Serials are cataloged by the Special Materials and Continuing Resources Cataloging Librarian within the Resource Description Services Team (RDS).
Serial publications are issued in successive parts, usually numbered (or with some numbering equivalent), and have no predetermined conclusion. If you are unsure whether something is a serial or not, the Special Materials and Continuing Resources Cataloging Librarian can help make that determination.
Serial records describe the publication as a whole, with the description based on the earliest available issue in hand. Information about subsequent changes is included in various descriptive fields. Serials can be quite gregarious and often have relationships with other serial publications, such as earlier or later titles, supplements, and companion publications.
Print serials need to have holdings statements, stored in the Holdings record in FOLIO.
Electronic serials are managed by MODS. MARC records for electronic serials are provided by EBSCO Holdings Management.
Guidelines for whether a record should be authenticated are found here. We also frequently authenticate records for CONSER projects such as DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals).
Frequently used documentation:
Cataloging print serials with OCLC copy
Serials cataloging procedures folder on SharePoint
Find procedures for print serials here.
Holdings information for serials is stored in the FOLIO Holdings record. Holdings statements are entered directly into the FOLIO Holdings record in the Holdings statement field.
Serials receive the same notes as monographs in the Rare Books Collection (RBC). Where necessary, make note of what specific issues the notes refer to.
General procedures
Withdrawals (procedures in progress)
JSTOR Withdrawal Project
Outdated procedures (for reference only)
These loads are currently performed by serials cataloging. [Procedures revised for FOLIO have "FOLIO" before link]
FOLIO Marcive shipping list records - procedures for weekly download of Marcive shipping list (temporary) records
MARCIVE shipping list record log - spreadsheet to internally track weekly GPO shipping list loads
MARCIVE full bibs - Sierra - procedures for monthly download of full (permanent) bibliographic records from MARCIVE (GPO records for U.S. Federal documents)
MARCIVE GPO loads log - spreadsheet used to track GPO monthly record loads
Colorado state records - Sierra - procedures for monthly load of Colorado state digital publications
Colo state record loads log - spreadsheet to track CO state monthly record loads (beginning with 2022)
World Bank e-Library MARC records - Sierra - procedures for loading monthly World Bank e-records
World Bank record loads log - spreadsheet of monthly e-Library record loads (beginning Apr 2022)
Also useful: Basic introduction to MarcEdit for Batch Loading MARC Records