughout the consortium. As cataloging issues and new topics arise, this document will be amended. If you have any questions, please contact NC Cardinal staff or one of the current NC Cardinal Cataloging Committee members.
This document incorporates elements of Evergreen Documentation under Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode) and is available to share under the same license.
This document incorporates elements of Evergreen Documentation under Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode) and is available to share under the same license.
- 1. Cataloging Overview
- 2. Item Cataloging
- 2.1. Item Cataloging Assessment
- 2.2. Item Cataloging Training Slides
- 2.3. Search the Catalog
- 2.4. Sorting by Date
- 2.5. Selecting a Matching Record
- 2.6. Multi-volume or Multi-part Sets
- 2.7. Use of Single Bib Record for Books
- 2.8. Use of Single Bib Record for Audiobooks
- 2.9. Videos
- 2.10. Magazines
- 2.11. Advanced Reader Copies, Donated Items, and Copy Notes
- 2.12. Add Volumes
- 2.13. Add Copies
- 2.14. Monograph Parts
- 2.15. Print Spine Labels
- 2.16. New Copies and Holds
- 2.17. Transferring Items, Volumes, & Pre-cataloged Items
- 2.18. Editing and Deleting Items and Volumes
- 3. Bibliographic Cataloging
- 3.1. Bibliographic Cataloging Assessment
- 3.2. Bibliographic Cataloging Training Slides
- 3.3. Add a Title Record via Z39.50 Import
- 3.4. Pre-Processing/On-Order Materials
- 3.5. Load MARC Order Records via Acquisitions
- 3.6. Batch Import Bibliographic Records and Holdings
- 3.7. Electronic Resources
- 3.8. Inspecting the Import Queue
- 3.9. Deleting an Upload Queue
- 3.10. Record Conflicts
- 3.11. Merge/Overlay Profiles
- 3.12. Duplicate Records and Merging
- 3.13. Different Format/Material Types
- 3.14. Cataloging Kits
- 3.15. Creating Original Records
- 3.16. Deleting Bibliographic Records
- 4. MARC Record Templates
- 5. Appendices
- 5.1. Appendix A: Cataloging Forum
- 5.2. Appendix B: Using GMDs
- 5.3. Appendix C: 007 Tag
- 5.4. Appendix D: Fixed Fields (Leader & 008 Tags)
- 5.5. Appendix E: 020 Tag (ISBNs)
- 5.6. Appendix F: Commonly Used Relationship Designators
- 5.7. Appendix G: Diacritics
- 5.8. Appendix H: Record Match Sets and Merge Profiles
- 5.9. Appendix I: Item Templates
- 5.10. Appendix J: Search and Icon Formats
- 5.11. Appendix K: Holdings Import Profile
- 5.12. Appendix M: Shelving Locations
- 5.13. Appendix N: Circulation Modifiers
- 5.14. Glossary
- 5.15. Useful Resources
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