Special cataloging/processing situations :

Videos

Original cataloging:

Use AACR2, LCRI, LCSH, MARC (OCLC) standards.  Ensure sure that your record includes:

007
440 OR 490 1 _ + 830 _0 (Do not use indicators for “series not traced”)
500 (source of the title proper if not taken from the chief source of information - screen)
508 credits, including narrator (voice) 511 is obsolete for the credits
520 (summary) few short sentences in neutral form (do not comment), example,”Presents the
Flower Garden banks in the Gulf of Mexico...)

For the main entry, added entry, series and subject entries follow the LC authority available on
OCLC authority database. If there is no authority for heading to be used, follow the rules,
establish the heading and notify the project investigator about the new heading being used.
Highlight the newly established heading in a printed copy of the saved record.

Copy cataloging:

Upgrade the matching records to the standards specified above. Use appropriate punctuation.
Supply the copy record with all missing fields. Consult the video material if necessary.

For both original and copy cataloging consult the NOAA Central Library online catalog for
the availability of a newly assigned call number (Browse-call number)

In subject area use only the Library of Congress authorized subject headings for both original
and copy cataloging. Always keep in your mind the Library users (scientists and researchers  in
atmospheric, oceanographic and fishery sciences)

Correct all revised records.
 

Articulated: Dec. 10, 1997
Last updated:  July 24, 2002