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Cataloging
Information on managing items in the catalog, adding and deleting items, basic MARC cataloging and other information
1. General information
1.1. SPARK Cataloging Listserv
1.2. The SPARK Cataloging Committee
1.3. Official Cataloging Policies and Procedures
1.4. SPARK Cataloging and ILL Community Contacts
2. Welcome packet for new SPARK catalogers
2.1. Guides to print out
2.2. Online cataloging resources
3. Adding and Deleting Bibliographic and Item Records
3.1. Is it already in the SPARK catalog? Look there first!
3.2. Adding item records to the SPARK Catalog
3.3. Not in SPARK? Importing Bib Records using z39.50
3.4. Not in SPARK? Importing Bib Records without using z39.50
3.5. Batch Upload: "MARC Batch Import/Export" (with or without attached holdings)
3.6. Batch Upload: "MARC Batch Import/Export" (for electronic records)
3.7. Batch Upload: Using MarcEdit to split large record batches
3.8. Can't find it anywhere? Original Cataloging Help
3.9. Deleting item records
3.10. Deleting bibliographic records
3.11. Creating a Holdings Import Profile
4. Editing, Transferring, and Overlaying
4.1. MARC Tag Field Guide
4.2. 007 Physical Characteristics Wizard
4.3. 008 guides: Books, Sound recordings, and Video recordings
4.4. OPAC Icons in Evergreen
4.5. Circulation modifiers
4.6. Copy templates
4.7. Transferring call numbers and items
4.8. Overlaying a bib record
4.9. Buckets: Creating copy buckets
4.10. Uploading Barcodes in batches
4.11. Buckets: Sharing buckets
4.12. Using "MARC Batch Edit"
4.13. Working with Pre-Cats.
4.14. *** NEVER ever edit the MARC in Bib Record TCN-1!
4.15. Steps for restoring the TCN-1/ID-1 record if it's edited
5. Non-book formats
5.1. E-Resources: Using MarcEdit to add $9 to field 856
5.2. Ebooks: Adding ebooks to the catalog by editing the 856 in the Import Queue
5.3. E-Resources: Uploading using "MARC Batch Import/Export"
5.4. Periodicals
5.5. Kits
5.6. Audio-Enabled Books
6. Spine labels
6.1. Printing spine labels ONLY (no pocket labels)
6.2. Setting up Dymo Spine Labels
6.3. TSC TTP-247 spine labels
6.4. Other documentation
7. Other cataloging features
7.1. OCLC: Adding and deleting records for OCLC accounts
7.2. Cover images
7.3. SHAREit: Correcting failed records
7.4. SHAREit: Logging in to AccessPA in z39.50 in SPARK
7.5. Digital Bookplates (also known as Copy Tags / Item Tags)
7.6. Non Cataloged Types
7.7. Bib Source
8. Online resources and documentation
8.1. Documentation and Web tools
8.2. Library of Congress: ISBN field guidelines
8.3. Library of Congress: "MARC 21 format for bibliographic data"
8.4. Library of Congress: "Understanding MARC authority records"
8.5. Library of Congress: Understanding MARC bibliographic
8.6. Library of Congress: Authority headings
8.7. North Texas Libraries Consortium: "Cataloging Standards and Manual"
8.8. Cataloging parties
9. Training videos, level 1: "Local Cataloger"
9.1. Getting started
9.2. Workstation configuration
9.3. Table management
9.4. Searching the catalog
9.5. Catalog views
9.6. Search Matchpoints
9.7. Add holdings
9.8. Holdings templates
9.9. Item extras: Notes, Alerts, and Tags
9.10. Item Status
9.11. Item buckets
9.12. Edit holdings
9.13. Delete holdings
9.14. Transfer holdings
9.15. Working with Pre-Cats
10. Training videos, level 2: "Copy Cataloger"
10.1. Searching the catalog (level 2 review)
10.2. Search matchpoints (level 2 review)
10.3. Monograph parts
10.4. Importing from Z39.50
10.5. MARC Batch Import / Export
10.6. Batch import with attached holdings
10.7. eRecords in Evergreen
10.8. MarcEdit
10.9. Importing eRecords
11. Training videos, level 3: "Original Cataloger"
11.1. Edit MARC records
11.2. Fixed fields (part 1 of 2)
11.3. Fixed fields (part 2 of 2)
11.4. Specific MARC fields (part 1 of 2)
11.5. Specific MARC fields (part 2 of 2)
11.6. Record buckets
11.7. Merge MARC records
11.8. MARC Batch Edit: Intro
11.9. MARC Batch Edit: Batch Replace
11.10. MARC Batch Edit: Batch Add
11.11. MARC Batch Edit: Batch Delete
11.12. Overlay MARC records
11.13. Create original MARC records
11.14. Sources for information
11.15. Delete MARC records
12. Cataloging Town Hall notes
12.1. 2019.10.23: "How SHARE-it gets SPARK records with your items"
12.2. 2020.02.05: “Never Stop Questioning: Learning (and Reviewing) the Basics of SPARK Cataloging”
12.3. 2020.09.23: September 2020 Town Hall
Deduplication Process after Migrations
1. Equinox After Migration Deduplication Process
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