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About the Unit
General Purpose
The Metadata Development Unit specializes in cataloging select monographs unique
to Stanford, as well as most non-book material. While most of the
new materials at Stanford are copy-cataloged through a combination
of vendor-supplied cataloging, automated and local copy cataloging,
these streamlined processes are not available or appropriate for
all materials. Many of the more esoteric and priority monographs
fall in the category, as do non-book formats, including serials,
audiovisual materials and computer files.
Catalogers in the Unit apply PCC standards as a default and contribute
to the BIBCO and NACO cooperative cataloging programs, including
the NACO
Hebraica Funnel (hosted at Stanford).
Scope
- The Metadata Development Unit of the Metadata Department
is responsible for original cataloging of monographs of the
following types:
- Chilean imprints without
valid LC subject headings
- Rush and priority requests without
valid LC subject headings
- Reference materials without
valid LC subject headings
- Slavic belle lettres
- Variant editions
- Microforms
- U.S. government documents and UN documents
- Hebrew and Slavic language monographs for Special Collections
- Other selected monographs in need of original cataloging
- as well as original and copy cataloging of:
- Audio-visual (media) materials
- Electronic resources (including computer files and Internet
resources)
- Serials, including serials for Special Collections
- The Unit does not catalog:
- Monographs with available copy (performed by Monographic
Receiving, Acquisitions Department)
- Monographs with copy but lacking usable call numbers (call numbers
assigned by the Classification
Unit); monographs without copy falling outside of scope of
the Unit
- Music (printed scores and music sound recordings) (cataloged
by the Music Cataloging Unit of the Music
Library)
- Maps and atlases (cataloged at Branner
Earth Sciences Library)
- Monographs for Special Collections Library (cataloged
by Special
Collections), except for Hebrew/Yiddish and Slavic languages
- Materials in Middle Eastern and Central Asia languages in
Arabic script, other languages if contain words in Arabic script,
as well as Turkish language materials (contact the curator for Islam and Islamic Middle East collections).
See Whom
to Contact with Requests to Create or Change Catalog Records
for specific categories.
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June 6, 2008 |
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