Standards
General
- All new cataloguing records (both outsourced and original) will follow RDA standards.
- Old records will remain with AACR2 standards.
- Sears List of Subject Headings will be the primary source for subject headings
- refer to Subject Headings policy
- Follett's Destiny ILS is where all cataloguing will be completed.
Pre-Processed
- Whenever possible, use the MARC records provided by our two main vendors: Follett and OverDrive
- Ensure that the following fields are correct
- Contents - 505 (for nonfiction resources)
- Summary - 520
- Target Audience - 521
- Awards - 586
- Subject Headings - 650
Copy Cataloguing
- The following are appropriate resources for copy-cataloguing
- Library of Congress
- Search for a resource --> choose "Save Record" --> import into Destiny
- Alliance Plus (via Destiny)
- Z Sources (via Destiny)
- Library of Congress
Original Cataloguing
On occasion, original cataloguing will need to be done with foreign-language resources (eg. Korean books), and even possibly English resources not found in the LC or Follett. In this case, Level 2 cataloguing (Core-level cataloguing) will be completed.