1.  DUTIES

The principal duty of the Serials Catalog Librarian is to process new continuing resources titles and to coordinate various continuing resources activities with cataloging.

• The Serials Catalog Librarian uses LC or member copy found on OCLC and does original cataloging if no copy is found.
• 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 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; binding instructions are usually sent directly to Preservation Services by email.

2.  CHANGES

The Serials Catalog Librarian processes continuing resource changes, including:

• title changes
• publisher changes
• frequency changes
• cancellations
• cessations
• withdrawals
• mergers
• splits
• retention changes
• URL changes

3.  PROJECTS

The Serials 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 cataloging projects
• Metadata projects
• WEST archiving project