POLICY NO. 11
HIERARCHY FOR CATALOGING SOURCES
(9-22-2000)

VOYAGER allows separate bibliographic records to exist for each owning library. All cataloging centers within an owning library agree that there will be only 1 cataloging record per title and on a hierarchy of cataloging records from which to select that record.

The UK Main Campus owning library has agreed on the following:

FOR SERIAL RECORDS:

The selection of serial records should follow the guidelines outlined in the CONSER editing guide.

FOR MONOGRAPH RECORDS:

Make choices on cataloging records based on the following hierarchy:

For federal publications prefer:

For all other publications prefer:

WHEN DUPLICATES IN THE DATABASE ARE DISCOVERED:

Other Bibliographic Policies & Procedures

1. Call numbers for non-book materials (7-8-1999)
3. Printing date for materials (9-21-2000)
4. Copy numbers in holdings or item records (12-14-2000)
5. Minimal level cataloging (2-10-2000)
6. MFHD Records for Serials and Non-Serials Materials (rev. & combined with Policy #17, 3/31/04)
Caption Dictionary (11-7-2002)

7. Withdrawals, lost / missing, and deletions (September 2004)
9. Local notes (2-08-2001)
12. Authority control for the UK Institutional Group (1-05-1995)
13. Mixed media materials (3-29-1994)
14. "Boundwiths": multiple bibliographic records representing one physical piece (2-08-2001)
15. Bibliographic Control & Processing Policies for Non-book Materials (3-18-2002)
18. Language Used in the Enumeration of Multi-volume Works (12-16-1996)
19. Guidelines for OPAC Display of Internet Resources (10-05-2000)
20. Storage Procedures for Updating the Catalog (6-10-2003)
21. Guidelines for the Cataloging of Internet Resources (4-03-2003)
22. Multiple Versions - Same Title in Different Formats (2-06-2002)
23. Enumeration and Chronology in Item Records (11-19-2003)

This page was last updated 6 October 2004. To comment on this document, send mail to Kate Seago at kseago@email.uky.edu.