[Yulcat-l] PowerPoint presentations for Shelflisting/Core

[Steven Arakawa]

The PowerPoint presentations for "Sheflisting: Time for Changes" and 
"Introduction to Yale Core" have been added to the Tools & Resources: 
Training/Professional Development page for Cataloging at Yale. From 
the page, find the Training section, the presentations are items 11. and 19.

Cataloging at Yale/Tools and Resources: Training/Professional Development page:

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

Direct links.
Shelflisting:
http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/Training/Re-Thinking%20Shelflisting.ppt

Core:
http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/Training/Introduction%20to%20Yale%20Core.ppt

Anyone who has attended one of the workshops last week (or this 
morning) and has practiced the exercises can start applying the new 
procedures, provided that your responsibilities fall into one of the 
appropriate categories. If you catalog in one of the categories 
described in the presentation and have not attended one of the 
workshops, please go through the slides with your supervisor before 
you begin cataloging. Supervisors/unit heads: particularly for 
special collections, additional data/variable fields can be required 
for the unit's core level cataloging if it is important for your 
primary users and special collections can identify different class 
ranges requiring Cutter collocation, again depending on the type of 
collection. Be sure to discuss with your staff any additional requirements.

Based on questions raised at some of the presentations, it might be 
helpful if catalogers review the Yale policies for name and series 
authority records, which we will apply to core records (just as we 
have to full records):

http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/authorities/names_policy.htm

http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/authorities/series_policy.htm

Inevitably there will be questions on policies and procedures that 
were not anticipated in the workshops. I'll be happy to field 
questions, but please consider as well the chairs of the task forces 
on shelflisting and core-level cataloging as resources.

Tatiana Barr (Shelflisting)
tatiana.barr at yale.edu

Larry Heiman (Core)
larry.heiman at yale.edu

Feedback can also be directed to your unit's CCC representative.

Finally, keep in mind that the procedures are subject to change based 
on changes or clarifications in PCC/Bibco or OCLC policies, feedback 
from users and public services, and even technology (e.g. software 
that automatically identifies duplicates at the point of cataloging).



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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