Standards
Cataloging and Metadata Services staff build catalog according to national standards and local guidelines to ensure the best possible access to the library collection for students, faculty, staff and other users.
- Cataloging rules for the description of printed and electronic resources
- Access and control vocabularies
- Records upgrade and enhancements
- Standards for copy and original cataloging by format
Cataloging rules for the description of printed and electronic resources
AACR2 2002 rev. (with 2003-2005 updates)
OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards, 3rd ed.
RBMS Controlled Vocabularies for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloging
other nationally approved standards
Access and control vocabularies
Subject Headings
The library accepts the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) only (the fields 600, 610, 611, 650, and 651 with the 2nd indicator 0). All other subject headings are deleted.
Classification
Resources are classified by Library of Congress Classification Numbers (monographs and serials), SuDocs (government documents), and local schemes (sound recordings and microforms).
Names and subject authorities
Authority records are updated according to their LC/OCLC authorities current releases published in paper and online (in LC ClassWeb).
Local authorities
Local authority records are created in Voyager for headings that do not have national authority records and unlikely will have them in the future (see detailed guidelines in the Database Maintenance section).
Records upgrade and enhancements
Old records in the local database
Records included in Voyager previously and created according to previous editions of cataloging rules do not upgraded.
Old records in OCLC
Non-ISBD OCLC copies may be accepted without editing by copy catalogers.
Minimal level records
Records for non-fiction with no Library of Congress Subject Heading and/or Library of Congress Classification call number, must be classified and upgraded with at least one LCSH.
Standards for specific formats
| FORMAT | ORIGINAL RECORD | OCLC COPY |
| Printed monographs | Full level (I) | Full (blank or I), Core (4) |
| Printed serials | Full level (I) | Full (blank, or I), Core (4) |
| Scores | Full level (I) | Full (blank or I) |
| Media (audio) | Full level (I) | Full (blank or I) |
| Media (visual) | Full level (I) | Full (blank or I) |
| Media (electronic resource) | Full level (I) | Full (blank or I), Core (4) |
| Articles | Full level (I) | Full (blank or I), Core (4) |
| Maps | Full level (I), Core (4) | Full (blank or I), Core (4) |
| Microforms | Full level (I), Core (4) | Full (blank or I), Core (4) |
| Gov. docs | Full level (I) | Full (blank or I), Core (4) |
| e-books | Full level (I) | Full (blank or I), Core (4) |
| e-serials | Full level (I) | Full (blank or I), Core (4), Access level (K) |
| e-databases | Full level (I) | Full (blank or I), Core (4), Access level (K) |
| Order records (all formats) | any level | any level |
