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Scope:  This document describes the priorities that Cataloging & Metadata Services staff use when determining which printed items to catalog first.

Contact: Margaret Nichols  

Unit: Cataloging & Metadata Services in RMC

 Date last reviewed: 02/01/2016

Date of next review: January 2017


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.

Priorities

1. New acquisitions

2. Transfers (any that are not handled by LTS Database Management staff)

3. Any mini-backlogs generated by large purchases or gifts, retrospective conversion, etc.

4. Backlog items: Priorities are set in consultation with the appropriate curator. In the absence of other instructions, follow these priorities:

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 catalog

c. Items that have an online record requiring an overhaul (such as a sketchy preliminary record)


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