Team

Anne Casey, Bibliographic Assistant III, Digitization
Carla Davis Cunningham, Monographic Cataloging Librarian
Matthew Ducmanas, Special Collections Cataloging Librarian
Evelyn Lane, Bibliographic Assistant I, Monographic Cataloging
Molly Larkin, Electronic Resources & Serials Cataloging Librarian
Celio Pichardo, Bibliographic Assistant III, Monographic Cataloging
Casey Shiflet, Digital Collections Specialist
Holly Tomren, Head of Metadata Strategy & Digitization Services

Annual Reports & Goals

Links

Cleanup ideas scratchpad
MARC21Extension.xml (GitHub)

Related Spaces

Alma How-To
- Alma Locations
- Cataloging Documentation
/wiki/spaces/SAD/pages/23003137
- Blacklight/Solr documentation for catalogers
- /wiki/spaces/SAD/pages/22839300 (See Blacklight/Solr documentation above for the most up-to-date mappings)
Digitization & Metadata Practices Group
PA Digital
- /wiki/spaces/PD/pages/789381371
Technology and Knowledge Management
Technology Projects and Initiatives

Project Documentation

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[DO NOT MIGRATE] Alma OCLC Holding Sync
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] Duplicate withdrawals project
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Marcive backfile & comprehensive notification project page
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Media genre project
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Member Merge resources and documents

Workflow Documentation & References

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[DO NOT MIGRATE] On-the-fly processing
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE ] 541 - Immediate source of acquisition
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE ]655 - TGM terms [gmgpc]
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] - RAPIDILL Publishing
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] 506 - Restriction on Access Note (Draft)
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] 655 - AAT terms [aat]
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] 655 - Commonly used SCRC genre/form terms [DRAFT]
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] 655 - Local genre/form headings
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] 655 - SCRC Genre/Form Terms Application Guidelines
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] 690 - local subject headings - DOCUMENTATION IN PROGRESS
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] 880 - Alternate Graphic Representation
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] 973 - SCRC local collection names
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] 974 - SCRC collecting area names
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] 997 MARC tag in Alma [WIP]
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] 9XXs use in Alma
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] Alma Analytics local parameters
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] Brief level rule in Alma (replaces use of CATDATE)
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] Brief records for equipment [DRAFT]
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] CAT DATE configuration and use
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] CIP (Cataloging in Publication Partnership)
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] Coutts updates for OASIS
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] Making changes to Alma's MARC21 configuration
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] Music classification, locations, and item policies
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] NACO Workflow & Documentation
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] Oversize Specifications-Superseded
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] Relinking item to different bibliographic record
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] Replacing User IDs with cataloger initials in Analytics
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] SCRC - Call numbers
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] SCRC - Temple University Press print books processing
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] SCRC physical processing
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] Test record creation in Alma
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] Withdrawal procedures (Alma)
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[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] WorldCat Data Sync workflow
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Alma Metadata Configuration change log
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Dematic EMS documentation
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Haithi Trust Sci Fi Corpus - Ingestion Workflow & Bib Files [DRAFT]
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Marcive processing overview
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Millennium export map (907, 902, 945, 998)
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Millennium item data to Alma map
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NLM Cataloging Resources
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Physical Processing Supplies
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Withdrawal/delete codes in Statistics Note 3

Current Projects & Status

Alma cleanup & workflows - ongoing
ASRS ingestion & cleanup
- Ambler: monograph loading is mostly complete, journals are in review
- Main Storage: 12" bins have arrived and loading of basement storage items will take place over the summer
Blacklight/Library Search/Website - ongoing
Cataloging - ongoing
Centralized Metadata Repository - next sprint July 2022
Digitization - currently scanning Temple News, Bulletin Photographs
e-CIP for TU Press - ongoing
PA Digital - LSTA grant ended in September 2021, currently in "maintenance mode"
- DPLA Harvest - next is in September 2022
NACO - ongoing
SACO - self-guided LCSH training and SACO manual review
TU Course Catalogs - cataloging in progress; scanning project initiation waiting on replacement scanner
Web Archiving - ongoing
WorldCat Streamlined Holdings Update - in progress

Documentation Wishlist

Copy cataloging guidelines (field-by-field, what we verify, enhance, ignore, or delete)
Accompanying materials (bib & item record instructions, physical processing instructions)
Physical processing by site, including marking
Guidelines for when we would upgrade the OCLC master record
Revision guidelines
What fields are cleaned up in batch as part of Marcive or WorldCat updates
Rules for specific item locations (e.g., Oversize guidelines by site)
Documentation of all "local" metadata practices
- local notes, including gift notes
- local collection names (and what field to find them in)
- local ~~genres~~/subjects
- local creator/contributor names (e.g., donors), if traced
- local control numbers
- current and legacy use of 9XX fields

Recently updated

[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] Replacing User IDs with cataloger initials in Analytics
Mar 22, 2024 • contributed by Holly Tomren
[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] 9XXs use in Alma
Mar 22, 2024 • contributed by Holly Tomren
[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] Duplicate withdrawals project
Mar 22, 2024 • contributed by Holly Tomren
[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] CIP (Cataloging in Publication Partnership)
Mar 22, 2024 • contributed by Holly Tomren
[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] Music classification, locations, and item policies
Mar 22, 2024 • contributed by Holly Tomren
[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] Coutts updates for OASIS
Mar 22, 2024 • contributed by Holly Tomren
[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] Brief level rule in Alma (replaces use of CATDATE)
Mar 22, 2024 • contributed by Holly Tomren
[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] 997 MARC tag in Alma [WIP]
Mar 22, 2024 • contributed by Holly Tomren
[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] 506 - Restriction on Access Note (Draft)
Mar 22, 2024 • contributed by Holly Tomren
[MIGRATED TO ONEDRIVE] Oversize Specifications-Superseded
Mar 21, 2024 • contributed by Holly Tomren

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