Scope: This document outlines the cases when a library item is either EXCLUDED from the Fast-cataloging (fastcat) stream, or when the book or record needs some adjustment before LTS staff can fast-cat fastcat it. The reasons may concern the format of the piece, or the library it's designated for, but it is imperative that staff check for these criteria before Fast-cataloging, or the piece may be processed incorrectly.
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A. General exclusions:
Materials that fit any of the following conditions should NEVER be fastcatted. Further, the first items on the list should not be barcoded. Please follow appropriate procedures for each, or ask your supervisor for assistance.
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- All Kroch Library Rare and Manuscript (rmc) locations.
- Items with “Rare” sub-locations (e.g. Echols,rare ; Mann , rareSpecial Collections (mnsc), or marked “Rare” on the flyer.
- Pop-up books - Sent to RMC because of their relatively fragile nature.
- (Other odd/unique material) – Consult with supervisor/trainer for questionable cases, such as hand-made manuscripts, artist books, books with many small separable elements or ephemera inside, 3D artifacts, etc.
- Items in non-book formats (serials, scores, videos, microforms, etc.) (Process and send to appropriate Cataloging section (e.g. videos & microfilms), or give directly to appropriate staff without processing (e.g. scores and serials)).
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- Questionable encoding level or partial , typos, incomplete call number: Send the book to the copy-catalogers cataloger's table (or rush shelf, if appropriate) if the record fits all fast-cat criteria but has a questionable element such as a partial call number, invalid Encoding Level, typographical errors, etc.
- Monographic series volumes designated for Olin 501 will retain the classed-together number recorded in the Staff-Only MSO instance record and/or the MSO Holdings. Ask your supervisor or trainer if you’re not sure how to process books in these series:
- Corpus Christianorum. Lingua patrumAutographa Medii Aevi.
- Corpus Christianorum. Bibliotheca Basiliana Universalis
- Corpus Christianorum. Lingua patrum
- Corpus Christianorum. Autographa Medii Aevi.Series Apocryphorum
- Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina.
- Corpus Christianorum. Series Graeca.
- Corpus Christianorum. Continuatio Mediaevalis.
- Accompanying website registrations: Some books have accompanying website registration codes or related online content. These books can still be Fastcat, but LTS staff will place pre-printed stickers in items that have accompanying website registrations, indicatingthem, which state: "Some books are published with accompanying online material available through a registration process such as the use of an access code provided with the book. However, since books in our collection are intended for multiple users and access codes are typically not reusable, the Library is unable to guarantee access to such accompanying materials."