4/29/22 Minerva Cataloging Roundtable Recording available

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Please fill out our google form to access the recording of the April 29, 2022, Cataloging Roundtable meeting.  Included in the agenda was a call for new Cataloging Committee members and the announcement for a cataloging training session on May 13.  Other agenda items:

Cataloging Meeting Agenda Friday April 29 2022

  1. Greetings
  2. Introduce Members of Cataloging Standards Committee
  3. Welcome new catalogers
  4. Call for new members of cataloging committee (contact Josh Tiffany – jtiffany@gray.lib.me.us)
  5. Maine InfoNet Tech report
  6. Meeting attendance reminder / best practices
  7. May 13th cataloging training announcement
  8. LCSH Review Committee – change in language of subject heading policy in Minerva Best Practices document
  9. Emailed questions
    1. Multiple ISBNs & graphic novel import records
    2. Making 008 and 264 4 fields agree
    3. Books and CDs – some use 3, some use 1 – preferences?
    4. Checking authority records for series in INN VIEW
    5. Wonderbooks material type / new material types
    6. Audiobooks – is # of discs a “major difference’
    7. If CIP lists volume numbering, but information is not on the item, should it be included (new Patricia Cornwell book example)
  10. Open questions – recurring issues – not understanding parts of existing record – what do I do with this “thing”? – etc.
  11. Brainstorm – training needs
    1. Finding remote bib-records (SkyRiver, Sierra Remote)
    2. Other
  12. Set next meeting date – tentatively September 30
  13. Adjourn