In developing the Queens Memory Project, we had to provide our catalogers with rules to follow when creating new records to ensure consistency across the catalog. This guide provides detailed instructions for catalogers on how to create and manipulate records in our customized version of CollectiveAccess, the open source software we use.
Our task in developing these cataloging rules was to select a set of standards that were appropriate for our project. Our first priority was to use Queens Library’s cataloging standards since QL would be the long-term repository for the records. Where there was not yet a policy to follow, we had to draw from standards adopted by professional associations and other institutions. A wonderful resource for finding standards is Jenn Riley’s Glossary of Metadata Standards.
Our cataloger’s guide for the Queens Memory Project (linked below) is constantly evolving as we encounter new situations and have to establish rules for how we want to catalog something similar in the future.
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