Catalog Reference Committee

Prospector Cataloging/Reference Committee Charge (Updated 2/4/2016)

The Prospector Cataloging/Reference Committee will examine matters related to bibliographic and display issues within the Prospector system.  Purview of the Committee includes: indexing standards, catalog display issues, matching algorithms, overlay tables, and precedence tables. Within its purview, the Committee will resolve problems and determine best practice recommendations for Prospector member institutions.  Committee meetings will provide the opportunity for Alliance staff to provide updates about Prospector, resource sharing software, and special initiatives. It will also provide a space for committee members to share cataloging expertise on new developments, consortially-purchased packages and products, and special projects.

Presentations

General Information

• Committee Member List

• Listserv

• Minutes

Training and Marketing Resources

• Presentations

• Prospector Overview (YouTube video)

DDA Project

• YBP DDA Pilot Project Instructions (2012)

Best Practices

• Best Practices for Multimedia and Multivolume sets

• Best Practices for Loading MARC Records for Electronic Resources

Codes & Tags

• Circulation Status Codes

• Overlay Priority Table

• Prospector Contribution Codes

• Library Load Priority Encoding Levels

• Prospector and Mobius Ptypes & Itypes

• Millenium Field Group Tags

• Assigning MARC to Inn-Reach Fields

• Public Display Labels