Department: Metadata Technical Services
Policy: Overall Cataloging Policy Statements
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1. Local policy statements or system requirements. Local policy is determined by the Head of Metadata Technical Services. Our overarching local policy is to follow OCLC and/or Library of Congress standards and practices. A local policy is made when we must deviate from the national standards to improve access for our patrons. While we strive to document local policy in writing, it may be conveyed orally until such time as it is written down. Usually policy decisions will be documented on the Library wikiConfluence page, but decisions on individual titles or headings may be recorded in various Millennium Sierra records.
2. OCLC and MARC requirements or guidelines. As our bibliographic utility, we must follow OCLC guidelines and standards when adding records to their database, or upgrading them. Most OCLC and MARC documentation can be located from within Connexion using the Help dropdown menu. Other documentation can be found at www.oclc.org. In the absence of a local policy statement for individual series or headings, we will use the OCLC authority record.
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