[Yulcat-l] General Website Cataloging Policies & Procedures

[Steven Arakawa]

The document General Website Cataloging Policies & Procedures has 
been posted, effective Feb. 4. This document addresses issues raised 
when vendor-supplied cataloging for remote e-resources is not 
available and cataloging needs to be provided by YUL staff. The 
overall object of the policies is to keep maintenance of 
bibliographic records to a minimum, provide guidance to catalogers 
for some complex situations, and generally make the most efficient 
use of limited staff time.

The policies are subject to change as new circumstances and 
unforeseen issues occur. (For example, how to address the problem 
when the vendor does not supply large numbers of bibliographic 
records in a timely fashion.)

Direct link:
http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/Orbis2Manual/websitepolicies.htm

A link to the document is on the Cataloging at Yale/Special Formats 
page in the e-Resources section, item 3.

http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/indexspecial.htm

The Catalog Policy and Documentation Committee would appreciate any 
suggestions for further updates to this document as new workflow 
situations and new cataloging difficulties are identified.

http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/ccc/catpol/catpolhome.htm#members

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Steven Arakawa
Catalog Librarian for Training & Documentation
Catalog & Metadata Services, SML, Yale University
P.O. Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520-8240
(203)432-8286 steven.arakawa at yale.edu