Re: Serials Responsibilities (Isabel Brackbill) Ann Ercelawn 24 Aug 1995 01:39 UTC

Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 15:43:48 -0600
From: Isabel Brackbill <ibrackbill@LANL.GOV>
Subject: RE: Serials Responsibilities (Kathleen Thorne)

>Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 18:39:55 -0700 (PDT)
>From: kathleen thorne <KATHLEEN@SJSUVM1.BITNET>
>Subject: RE: Inquiry regarding acceptance of serial gifts (Tom McFarland)
>
>Please, all of you serial folks, especially serials catalogers, I
>need your input:
>
>In your library, which of the following things are considered the work of
>the serials CATALOGER, which are done by support staff (and is that under
>supervision of professional or no?), and which are clerical or student
>assistant tasks:
>   a) cataloging new periodical titles--SERIALS CATALOGUER
>   b) cataloging periodical title changes--SERIALS CATALOGUER
>   c) closing out cessations--SERIALS CATALOGUER
>   d) closing out cancellations--SERIALS CATALOGUER
>   e) inventory of periodical holdings (ie, checking shelves)--SUPPORT
STAFF, STUDENTS
>   f) cleanup of retrocon (splitting out to successive entry old titles
>      not yet split)--SERIALS CATALOGUER
>   g) cleanup of retrocon (titles for which entries in OCLC don't
>      exist or records are incomplete or inaccurate or other
problems)--SERIALS CATALOGUER
>   h) union list entry management
>   i) adding holdings statements to records--SERIALS CATALOGUER
>   j) adding subject headings from OCLC records to existing PAC records
>      which have none--SERIALS CATALOGUER
>   k) adding 510 fields from OCLC records to existing PAC records
>
>THE SERIALS CATALOGUER HERE IS A PROFESSIONAL AND AN  EXPERIENCED
PARA-PROFESSIONAL.