A Guide to Cataloging at SERC
This guide covers several aspects of cataloging resources for SERC. These pages provide detailed information on just about everything that a cataloger needs to know about the whole process. If you are new to cataloging, you'll want to read through all of this information. Otherwise, use these pages as a handy reference as you work.
Within this module you will find
- Cataloging process: overview, initial decisions and how we track the process
- How to use catalog queues to track your work
- Making Catalog Records: the mechanics of using the cataloging tools for Dublin Core, DCS and non-web cataloging.
- Controlled vocabularies: a special focus on how and why to incorporate controlled vocabularies into catalog records (and elsewhere)
- Using Catalog Records: Resource Lists, search considerations, and automatic substitution
