Please route to Cataloging/Technical Services staff:
At the SWAN Cataloging Users Group meeting today, we introduced revised data entry standards for creating Pre-Cat records. These new standards are being implemented to improve the patron experience in Enterprise, provide improved searching in WorkFlows to minimize duplicate Pre-Cat records and to provide a higher success rate of record matching for OCLC records captured using SmartPort.
I have attached the updated document which has also been posted to the SWAN support site.
These are the changes:
Enter both 10 digit and 13 digit ISBNs, if available.
Enter standard identifying numbers in the appropriate field:
020=ISBN number
022=ISSN number
024=Standard number/UPC number
028=Manufacturer’s number
245 field: Include articles in the title. Enter first indicator as 0 (zero) and second indicator 0 (zero) if the title does not contain articles or enter second indicator as appropriate for non-filing characters. See attached document for further explanation.
We have updated the brief title templates and these changes will complete overnight.
As a reminder, we do have openings in the upcoming August 7th SWAN SD Pre-Cat Training session. Please contact SWAN Bibliographic Services if you have any questions.
Thank you!
Karen Bar
SWAN Bibliographic Services Manager
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5138
Fax: 630.734.5056
karen.bar@railslibraries.info
http://support.swanlibraries.net