Scope: This document describes the priorities that Cataloging Cataloging & Metadata Services staff Services staff use when determining which printed items in RMC to catalog first.
Contact: Margaret Nichols
Unit: Cataloging & Metadata Services in RMC
Date last reviewed: 02/01/2016
Date of next review: January 20172024
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General principle: We do not add to the backlog. If a large acquisition temporarily creates a mini-backlog, we eliminate it as quickly as possible.
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a. Items with no catalog record, including gifts
b. Items with a catalog record only in the form of a card or temporary slip in the card catalogc. Items that have an online record requiring an overhaul (such as a sketchy preliminary record)
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