Bibliographic Record Management

Members, Minutes

Responsibilities

The Bibliographic Record Management Team prepares and processes material going to and returning from the Continuing Resources Cataloging Department. The team notifies Database Management and Continuing Resources Cataloging of any changes to the bibliographic record. The Bibliographic Record Management Team is also responsible for coordinating the MARCIVE bibliographic records load unit processing operation according to established GPO and RUL policies and procedures.

• Pre/Post cataloging
• Title changes
• Title variations
• Format changes
• Frequency & publisher changes
• ISSN changes
• Ceased publications
• Record merges
• Root record updates
• Serials to Monographic Series

Procedures/Policies

• SERMARPEN Processing Guide
     Brief Record Creation Guidelines
• Bib-Cat Procedures Affecting Bindery Operations
• Brief Record and Control Record Creation Responsibilities in RUL and NBL
• Bibliographic, MARC Holdings, and Control Record Notes used in processing New Titles, Title/Major Changes, and Format Changes [PowerPoint]
• Bibliographic Record Interpretation and Searching Techniques [PowerPoint]

Processing Resources

• Serials Cataloging Worksheet [PDF]
• Serial/Mono Processing Form [PDF]
• Reading Room Shelf Label Processing Form [MSWord]
• Post-Cat Statistics Sheet [MSWord]

Useful Links

• List of Approved Volume Designators
• Technical & Automated Services
• Understanding MARC Bibliographic
• Libraries and IRIS Sublocations
• MARC 21 Concise Format for Authority Data
• MARC 21 Concise Format for Bibliographic Data
• Major/Minor Changes (from NASIG 2002)
• Major/Minor Changes on Serial Records and Series Statements (from Yale)
• Major/Minor Changes: Examples (from Yale)
• Understanding MARC Authority
• OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards
• Technical Services Core Working Group (TSCWG) - Reports
• MARC 21 Format For Bibliographic Data: Field List