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Date last updated: August 421, 2023 2025
Date of next review: August 20242026
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Pre-Cataloging
All serials should have an accompanying printout of a preliminary record, or a note with the FOLIO instance hrid including information about what issue(s) are in hand, and the searcher's name or initials.
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Cataloging a Serial
CUL catalogers are expected to follow national standards as found in the CONSER Editing Guide, the CONSER Cataloging Manual, and the latest CONSER standard record.
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Constant data in OCLC Connexion: Serial-Basic
Fixed Fields
BLvl (Leader/07) (Bibliographic Level): must be s
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Dates should correspond to 362 (not necessarily to 26x)
Variable Variable Fields
050: Add an 050: 4: to a serial record if no other LC-style call number is present. Use the entire call number.
588: If making updates, add or update the "Latest issue consulted" note. We may now use the first indicator "1" rather than spelling out "Latest issue consulted" in the field.
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RMC: Materials for RMC are cataloged in RMC.
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Special cases
Serials for Music
- Periodicals (008: Type of Continuing Resource=p) for Music have a call number suffix: Periodical Room.
- Dance serials classed in GV for Music have a call number suffix: Dance Periodical
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Final steps: Follow the post-cataloging steps for new serials. Return the issue(s) along with a printout of the new title containing its call number.
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Newspapers
The vast majority of new titles that come to LTS Olin looking like newspapers are cataloged as regular periodicals, with the fixed field Original item: e indicating that they are in the "newspaper format." LTS catalogers treat a title as a newspaper only when the selector or library specifically requests this treatment.
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