CATALOG DEPARTMENT

Offices in Room 52 Ellis Library      Phone 573-882-4814

Catalog Department Website Index

Checklists = Checklists for cataloging various types of materials
Links = External links
Procedures = Local cataloging procedures

A

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AACR2 Rule Interpretations of the National Library of Canada (Links)

Accompanying Materials

• Accompanying Computer Media ++ Updated -- Jul. 24, 2008
• Accompanying Materials Cataloging (Checklists)
• Policy on Multi-Media Materials (Library Policy #27) (pdf)

Acronyms and Terms

• Cataloging Acronyms and Terms (word)
• MU Libraries Acronyms and Terms (word)

ALA (American Library Association) (Links)

• ALA Map and Geography Round Table (MAGERT)
• ALA TechSource
• ALCTS NewsLinks

Amicus (National Library of Canada) (Links)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus (Getty Institute) (Links)

Artist Names (Getty Institute Union List) (Links)

Audiovisual Materials

• Musical/Non-Musical Sound Recordings and Scores (MQCC Procedures)
• Useful Resources
• Audio Format Guide
• Authority Tools for Audiovisual and Music Catalogers (Online Audiovisual Catalogers)
• Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs: A Guide for Librarians and Archivists by Fred R. Byers
• Internet Movie Database (IMDB)
• Magnetic Media Reference Links
• Media Cataloging Resources (UCR)
• Movie Review Query Engine
• OLAC newsletter (See Q & A section and "OLAC Cataloger's Judgment)
• Organizing Audiovisual and Electronic Resources for Access:A Cataloguing Guide Updated -- Sep. 12, 2008
• Useful Websites for AV Catalogers (OLAC)
• Video Format Guide
• See also: Non-Print Media

Authorities

• Management reports (Innovative & Backstage) (Procedures)
• MERLIN
  • Donors and Honorees (Procedures)
  • Overlay Protection
  • Undifferentiated Name Authority Records
• MQCC Authorities (MQCC Procedures)
• Training Materials
  • Authority - Catalog Department Monthly Trainig (ppt)(Nov. 2007)
  • Series Authority - Catalog Department Monthly Trainig (ppt)(May 2008)
  • Series Authority Workflow (doc)
  • Series Authority Workflow Chart - Catalog Department Monthly Trainig (ppt)(May 2008)
• Useful Resources
• Ambiguous Entities (an alphabetic list)
• Authorities Tutorial
• Authority Tools for Audiovisual and Music Catalogers (Online Audiovisual Catalogers)
• Geographic Information
  • GNIS U.S. and Territories Query
  • GEONet Names Server (GNS)
• Library of Congress Authorities
• NACO Home Page
• NACO Participant's Manual, 3rd. ed.
• OCLC Authorities Users Guide
• OCLC Authorities Format Tag Chart
• PCC Home Page
• SACO Home Page
• SACO Participants Manual
• Understanding MARC Authority Records: Machine-Readable Cataloging
• Union List of Artist Names (Getty Institute)
• See also: NACO, PCC, SACO

B

A | B | C | D | E-F | G-H | I-K | L | M | N-O | P-R | S | T| U-Z

Babelfish (Online translation site)

Barcodes

• Barcodes: A History and Primer
• Barcodes used in MU Libraries

BIBCO (Monographic Bibliographic Record Program of the PCC) (Links)

• BIBCO Home Page
• BIBCO Participant's Manual
• Core Record Standards
• Core Record Standards Chart

Bibliographic Records

• Cataloging Checklists (Procedures)
  • Accompanying Materials
  • Books
  • Comic Books
  • Collection Level Records
  • Freestanding Media (In progress)
  • Gov Doc Poster
  • Gov Doc Retro Monograph (Procedures) (word-long version)
  • Gov Doc Retro Monograph (Procedures) (word-short version)
  • Juvenile Books
  • Miniature Books
  • Music-Libretto
  • Music-Scores
  • MU Archives Materials - Cataloging Guidelines Updated -- Sep. 17, 2008
  • Online Books
  • Special Studies Description Practices and Procedures
  • URLs in bibliographic records Updated -- Sep. 5, 2008
  • Videorecordings Updated -- Sep. 17, 2008
• Bibliographic Records (MQCC Procedures)
• Bound "With" Materials (Procedures)
• Notes for Electronic Resources
  • Notes - examples ++ Updated -- Jul. 24, 2008
  • Notes - order ++ Updated -- Jul. 24, 2008
• Punctuation, USMARC
• Record Sets
• Title Added Entries Recommended For MERLIN (Procedures)
• Useful Resources
  • Cataloging and Organizing Digital Resources: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians in TECHSER
  • Cataloging Nonprint and Internet Resources A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians in TECHSER
  • Cataloging Exhibition Publications: Best Practice Updated -- Sep. 26, 2008
  • Cataloging the Web: Metadata, AACR, and MARC 21 in TECHSER
  • Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Books. 2nd ed.
  • Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (2007) in TECHSER
  • Ending Punctuation for Bibliographic Data
  • ISAD(G) (General International Standard Archival Description)
  • ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description (pdf)
  • OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards
  • OCLC Cataloging Electronic Resources
  • OCLC Cataloging Internet Resources See OCLC Cataloging Electronic Resources
  • OCLC Input Standards Table
  • Understanding MARC Bibliographic: Machine-Readable Cataloging (LC)

BIB Location Codes

Blog (Links)

• 025.431: The Dewey Blog
  (Everything you always wanted to know about the Dewey Decimal Classification system but were afraid to ask)
• Catalogablog (Library cataloging, classification, metadata, subject access and related topics)
• Digiblog: The ALCTS Blog
• FRBRblog (Developments around the world in FRBR)
• LITA Blog
• Planet Cataloging

Books Cataloging (Checklists)

• See also: Comic Books, Juvenile Books, Miniature Books

Bound "With" Materials (Procedures)

Brief Bibs

• MU Libraries Practice
• Creating a Brief Bib from a WorldCat Record New -- Sept. 23, 2008
• On-the-Fly Standards (MQCC Procedures)

C

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Call Numbers

• Examples of Correct Call Number Format
• Shelflist Anomalies
• See also: Classification

Canadian Geographical Names (Natural Resources Canada) (Links)

Canadian Literacy Thesaurus (Canadian Literacy Thesaurus Coalition) (Links)

Canadian Subject Headings (National Library of Canada) (Links)

Cataloger's Desktop Guide (Links)

Cataloguer's Toolbox (Memorial University of Newfoundland) (Links)

Catalogablog (Library cataloging, classification, metadata, subject access and related topics) (Links)

Catalog Department

• Contact Information
• Floor Plan
• FY08 Department Goals (Catalog staff access only)
• Job Descriptions Updated -- Jul. 23, 2008
• Monthly Training
  • Millennium (word)(Aug. 2007)
  • Cataloger's Desktop (word)(Oct. 2007)
  • Authority (ppt)(Nov. 2007)
  • OCLC Options and Tools (word)(Jan. 2008)
  • Classification Web (word)(Mar. 2008)
  • Classification Web Exercise (word)(Mar. 2008)
  • MeSH Workshop (ppt)(Apr. 2008)
  • Series Authority (ppt)(May 2008)
  • Basic Maps Cataloging Mini Workshop (word)(Jul. 2008) Updated -- Jul. 08, 2008
  • LCSH (ppt)(Sep. 2008) Updated -- Sep. 26, 2008
• Priorities and Progress
• Reference Collection
• Staff
  • Committee assignments
• Statistics (Catalog staff access only)
• Training Materials
  • MERLIN Searching
  • MERLIN Bibliographic Records Editing Guide
  • Improving Business Writing Skills
  • Improving Presentation Skills
• Units
  • Authority Unit
  • Catalog Management
  • Digital and Continuing Resources Unit
  • Monograph Cataloging Unit
  • Special Projects Unit
• Wiki

Cataloging Rules and Standard

• Useful Resources
  • AACR2 Rule Interpretations of the National Library of Canada
  • Access Level MARC/AACR Records - LC Implementation Plans
  • Access Level Records for Serials
  • BIBCO Core Record Standards
  • BIBCO ~Monographic Bibliographic Record Program of the PCC
  • Catalogablog (Library cataloging, classification, metadata, subject access and related topics)
  • Cataloging and Organizing Digital Resources: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians in TECHSER
  • Cataloging Nonprint and Internet Resources A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians in TECHSER
  • Cataloging the Web: Metadata, AACR, and MARC 21 in TECHSER
  • Chart of All PCC BIBCO Core Record Standards
  • Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Books. 2nd ed.
  • Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (2007) in TECHSER
  • Ending Punctuation for Bibliographic Data
  • FRBR and Fundamental Cataloging Rules (by William Denton)
  • Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (IFLA)
  • Guidelines for Coding Electronic Resources in Leader/06 (LC)
  • ISAD(G) (General International Standard Archival Description)
  • ISAD(G) (General International Standard Archival Description (pdf))
  • MARC and FRBR (LC)
  • MPEG-7 Description Definition Language (DDL)
  • Music Cataloging Bulletin (IP authenticated for MU)
  • OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards
  • OCLC Cataloging Electronic Resources
  • OCLC Cataloging Internet Resources See OCLC Cataloging Electronic Resources
  • OCLC Input Standards Table
  • Program for Cooperative Cataloging
  • RBMS Controlled Vocabularies for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloging
  • RDA: Resource Description and Access (draft of Part 1 available: Dec. 2005)
  • Slavic Cataloging Manual (Princeton University)
  • Tools for Serials Catalogers (Vanderbilt University)
  • Understanding MARC Bibliographic: Machine-Readable Cataloging (LC)

Checkin Records

• Codes (MERLIN)
• Holdings Records (MQCC Procedures)
• Resolving Check-in Differences with Items Sent to Remote Storage (Procedures)
• Serial Cataloging - Check-in Records, etc.

Checklists See Bibliographic Records > Cataloging Checklists

Classification

• Alternatives to Library of Congress Z Classification (Procedures)
• Comic books (Procedures)
  • Classification
  • Cutter
• Local Classification Practice (Procedures: in progress)
• Useful Resources
  • 025.431: The Dewey Blog
    (Everything you always wanted to know about the Dewey Decimal Classification system but were afraid to ask)
  • FC a Classification for Canadian History (National Library of Canada)
  • Library of Congress Classification Geographic Cutters (pdf)
  • Library of Congress Classification Outline
  • Library of Congress Classification Weekly Lists
  • National Library of Medicine Classification (National Library of Medicine)
  • UDC (Universal Decimal Classification)
• See also: Call Numbers

Collection Level Cataloging (Checklists: in process)

Comic Books

• Cataloging Checklist (Procedures)
• Classification (Procedures)
• Cutter (Procedures)
• Resources (Links)
• Technical Services Policy 316
• See also: Books Cataloging

CONSER See Serials

Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM) (U.S. Geological Survey) (Links)

Corporate Bodies/Organizations Lists (Links)

• International Government Organizations
• International Organizations (Selected from Yearbook of International Organizations)
• Yahoo List of International Organizations

Creating a Duplicate MERLIN Bibliographic Record (Millennium)

Creation Date Table

D

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Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata: Final Report of the PREMIS Working Group (Links)

Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Books. 2nd ed. (Links)

Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (2007) in TECHSER (Links)

Dewey Blog
(Everything you always wanted to know about the Dewey Decimal Classification system but were afraid to ask)

Dictionaries (Links)

• Dictionary.com
• Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary
• Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science (ODLIS) Updated -- Sep. 12, 2008

Digiblog: The ALCTS Blog (Links)

Digital Content - Bibliographic Control (LC Cataloging Directorate - Strategic Plan) (Links)

Digital Library (UM Library Systems) (Links)

Digitization Projects--Cooperative (Links)

• Google Books Library Project
• Open Content Alliance

Digitized Materials--MU Cataloging Progress

Discard See Withdrawls

Dissertations & Theses (MU)

• Electronic Theses & Dissertations (ETD) Procedures
• Microfilm archival copies
• MU Theses and Dissertation Degree Program Classifications
• MU Theses and Dissertations Processing Progress Report

Donors and Honorees (Procedures)

Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) (Links)

E-F

A | B | C | D | E-F | G-H | I-K | L | M | N-O | P-R | S | T| U-Z

Electronic Resources

• Accompanying Computer Media ++ Updated -- Jul. 24, 2008
• Choice of workform; 006 and 007 information ++ Updated -- Jul. 24, 2008
• Digitized Materials--MU Cataloging Progress
• E-books Cataloging (Checklists)
• Electronic Resources (MQCC Procedures)
• Electronic Theses & Dissertations (ETD) (Procedures)
• MERLIN Codes for Direct Access Electronic Resources ++ Updated -- Jul. 24, 2008
• MERLIN Codes for Remote Access Electronic Resources ++ Updated -- Jul. 24, 2008
• MERLIN Codes for Computer Resources on the Ellis Workstation ++ Updated -- Jul. 24, 2008
• MERLIN Codes for Restricted Remote Access (Electronic) to UM Campuses ++ Updated -- Jul. 24, 2008
• Notes - examples ++ Updated -- Jul. 24, 2008
• Notes - order ++ Updated -- Jul. 24, 2008
• Online Resources: Cataloging Priorities and Progress
• Online Resources: Cataloging Request Form (Individual titles)
• Online Resources: Cataloging Request Form (Sets)
• Online Resources: The process for requesting cataloging
• See also: Online Resources
• Useful Resources
  • Bibliographic Control of Digital Content (LC Cataloging Directorate - Strategic Plan)
  • Cataloging Electronic Resources: OCLC-MARC Coding Guidelines
  • Cataloging and Organizing Digital Resources: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians in TECHSER
  • Cataloging Nonprint and Internet Resources A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians in TECHSER
  • Cataloging the Web: Metadata, AACR, and MARC 21 in TECHSER
  • CONSER Cataloging Manual : Module 31 : Remote Access Computer File Serials
  • Draft Interim Guidelines for Cataloging Electronic Resources (LC)
  • FILExt (File extensions)
  • Guidelines for Coding Electronic Resources in Leader/06 (LC)
  • International Standard Bibliographic Description for Electronic Resources (IFLA)
  • OCLC Cataloging Electronic Resources

Encoded Archival Description (EAD) (Links)

Encyclopedias (Links)

• Encyclopedia.com
• Wikipedia

FASTCAT (Procedures for acquisitions staff processing books)

• FASTCAT Procedures (LC/PCC Catalog Records processed by Acquisitions)
• Searching and Processing Procedures for Approval Books - FASTCAT

FictionFinder: A FRBR-based prototype for fiction in WorldCat (Links)

FILExt (file extensions) (Links)

Forms

• Cataloging Department Statistics Form
• LTS Request Form
• Online Resources: Cataloging Request Form (Individual titles)
• Online Resources: Cataloging Request Form (Sets)
• Supply Request Form

FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (Links)

• Definition of a FRBR-based Metadata Model for the Indiana University Variations3 Project (PDF document)
• FictionFinder: A FRBR-based prototype for fiction in WorldCat
• FRBR and Fundamental Cataloging Rules (by William Denton)
• FRBR Bibliography (IFLA)
• FRBRblog (Developments around the world in FRBR)
• FRBR Display Tool (LC)
• FRBR Work-Set Algorithm (OCLC)
• Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (IFLA)
• MARC and FRBR (LC)
• RedLightGreen (RLG’s FRBR-like Database)
• VTLS FRBR Overview
• What is FRBR?: A Conceptual Model for the Bibliographic Universe (2004) (by Barbara Tillett (LC))

Freestanding Media Cataloging (Checklist: in progress)

Free2profession translations (Online translation site)

G-H

A | B | C | D | E-F | G-H | I-K | L | M | N-O | P-R | S | T| U-Z

Galaxy Reference (Links)

Genre Headings

• Genre Headings in Use by MU Libraries
• Moving Image Genre-Form Guide
• Newspaper Genre List (United States Newspaper Program)
• Thesaurus for Graphic Materials II: Genre & Physical Characteristic Terms
• See also: Thesauri

Geographic Names (Getty Institute) (Links)

Geographic Names Information System (U.S. Geological Survey) (Links)

GEONet Names Server (GNS) (Links)

Global Information Locator Service (GILS) (Federal Citizen Information Center) (Links)

GNIS U.S. and Territories Query (Links)

Government Publications

• Backgroud on MARCIVE and MU (email from MARCIVE, Inc. in 2001)
• Gov Doc Poster
• Gov Doc Retro Monograph (Procedures) (word-long version)
• Gov Doc Retro Monograph (Procedures) (word-short version)
• Useful Resources (Links)

GPO Access: Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (Links)

Graphic Materials I: Subject Terms (Links)

Graphic Materials II: Genre & Physical Characteristic Terms (Links)

Greenwich Mean Time (Links)

Hebrew alphabet (Links)

Holdings

• Holdings Records (MQCC Procedures)
• Resolving Check-in Differences with Items Sent to Remote Storage (Procedures)
• Technical Services Holdings Policies
• Specific Material Designations
• Vernacular Captions Used in Bibliographic Holdings Statements
• Useful Resources
  • MARC 21 Format for Holdings Data Primer
  • OCLC Local Holdings Maintenance documentation

Honorees and Donors (Procedures)

I-K

A | B | C | D | E-F | G-H | I-K | L | M | N-O | P-R | S | T| U-Z

InfoIsland.org (Second Life Library 2.0) (Links)

Initial articles (Links)

Innovative Interfaces Users Group Website (Links)

Innovative Interfaces Users Manual (online) (Use second level MERLIN name and password) (Links)

Integrated Resources (Links)

• Introduction to Cataloging Electronic Integrating Resources: An Online Training Presentation
• New Coding Practice for Integrating Resources (OCLC Technical Bulletin, 252)

International Government Organizations (Links)

International Organizations (Selected from Yearbook of International Organizations) (Links)

International Organizations (Yahoo lists) (Links)

International Standard Bibliographic Description for Electronic Resources (IFLA) (Links)

Internet Library for Librarians (InfoWorks Technology) (Links)

Internet Movie Database (IMDB) (Links)

ISAD(G) (General International Standard Archival Description) (Links)

ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description (pdf)

ISBN-13 Conversion Toolkit (Links)

Item Records

• Item Codes 912 Used by MU Libraries (Catalog staff access only)
• Item Location Codes
• Item Messages (m) Used
• Item Record Codes
• ITYPES
• 949 Subfield Codes for Local Processing Information

IUG Clearinghouse (Password required: Ask MQCC reps for password) (Links)

Job Descriptions (Catalog Department) Updated -- Jul. 23, 2008

Juvenile Books Cataloging (Checklists)

• See also: Books Cataloging

L

A | B | C | D | E-F | G-H | I-K | L | M | N-O | P-R | S | T| U-Z

Language Tools for Non-English Languages (Links)

• ALCTS Task Force on Non-English Access Report
• Hebrew alphabet
• Language Code Lists (Library of Congress)
• Online translation sites:
  • Babelfish
  • Free2profession translations

Library Catalogs (Links)

• Amicus (National Library of Canada)
• GPO Access: Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
• LibWeb: Library Servers Via WWW
• Library Catalogs on the World Wide Web (Northern Lights Internet Solutions)
• Library of Congress Online Catalog
• Library of Congress Z39.50 Gateway
• Western European Library Catalogs on the Internet (ACRL)
• Web Accessible National and Major Libraries (IFLA)
• WorldCat.org

Library of Congress (Links)

• Authorities
• Cataloger's Desktop
• Classification Geographic Cutters
• Classification Outline
• Classification Weekly Lists
• Guidelines for Coding Electronic Resources in Leader/06
• More on What is Going on at the Library of Congress (pdf)
• Online Catalog
• Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control
• Z39.50 Gateway

Library Resource Guide (Commercial services and suppliers) (Links)

Libretto Cataloging (Checklists)

LibWeb: Library Servers Via WWW (Links)

Link Checking Updated -- Jul. 25, 2008

LITA Blog (Links)

Locator Plus (National Library of Medicine) (Links)

Local Classification Practice (In progress)

Locally Digitized Materials--MU Cataloging Progress

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Management/Supervision See Supervision/Management

Manuscripts (Procedures: being developed)

Maps

• Basic Maps Cataloging Mini Workshop (word)(Jul. 2008) Updated -- Jul. 08, 2008
• Cataloging U.S. Geological Survey Maps: For Cataloging Maps With Copy (Procedures)
• Map Cataloging - Local Practice for Printed Maps (Procedures)
• MU Libraries Maps Information (draft)(word) Updated -- Aug. 11, 2008
• Useful Resources
  • ALA Map and Geography Round Table (MAGERT)
  • Western Association of Map Libraries' Map Librarian's Toolbox

MARC Format (Links)

• MARC 21 Format for Holdings Data Primer
• MARC 21 Formats (LC)
• MARC 21 Specifications for Record Structure, Character Sets, and Exchange Media
• MARC and FRBR (LC)
• MARC Discussion List
• MARC Documentation (LC Cataloging Distribution Service)
• MARC Standards (MARC 21 Library of Congress)
• OCLC MARC Code Lists
• OCLC MARC Record Structure
• Understanding MARC Bibliographic: Machine-Readable Cataloging (LC)

Media Cataloging Resources (UCR) (Links)

MERLIN

• Authorities See Authorities > MERLIN
• Barcodes
  • Barcodes: A History and Primer
  • Barcodes used in MU Libraries
• Catalog Field Group Tags and Indexing

• Checkin Records

  • Codes (MERLIN)
  • Holdings Records (MQCC Procedures)
  • Resolving Check-in Differences with Items Sent to Remote Storage (Procedures)
  • Serial Cataloging - Check-in Records, etc.
• Codes for Electronic Resources
  • Codes for Direct Access Electronic Resources ++ Updated -- Jul. 24, 2008
  • Codes for Remote Access Electronic Resources ++ Updated -- Jul. 24, 2008
  • Codes for Computer Resources on the Ellis Workstation ++ Updated -- Jul. 24, 2008
  • Codes for Restricted Remote Access (Electronic) to UM Campuses ++ Updated -- Jul. 24, 2008
• Creation Date Tabl
• ITYPES
• Local Codes Used
  • Catalog Department Statistics (Catalog staff access only)
  • Item Messages (m) Used
  • Processing Treatment
  • X Notes Used in Item records (Catalog staff access only)
  • 912 Item Codes Used by MU Libraries (Catalog staff access only)
• Local Procedures
  • Creating a Duplicate MERLIN Bibliographic Record (Millennium)

  • Title Added Entry

• Location Codes
  • MU Libraries BIB Location Codes
  • MU Libraries Item Location Codes
  • MU Libraries RESERVE Location Codes
  • MU Libraries UMLD Location Codes
  • MU Libraries Withdrawn/Discard Item Location Codes
  • Patterns
• Maintenance
  • Reinstates: General Procedures
  • Reinstates: Abbreviated Instructions for Circulation
  • Remote Storage Transfer Materials Handled By Physical Processing (Procedures)
  • Replacement Copies (Procedures)
  • Resolution for Items Sent to Remote Storage (Procedures)
  • Routin MERLIN Maintenance Activities
  • Strategy for Detecting Candidates for Withdrawal or Transfer
  • Transfers (Procedures)
  • Transfers to UMLD2
  • Withdrawal/Discard Item Location Codes
  • Withdrawal for Online Material (Procedures)
• Member Code (MQCC)
• Millennium Authorization Functions for Catalogers (Catalog staff access only)
• Online Catalogs
• Record Elements
  • Checkin Record Codes
  • Item Record Codes
  • Order Record Codes
• Restricted Remote Online Access to UM Campuses
• Table of Contents - 970 Field (MQCC) Updated -- Jul. 24, 2008
• Training Materials
  • MERLIN Searching
  • MERLIN Bibliographic Records Editing Guide
  • Millennium - Catalog Department Monthly Training (word)(Aug. 2007)
• Useful Resources
  • Innovative Interfaces Users Group Website
  • Innovative Interfaces Users Manual (online) (Use second level MERLIN name and password)
  • IUG Clearinghouse (Password required: Ask MQCC reps for password)

MERLIN and OCLC Functions

• MERLIN (Millennium) and OCLC (Connexion) Functions
• OCLC Error Report
• Overlaying a MERLIN Record with an OCLC Record

MERLIN (MQCC) Standards

Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary (Links)

Metadata (Links)

• Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM) (U.S. Geological Survey)
• Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata: Final Report of the PREMIS Working Group
• Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI)
• Encoded Archival Description (EAD)
• MARC and FRBR (LC)
• Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS)
• Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS)
• Text Encoding Initiative (TEI Consortium)
• VRA Core (Visual Resources Association)

Microforms

• MU Policy (out of date)
• Special Studies Description Practices and Procedures
• Microfilm archival copies

Miniature Books Cataloging (Checklists)

• See also: Books Cataloging

Movie Review Query Engine (Links)

Moving Image Genre-Form Guide (Links)

MPEG-7 Description Definition Language (DDL) (Links)

MQCC (MERLIN) Standards

MQCC Table of Contents - 970 Field Updated -- Jul. 24, 2008

MU Libraries

• Gateway (Main page)
• MU Libraries Site Index
• Database list
• Linker (i.e., 1CATE, FindIt@MU)

Multimedia See Accompanying Materials

Multi-volume Monographs-Treatment (Procedures)

MU Archives Materials - Cataloging Guidelines Updated -- Sep. 17, 2008

MU Maps Information (draft)(word)

Music, Theatre and Dance (Links)

• Music-Libretto Cataloging (Checklists)
• Music-Scores Cataloging (Checklists)
• Music Cataloging Bulletin (IP authenticated for MU)
• Music Cataloging at Yale
• Music, Theater and Dance Collections (LC –sheet music and sound)
• Worldwide Internet Music Resources (Indiana University)

N-O

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NACO (Name Authority Cooperative Program for PCC) (Links)

• NACO Home Page
• NACO Participants' Manual, 3rd. ed.
• See also Authorities

NAL Agricultural Thesaurus (National Agricultural Library) (Links)

NASIGuide: Serial Holdings (Links)

National Libraries of the World: Address List (IFLA) (Links)

National Library of Medicine Classification (National Library of Medicine) (Links)

National Library Agenda (ALA: wiki) (Links)

Newspaper Genre List (United States Newspaper Program)

Non-English Access Report (ALCTS Task Force) (Links)

Non-Print Media

• Accompanying Materials (Procedures)
• Freestanding Media (Procedures: in progress)
• See also Audiovisual Materials

Notes

• X Notes Used in Item records (Catalog staff access only)

OCLC

• OCLC Error Report (Procedures)
• Useful Resources
  • Alerts
  • Authorization Levels
  • FictionFinder: A FRBR-based prototype for fiction in WorldCat
  • OCLC Authorities Users Guide
  • OCLC Authorities Format Tag Chart
  • OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards
  • OCLC Cataloging Electronic Resources
  • OCLC Cataloging Internet Resources See OCLC Cataloging Electronic Resources
  • OCLC Collection Sets
  • OCLC Connexion Training
  • OCLC Digitization Services
  • OCLC Enhance Authorization
  • OCLC Error Report
  • OCLC Five-Year Information Format Trends
  • OCLC Input Standards Table
  • OCLC Local Holdings Maintenance documentation
  • OCLC MARC Code Lists
  • OCLC MARC Record Structure
  • OCLC Participating Institutions
  • OCLC Preservation Services
  • OCLC Products and Services
  • OCLC Quality Assurance
  • Requirements for Enhancing a Minimal-level Record
  • OCLC Searching WorldCat Reference Card
  • OCLC Searching WordCat User's Guide
  • OCLC WorldCat Documentation

OLAC newsletter (Links)

On-the-Fly Records See Brief Bibs

ONIX (Book Industry Study Group) (Links)

Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science (ODLIS) (LInks) Updated -- Sep. 12, 2008

Online Resources

• Accompanying Computer Media ++ Updated -- Jul. 24, 2008
• Choice of workform; 006 and 007 information ++ Updated -- Jul. 24, 2008
• Cataloging Priorities and Progress
• Cataloging Request Form (Individual titles)
• Cataloging Request Form (Sets)
• Digitized Materials--MU Cataloging Progress
• E-books Cataloging (Checklists)
• Electronic Resources (MQCC Procedures)
• Electronic Theses & Dissertations (ETD) (Procedures)
• Link Checking (Procedures)
• MERLIN Codes for Direct Access Electronic Resources ++ Updated -- Jul. 24, 2008
• MERLIN Codes for Remote Access Electronic Resources ++ Updated -- Jul. 24, 2008
• MERLIN Codes for Computer Resources on the Ellis Workstation ++ Updated -- Jul. 24, 2008
• MERLIN Codes for Restricted Remote Access (Electronic) to UM Campuses ++ Updated -- Jul. 24, 2008
• Notes - examples ++ Updated -- Jul. 24, 2008
• Notes - order ++ Updated -- Jul. 24, 2008
• The process for requesting cataloging
• See also: Electronic Resources

Order Record Codes

Organizing Audiovisual and Electronic Resources for Access:A Cataloguing Guide Updated -- Sep. 12, 2008

Overlaying a MERLIN Record with an OCLC Record

P-R

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PCC (Program for Cooperative Program) (Links)

• BIBCO Home Page
• BIBCO Participant's Manual
• Core Record Standards
• Core Record Standards Chart
• NACO Home Page
• NACO Participants' Manual, 3rd. ed.
• SACO Home Page
• SACO Participants Manual
• PCC Home Page
• See also: Authorities

Personnel Policies and Expectations (Catalog Department)

Physical Processing

• Remote Storage Transfer Materials Handled By Physical Processing
• Special Collections Processing Treatment

Preservation

• Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs: A Guide for Librarians and Archivists by Fred R. Byers (LInks)

Priorities and Progress (Catalog Department)

Program for Cooperative Cataloging (Links)

Punctuation

• USMARC Punctuation Conventions
• Ending Punctuation for Bibliographic Data (Links)

RAL-Regeln für die alphabetische Katalogisierung (Universitätsbibliothek Braunschweig) (Links)

RBMS Controlled Vocabularies for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloging (Links)

RDA: Resource Description and Access (JSC) (Links)

Record Sets (Procedures)

RedLightGreen (RLG’s FRBR-like Database) (Links)

Reinstates

• General Procedures
• Abbreviated Instructions for Circulation

Remote Storage See UMLD

Replacement Copies (Procedures)

Reserve Locations Codes

Restricted Remote Online Access to UM Campuses

S

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SACO (Subject Authority Cooperative Program for PCC) (Links)

• SACO Home Page
• SACO Participants Manual
• See also Authorities

Scores Cataloging (Checklists)

Searching and Processing Procedures for Approval Books - FASTCAT

Second Life (3-D online digital world ) (Links)

"Serial Set" Procedures (Procedures)

Serials

• Changes in Serials: Major or Minor?
• Serial Cataloging - Check-in Records, etc.
• Editing Serial Records (MQCC Procedures)
• Guidelines for Decisions about Analysis
• Useful Resources
  • 006/007/008: Use of Fixed Field 006/007/008 ... in CONSER Records
  • Access Level MARC/AACR Records - LC Implementation Plans
  • Access Level Records for Serials (CONSER)
  • CONSER (Cooperative Online Serials -LC)
  • CONSER Cataloging Manual : Module 31 : Remote Access Computer File Serials
  • NASIGuide: Serial Holdings
  • Tools for Serial Catalogers (Vanderbilt)
  • Ulrichsweb.com (use for ISSN searches)
• See also: Holdings

Series (Policies and Procedures)

• Authority
  • Series Authority - Catalog Department Monthly Trainig (ppt)(May 2008)
  • Series Authority Workflow (doc)
  • Series Authority Workflow Chart - Catalog Department Monthly Trainig (ppt)(May 2008)
• Guidelines for Decisions about Analysis
• Proposal to Stop Creating Authority Records and Tracing Unnumbered Series
• Series Policies and Procedures
• Treatment of Bibliographic Series: Coping with Library of Congress Policy Changes

Shelflist Cleanup Phase One (Procedures)

Slavic Cataloging Manual (Princeton University) (Links)

Sorting Categories

Special Collection

• Cataloging Checklist for Miniature Books
• Processing the Ghiglione Additions to the Weinberg Collection
• Processing Treatment -- ADD Under MERLIN codes
• Rare Books (to be developed)
• Special Studies Description Practices and Procedures

Specific Material Designations

State Library Website (Links)

Statistics

• Cataloging Department Statistics
• Cataloging Department Statistics Form
• General Outline

Subject Headings (Links)

• Subject Headings (MQCC Procedures)
• Useful Resources
  • Canadian Geographical Names (Natural Resources Canada)
  • Canadian Subject Headings (National Library of Canada)
  • Columbia Gazetteer of North America (Bartleby.com)
  • Geographic Names Information System (U.S. Geological Survey)
  • GEOnet Names Server (National Imagery and Mapping Agency)
  • Library of Congress Weekly Lists
  • Manual para Participantes del Programa Cooperativo de Autoridades de Materias SACO
• Medical Subject Headings (National Library of Medicine)
• SACO Home Page
• SACO Participants Manual
• Subject Cataloging Manua
• Topos sur le Web: Noms et lieux du Québec (Commission de toponymie Québec)
• Web Resources for SACO Proposals

Supervision/Management

• Useful Resources
  • New Supervisors in Technical Services: A Management Guide Using Checklists in TECHSER

T

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Table of Contents - 970 Field (MQCC) Updated -- Jul. 24, 2008

TechEssence.Info ("The essence of technology for library decision-makers") (Links)

Technical Services Holdings Policies

TechSource (ALA) (Links)

Text Encoding Initiative (TEI Consortium) (Links)

Thesauri (Links)

• Art & Architecture Thesaurus (Getty Institute)
• Canadian Literacy Thesaurus (Canadian Literacy Thesaurus Coalition)
• Moving Image Genre-Form Guide
• NAL Agricultural Thesaurus (National Agricultural Library)
• Newspaper Genre List (United States Newspaper Program)
• Thesaurus for Graphic Materials I: Subject Terms
• Thesaurus for Graphic Materials II: Genre & Physical Characteristic Terms
• Thesaurus Links (W3C)
• Thesaurus of Geographic Names (Getty Institute)
• See also: Genre Headings

Theses & Dissertations See Dissertations & Theses

Title Added Entries Recommended For MERLIN

Tools and Reference Sources (Links)

• Cataloguer's Toolbox (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
• FRBR Bibliography (IFLA)
• FRBR Display Tool (LC)
• Galaxy Reference
• Global Information Locator Service (GILS) (Federal Citizen Information Center)
• Greenwich Mean Time
• Initial articles
• Internet Library for Librarians (InfoWorks Technology)
• ISBN-13 Conversion Toolkit
• Library Resource Guide (Commerical services and suppliers)
• Locator Plus (National Library of Medicine)
• Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary
• ONIX (Book Industry Study Group)
• RAL-Regeln für die alphabetische Katalogisierung (Universitätsbibliothek Braunschweig)
• State Library Website
• Using Cataloger's Desktop
• World Factbook (Central Intelligence Agency)

Training

• Monthly Training
  • Millennium (word)(Aug. 2007)
  • Cataloger's Desktop (word)(Oct. 2007)
  • Authority (ppt)(Nov. 2007)
  • OCLC Options and Tools
  • Classification Web (word)(Mar. 2008)
  • Classification Web Exercise (word)(Mar. 2008)
  • MeSH Workshop (ppt)(Apr. 2008)
  • Series Authority (ppt)(May 2008)
  • Basic Maps Cataloging Mini Workshop (word)(Jul. 2008) Updated -- Jul. 08, 2008
  • LCSH (ppt)(Sep. 2008) Updated -- Sep. 26, 2008
• Training Materials
  • MERLIN Searching
  • MERLIN Bibliographic Records Editing Guide
  • Improving Business Writing Skills
  • Improving Presentation Skills

Transliteration/Romanization (Links)

• Pinyin conversion project (Library of Congress)
• Romanization tables (ALA-Library of Congress)

Transfers

• Remote Storage Transfer Materials Handled By Physical Processing
• Remote Storage Transfers (Yearly Statistics for UMLD & Annex)
• Strategy for Detecting Candidates for Withdrawal or Transfer (Instructions for Public Services)
• Transfers (Procedures)
• Transfers (Procedures used in Reference)
• Transfers (Remote Storage Projects--Priorities & Progress)
• Transfers to UMLD

Trends and Keeping Up-to-Date: Cataloging (Links)

• ALCTS NewsLinks
• Catalogablog (Library cataloging, classification, metadata, subject access and related topics)
• Eliminating Series Authority Records and Series Title Control: Improving Efficiency or Creating Waste? Or, 12 Reasons Why the Library of Congress (pdf)
• LC Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control
• More on What is Going on at the Library of Congress (pdf)
• Planet Cataloging
• TechEssence.Info ("The essence of technology for library decision-makers")

Trends and Keeping Up-to-Date: General (Links)

• ALA TechSource
• Digiblog: The ALCTS Blog
• InfoIsland.org (Second Life Library 2.0 - Second Life is a 3-D virtual world)
• LITA Blog
• National Library Agenda (ALA: wiki)
• OCLC Five-Year Information Format Trends
• University of Rochester -River Campus Libraries home page

U-Z

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UDC (Universal Decimal Classification) (Links)

UMLD

• Resolving Check-in Differences with Items Sent to Remote Storage (Procedures)
• Remote Storage Transfer Materials Handled By Physical Processing (Procedures)
• Remote Storage Transfers (Yearly Statistics for UMLD & Annex)
• Resolution for Items Sent to Remote Storage (Procedures)
• Transfers (Remote Storage Projects--Priorities & Progress)
• Transfer to UMLD2
• UMLD Location Codes

Understanding MARC Authority Records: Machine-Readable Cataloging (Links)

Understanding MARC Bibliographic: Machine-Readable Cataloging (LC) (Links)

Undifferentiated Name Authority Records in MERLIN

University of Rochester -River Campus Libraries home page (Links)

University of Missouri Library Systems Digital Library (Links)

URLs in bibliographic records (Procedures) Updated -- Sep. 5, 2008

U.S. Geological Survey Maps: For Cataloging Maps With Copy (Procedures)

USMARC Format for Bibliographic Data -Input Conventions: Punctuation (Procedures)

Vernacular Captions Used in Bibliographic Holdings Statements

Videorecordings Cataloging (Checklists) Updated -- Sep. 17, 2008

VRA Core (Visual Resources Association) (Links)

VTLS FRBR Overview (Links)

Western Association of Map Libraries' Map Librarian's Toolbox (Links)

Western European Library Catalogs on the Internet (ACRL) (Links)

Wiki (Catalog Department)

Withdrawals

• Strategy for Detecting Candidates for Withdrawal or Transfer
• Withdrawal/Discard Item Location Codes
• Withdrawal for Online Material

Workplace Organization (Catalog staff access only)

Work Schedule (Staff) (Catalog staff access only)

Work Schedule (Students) (Catalog staff access only)

WorldCat.org (Links)

World Factbook (Central Intelligence Agency) (Links)

Xenu (Link Checking) Updated -- Jul. 25, 2008

Z Classification (LCC) (Procedures)

Contact: Jee Davis
Catalog Dept., University of Missouri-Columbia
Last updated: March 3, 2008