Duties of Serials Catalogers
1. DUTIES DUTIES
The principal duty of the Serials Cataloger Catalog Librarian is to process new continuing resources titles and to coordinate various continuing resources activities with cataloging.
- The Serials Cataloger Catalog Librarian uses LC or member copy found on OCLC and does original cataloging if no copy is found.Latest entry cataloging is used where possible.
- The bibliographic record is edited and a call number is established according to the LC schedules.
- Special processing notes are entered in the holdings record (and sometimes the serials control and/or order records) for the benefit of Serials Receiving.
- Holdings are recorded if the serial is bound; binding instructions are included for the Binding Unit Preservation Services if the serial is unbound. Holdings records are not created for remote access electronic resources.
- The continuing resource is returned to Serials Receiving with instructions for check-in and shelving; Serials Receiving forwards any binding instructions to the Binding Unitare usually sent directly to Preservation Services by email.
2. CHANGES CHANGES
The Serials Cataloger Catalog Librarian processes continuing resource changes, including:
- title changes
- publisher changes
- frequency changes
- cancellations
- cessations
- withdrawals
- mergers
- splits
- retention changes
- URL changes
3. PROJECTS PROJECTS
The Serials Cataloger Catalog Librarian participates in continuing resource projects, including:
- Government Publications holdings projects
- Business Information Center projects
- Trade Shelf publications project
- LSC projects
- Special Collections continuing resource cataloguing cataloging projects
- Metadata projects
Prepared by: Alice J. Rhoades
Last updated: March 16, 2007
Index Terms: Serials Cataloger, duties, continuing resources, changes, projects.
- WEST archiving project