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<mailto:karen.bar@railslibraries.info> http://support.swanlibraries.net