Section I, Chapter G
Duties of Serials Librarian
1. DUTIES
The principal duty of the Serials Librarian is to process new continuing resources titles and to coordinate various continuing resources activities with cataloging.
- The Serials 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 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 Preservation Services.
2. CHANGES
The Serials 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 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
Prepared by: Alice J. Rhoades
Last updated: August 3, 2007
Index Terms: Serials Cataloger, duties, continuing resources, changes, projects.