[Yulcat-l] YUL Core Guidelines: Checklist & Cheat Sheet

[Steven Arakawa]

As a follow-up to the Feb. workshops introducing YUL Core policies, a 
Checklist and Cheat Sheet are now available on Cataloging at 
Yale/Policies & Procedures in a new YUL Core Policies section:

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

Direct access.
Checklist:
http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/Orbis2Manual/coreyalechecklist.htm

Cheat Sheet
http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/Orbis2Manual/COREcheat.doc

I would like to call your attention to one significant revision to 
the policies. Notes justifying access points are not required for the 
YUL Core standard. In the course of reviewing earlier drafts of the 
documentation, the Catalog Policy & Documentation Committee observed 
that in some cases the justifying note would be the only record of 
the form of the name if an authority record was not made. So, the 
revised policy is:

If a heading used on a core record has not been established and would 
not normally be established following YUL authority record policies, 
and the heading can only be referenced through a note, either make an 
authority record for the heading or make a justifying note, 
preferably a quotation.

For example, if for a collection of conference papers the conference 
name is not given in the chief source and must be taken from the 
preface, and the heading for the conference has not already been 
established, either make a quoted note to document the conference 
name or make an authority record for the conference name.

Some other changes have been made as non-print cataloging 
documentation has been reviewed. Further revision to the guidelines 
can occur as catalogers get more experience and feedback is received.

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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
    
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