Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library
Cataloging Department Local Documentation

This section includes the most current versions available of our local documentation, which we have been developing in-house over a number of years.  Since the documents often need continual updating, not all of our most recent policies and procedures will necessarily be reflected in each of them.  Keep checking for new and revised documents.

• Voyager Cataloging

  (See local Voyager Documentation Page)

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• Other Applications (OCLC, LC, etc.)

  OCLC		Keyboard Express
  LC applications

  • OCLC
    • OCLC Connexion Client:  Lists of Commands

    • Importing and Overlaying Records from OCLC into Voyager

    • OCLC Record Updating

  • LC applications
    • Introduction to Classification Web -- informal notes

  • Keyboard Express
    • Editing, Copying, and Creating Macros on Keyboard Express '95

    • Voyager/Keyboard Express Cataloging Macros/Functions

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• Editions and Printings                    

  • Matching editions:  Selecting the best matching record

  • Editing the Matching Record

  • Checklist for Matching Editions

  • Foreign-Language Terms for Edition and Printing

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• Copy Cataloguing Editing Guidelines and Workflow              

  • DLC Editing Guidelines (Books Format)

    Notes on Editing DLC/CIP Records (Books Format)

  • Member-Input LC Copy Editing Guidelines

  • "(D)LC-Other" Editing Guidelines (Books Format)

  • Full-Level OCLC-Member Editing Guidelines (Books Format)

    Distinctive Features of UKM Copy:  Including Upgraded UKM

  • Copy Cataloguing Workflow:  A Summary

  • Cataloging Serials with DLC/CONSER Copy: Record Data and Local Procedure

  • Procedures for Cataloging DLC/CONSER Single Record Approach Electronic Journals

  • Serials Cataloging with OCLC Member Level Copy

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• Subject Cataloguing and Shelflisting

  Subject headings		Shelflisting
  Classification

  • Subject headings

    • Introduction to LC Subject Headings -- informal notes

    • Some Common Library of Congress Subject Subdivision Patterns and Caveats

    • Subdivisions Not Further Subdivided by $x History

    • Introduction to Geographic Headings

    • Geographic Headings and Subdivisions:  A Summary of Contrasting Structures

    • Notes on LC's Treatment of Folklore-Related Subject Headings

    • LC Subject Headings for Indians of the Americas and Geographic Subdivisions Used with Them

    • Notes on LC Subject Headings for Literature:  Collections by Multiple Authors

    • Notes on LC Subject Subdivisions for Literature:  Works about Individual Literary Authors

  • Classification

    • Introduction to LC Classification -- informal notes

    • Introduction to Classification Web -- informal notes

    • P Language and Literature Schedules

    • Classifying Works by and about Individual Literary Authors of the 20th and 21st Centuries:  An Introduction

    • Notes on LC Classification of Archaeological Works -- informal notes

    • Materials To Be Sent to the Latin American Library

  • Shelflisting

    • Verifying Call Numbers in the Shelflist (When Cataloguing)

    • LC Cutter Table

    • Table of In-House Translation Cutter Numbers

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• Authorities                          

  General authority work		Series authority work
  Name authority work		Geographic authority work

  (For topical subject authorities, see "Subject cataloguing.")

  • General authority work

    • Authority Records -- General Information
    • Voyager Authority Searching

    • Authority Record Importing from OCLC

    • Authority Record Creation in Voyager

  • Name authority work

    • Authority Work Procedures:  Verifying and Establishing Headings
      • Introduction; General Notes

      • Summary of Interim Procedures for OCLC-Member Copy Authority Work

      • Summary of Interim Procedures for Original Cataloguing Authority Work

    • Useful Types of Cross-References and Additional Information about Headings

    • Voyager Authority Records for Literary Cataloging

    • NACO Authority Records:  Creating New NACO Records

  • Series authority work

    • Notes on Series Treatment in Cataloguing -- informal notes

    • Series Decisions:  Flowchart

    • Guidelines for Series Checking Procedures for DLC Cataloguing

    • Guidelines for Series Checking and Verification Procedures for non-DLC Copy Cataloguing

    • Treatment of "644n" Titles

  • Geographic authority work

               
    • Introduction to Geographic Headings

    • Geographic Headings and Subdivisions:  A Summary of Contrasting Structures

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• Special Categories of Cataloguing

  Original cataloguing		PCC cataloguing	Visual materials cataloguing
  Literature cataloguing		Electronic resources cataloguing	Thesis cataloguing
  Serials cataloguing		Music cataloguing	Miscellaneous

  • Original cataloguing

    • Original Cataloguing Workflow:  A Summary

    • Streamlining Tips for Original Cataloguing

    • Distinctive Features of Original PCC BIBCO Records

    • Summary of Interim Procedures for Original Cataloguing Authority Work

    • Summary of Final Punctuation in Bib Record Fields:  Book Cataloguing

    • Corporate Bodies in Bibliographic Records:  Notes on Appropriate Placement

    • Examples of Analytical Added Entries

    • Original Cataloguing with Electronic Accompanying Material       [draft awaiting approval]

  • Literature cataloguing

    • P Language and Literature Schedules

    • Classifying Works by and about Individual Literary Authors of the 20th and 21st Centuries:  An Introduction

    • Verifying and Assigning Classification and Call Numbers for 20th- and 21st-Century Literary Authors

    • Classifying Works by and about Individual Pre-20th-Century Literary Authors

    • Voyager Authority Records for Literary Cataloging

    • Literary 053 Class Number Change

    • Literary Criticism using Z Second Cutter:  Z Table

    • Notes on LC Subject Headings for Literature:  Collections by Multiple Authors

    • Notes on LC Subject Subdivisions for Literature:  Works about Individual Literary Authors

  • Serials cataloguing

    See also various documents on cataloguing in TULANetVoyager.

    • Cataloging Serials with DLC/CONSER Copy: Record Data and Local Procedure

    • Serials/IR Member Copy Cataloging Editing Guide

    • Cataloguing of Electronic Serials:  General Policies

    • Procedures for Cataloging DLC/CONSER Single Record Approach Electronic Journals

    • Major/Minor Changes in Serials

    • Serials Cataloging Volume/Chronological Designations: *362/500 *Holdings Record *Item Record *Physical Piece

    • Notifying Preservation about Serial Title Changes

    • End Processing of Serials

  • PCC cataloguing

    • NACO Authority Records:  Creating New NACO Records

    • Distinctive Features of Original PCC BIBCO Records

  • Electronic resources cataloguing

    • Cataloguing of Electronic Serials:  General Policies

    • Procedures for Cataloging DLC/CONSER Single Record Approach Electronic Journals

    • Accompanying Materials Copy Cataloging Procedures       [draft]

    • Accompanying Materials:  Summary Copy Cataloguing Procedures

    • Original Cataloguing with Electronic Accompanying Material       [draft awaiting approval]

  • Music cataloguing

    • Editing Requirements:  Scores (Post-Flood Gifts)

    • Accompanying Materials Copy Cataloging Procedures       [draft]

    • Accompanying Materials:  Summary Copy Cataloguing Procedures

  • Visual materials cataloguing

    • Videorecording Copy Cataloging

    • Accompanying Materials Copy Cataloging Procedures       [draft]

    • Accompanying Materials:  Summary Copy Cataloguing Procedures

  • Thesis cataloguing

    • Brief records for Tulane theses catalogued in Voyager

  • Miscellaneous

    • Bib record cataloguing tips:   see Voyager Bib Record Cataloguing

    • Provisional records:   see:
      • Creating Provisional Records in Voyager:  for monographs and with item in hand"

      • Voyager Bib Record Cataloguing:  Provisional Records

    • Notes on Multivolume Monograph Cataloguing

    • Notes on LAL-Rare and LAL-Ref Locations

    • Cataloging Books for the Math Library

    • Distinctive Features of UKM Copy:  Including Upgraded UKM

    • Summary of Final Punctuation in Bib Record Fields:  Book Cataloguing

    • Examples of Analytical Added Entries

    • Accompanying Materials:  Copy Cataloging Procedures       [draft]

    • Accompanying Materials:  Summary Copy Cataloguing Procedures

    • Accompanying Materials:  Copy Cataloguing Checklist for Material Staying with Piece

    • Microforms Processing

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• MARC Holdings Records

  • Voyager MARC Holdings Record

  • Volume Caption Abbreviations

  • Notes on Multivolume Monograph Cataloguing

  • Serials Cataloging Volume/Chronological Designations:  *362/500 *Holdings Record *Item Record *Physical Piece

  • Materials To Be Sent to the Latin American Library

  • Notes on LAL-Rare and LAL-Ref Locations

  • Cataloging Books for the Math Library

  • Accompanying Materials:  Copy Cataloging Procedures       [draft]

  • Accompanying Materials:  Summary Copy Cataloguing Procedures

  • Accompanying Materials:  Copy Cataloguing Checklist for Material Staying with Piece

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• Item Records

  • Voyager Item Records

  • Voyager Item Records:  Pieces Count

  • Treatment of Items and Information in Voyager Item Records, by Location

  • Notes on Multivolume Monograph Cataloguing

  • Serials Cataloging Volume/Chronological Designations:  *362/500 *Holdings Record *Item Record *Physical Piece

  • Notes on LAL-Rare and LAL-Ref Locations

  • Cataloging Books for the Math Library

  • Accompanying Materials Copy Cataloging Procedures       [draft]

  • Accompanying Materials:  Summary Copy Cataloguing Procedures

  • Accompanying Materials:  Copy Cataloguing Checklist for Material Staying with Piece

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• Processing

  General:

  • Bindery Schedule for Materials Going to Our Commercial Binder

  Primarily for cataloguers:

  • The Physical Piece:  Writing Numbers, Stickups, Etc.

  • To Bind or Not to Bind!! Binding Policy for Non-Serial Items

  • Treatment of Items and Information in Voyager Item Records, by Location

  • Notes on Multivolume Monograph Cataloguing

  • Serials Cataloging Volume/Chronological Designations:  *362/500 *Holdings Record *Item Record *Physical Piece

  • End Processing of Serials

  • Notes on LAL-Rare and LAL-Ref Locations

  • Cataloging Books for the Math Library

  • Voyager Item Records:  Pieces Count

  • Accompanying Materials Copy Cataloging Procedures       [draft]

  • Accompanying Materials:  Summary Copy Cataloguing Procedures

  • Accompanying Materials:  Copy Cataloguing Checklist for Material Staying with Piece

  Primarily for Processing staff:

  • Processing Section Manual

  • Processing of Non-Print Materials

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• Database Management

  • Library Associates Reinstatements

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• Statistics

  • Voyager Cataloguing Statistics:  Voyager 948 Field

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• Miscellaneous

  • Searching in the Voyager Cataloging Module

  • Retrieving Records in the Voyager Cataloging Module

  • Voyager/Keyboard Express Cataloging Macros/Functions

  • Voyager Templates

  • Copy Cataloguing Workflow:  A Summary

  • Original Cataloguing Workflow:  A Summary

  • Notes on Multivolume Monograph Cataloguing

  • Volume Caption Abbreviations

  • Materials To Be Sent to the Latin American Library

  • Notes on LAL-Rare and LAL-Ref Locations

  • Cataloging Books for the Math Library

  • Printing in Voyager:  see Miscellaneous Voyager Cataloging Module Tips:  Printing

  • Accompanying Materials Copy Cataloging Procedures       [draft]

  • Accompanying Materials:  Summary Copy Cataloguing Procedures

  • Accompanying Materials:  Copy Cataloguing Checklist for Material Staying with Piece

  • Editing Requirements: Scores (Post-Flood Gifts)

  • Bindery Schedule for Materials Going to Our Commercial Binder

Last updated:  8 January 2010