Monograph Cataloging Documentation

Cataloging work-supply

• Ordered and received by MonoAcq
• Gifts received by MonoAcq
• SERMs
• Precat recalls
• Problems and Recat
• Government Documents
• Rush material
• Physics Reading Room
• Distribution of Incoming Monograph Materials
• Conference proceedings: when to forward to Sercat

Searching in Connexion

MIT custom macros for searching

• ISBN macro
• IMF working papers macro
• NBER macro

Connexion command line and keyword boxes

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Choosing among multiple records

LC vs. non-LC copy

• What counts as LC
• What doesn't count as LC

Physical Processing

BOOKS

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• Placement of barcodes

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• Transcription of call number

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• Other

Non-Western Language Books (Arabic, Japanese, Farsi, etc.)

Accompanying Materials

• Barcodes
• Music: Scores with parts
• Call numbers
• Terms for accompanying material
• Computer disks

Special Formats

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• Placement of barcodes

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• Transcription of call number

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• Other

Monograph Editing Guidelines

LC/PCC copy

• Fixed field
• Variable fields
• Description
• Access Points
• Series interim procedures---not yet finalized (Oct. 2006)

LC/PCC CIP

• Fixed field
• Variable fields
• Description
• Access Points
• Series interim procedures---not yet finalized (Oct. 2006)

Contributed Copy

• Fixed field
• Variable fields
• Description
• Access Points
• Series interim procedures---not yet finalized (Oct. 2006)

LC exceptions

• Added Entries for MIT Names
• Bibliographies/Z Classification
• Classification: PZ1-PZ4
• Exhibition Catalogs for MIT Museums
• Later Editions
• N class
• Microform Reproductions
• TR class
• T171: works by and about MIT

Conferences and classed together series

Cataloging guidelines for monograph conference proceedings for Engineering and Science

• Introduction
• Summary
• Guidelines
• Searching guidelines when no call number is given
• Materials Research Society symposia
• Special situations
  • Library-supplied call number
  • Multiple conference call numbers
  • Hierarchical conference relationships
• Unnamed conferences for Barker
• Call Numbers for Classed Together Multi-Part Sets

Other cataloging guidelines

Work Letters: A Summary of LC Practice

• The Work Letter "b"
• The Work Letter "a"
• Other Work Letters/Other Usage

Varying Form of Title: 246

FASTCAT

• Triage
• Fastcat in Connexion
• Next-day shelflisting
• What isn't Fastcat?
• The Fastcat macro

Non-book materials

• Audiobooks
  • Sources of materials
  • Searching for audiobooks in OCLC Connexion

• Cartographic Materials
  • Introduction

• • Incoming Cartographic Materials

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  • • • Sources of materials

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  • • • Types of materials
  • • Searching in OCLC Connexion Client
  • • Editing Guidelines

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    • • • General

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    • • • Fixed Fields

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    • • • Variable Fields
    • • Physical processing: barcodes and call numbers
    • CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs
      • Sources of materials
      • Searching for CD-ROMs/DVD-ROMs in OCLC Connexion
    • Microforms
      • Barcoding
      • Call number
      • Continuations
      • Sending microforms to the libraries
      • Works Published Both As Book and As Microform: What To Do
    • • Microform Editing Guidelines
        • Fixed Fields
        • Variable Fields
    • Music Materials
      • Types of materials (in descending order of frequency)
      • Sources of materials
    • Videos (Non-Music)
      • Introduction
    • • Editing guidelines
        • Fixed fields
        • Variable fields
        • Feature Films
        • Assigning call numbers and subject headings to feature film copy

    Working in Aleph

    Precats

    Using the precat template

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