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Evergreen Indiana #

Cataloging Procedures Guide: Evergreen Indiana Cataloging Procedures

Cataloging Policy: Evergreen Indiana Cataloging Policy

Evergreen Indiana Guide to Icons: Evergreen Indiana Icons

Evergreen Indiana Learn: https://learn.evergreen.lib.in.us

Evergreen Indiana Training YouTube Channel

MARC Fields in Evergreen Indiana Bibliographic Records

  • Discusses the most common MARC fields found in Evergreen Indiana bibliographic records. 

Cataloging Contacts Directory : EI Cataloging Contacts Directory

Evergreen Indiana Authorities Thesaurus: EGIN Authorities Thesaurus

Cataloging Standards #

MARC 21 #

Understanding MARC Bibliographic : Machine Readable Cataloging

  • A great beginning resource for those learning the terminology!

ABLE Training from Idaho Commission for Libraries

  • The Technical Services Sequence is a great tool when you are just starting out in your cataloging journey. Note that there may be differences in procedure between that training and Evergreen Indiana.

OCLC Bib Formats and Standards

  • Continuing resource for Fixed Fields and MARC Tag information.

Library of Congress MARC21 Format for Bib Data

  • Continuing resource for Fixed Fields and MARC Tag information.

MARC 21 Field List (view valid and obsolete fields)

MARC 21 Code List for Countries (Fixed Field Ctry)

007 Physical Description Fixed Field

RDA #

RDA Relator Terms ($e)

RDA Terminology

RDA Reference Vocabulary Terms

Library of Congress RDA Training Materials

Understanding WEMI: Work, Expression, Manifestation, Item

ISBD #

ISBD International Standard Bibliographic Description : 2021 Update to the 2011 Consolidated Edition

Classification #

Dewey Decimal 23

LibraryThing MDS

Library of Congress Classification

Established Headings/Authorities #

Headings #

Library of Congress Authorities Search

List of the Subject Heading Manual PDF Files

Subject Heading & Term Source Codes

Understanding MARC Authority Records

Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)

Thesauri #

Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)

Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms (LCGFT)

Book Industry Standards and Communications Subject Headings (BISACSH)

Genre Terms for Tabletop Games (GTTG)

Homosaurus Vocabulary (HOMOIT)

OLAC Video Game Genre Vocabulary (OLACVGGT)

MARC 21 Fields #

Miscellaneous #

Diacritics – Alt Code

Diacritics Cheat Sheet 

Fixed Fields #

Cataloging Calculator

Ratings (521 – recommended) #

MPAA Ratings

TV Ratings Guide

Internet Movie Database

ESRB Ratings

Reading Programs & Lexile (526 – recommended) #

Lexile Measures

Accelerated Reader BookFind

HMH Reading Counts!

Awards (586 – recommended) #

Books #

Caldecott Medal

Eliot Rosewater Book Award

National Book Award

Newbery Medal

Michael L. Printz Award

Young Hoosier Book Awards

Film & Television #

Academy Awards (Oscars)

Emmy Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Spoken Word #

Audie Awards

Video Games #

The Game Awards

Cataloging by Format #

 Film & Television #

OLAC Best Practices for Cataloging DVD-Video and Blu-ray Discs, Objects, Streaming Media, and Video Games Using the Original RDA Toolkit and MARC 21

Books #

Best practices for cataloging comics and graphic novels using RDA and MARC21 

The Big Five Publishers and Their Imprints

  • Great to see if a republished item from an imprint can go on to the original’s record (pg 20-21 of EI Procedures Guide)

Software and Video Games #

ESRB (Video Game) Ratings

OLAC Best Practices for Cataloging DVD-Video and Blu-ray Discs, Objects, Streaming Media, and Video Games Using the Original RDA Toolkit and MARC 21

Media-Enabled Devices (Wonderbook/Playaway/VOX) #

OLAC’s Guide to cataloging playaway devices based on AACR2 Chapters 6 and 9

Tabletop Games #

Cataloging Games presentation by Bradley Ships

Cataloging Tabletop Games for Special Collections presentation by Elizabeth Hobart

Genre Terms for Tabletop Games (GTTG)

Library of Things #

https://www.loc.gov/standards/valuelist/rdacarrier.html

https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/olac-publications/1

Series #

Library of Congress Name/Title Search

EGI Cataloging Procedures: 490/8XX

Non-Established Series Title Resources #

Miscellaneous #

Cataloger’s Reference Directory: Tools and Resources for Cataloging and Metadata Librarians

Windows Accents Shortkeys: WindowsAccents.pdf

External Training Resources #

Library of Congress Catalogers Learning Workshops

MCLS Cataloging Virtual Workshops

  • Introduction to MARC scholarships available to new catalogers. Contact Courtney for more information.

ALCTS Previously Recorded Webinars

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