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Evaluation of e-resources is done through a form. Archived evaluations and the current form can be found on Github. Specific information for metadata title sets can be found on our shared network drive. All records should follow the RDA standard and follow our Five Colleges Shared Cataloging Best Practices. For more information on MARC fields refer to: Library of Congress MARC 21 Standard or OCLC Bib Formats For help, contact metadatahelp@umass.libanswers.com
LDR (top left corner) - Fixed field form type = BOOKS
LDR (byte 07) BLvl - Bibliographic Level = ‘m’ for monograph
LDR (byte 18) - Desc or descriptive cataloging form = either ‘i’ for RDA
008 (byte 23) - Form = ‘o’ for online
LDR (top left corner) - Fixed field form type = CONTINUING RESOURCES
LDR (byte 07) - BLvl Bibliographic Level = ‘s’ for serial
LDR (byte 18) - Desc or or descriptive cataloging form = either ‘i’ for RDA
008 (byte 23) - Form = ‘o’ for online
LDR (top left corner) - Fixed field form type = CONTINUING RESOURCES
LDR (byte 07) - BLvl Bibliographic Level = ‘i’ for integrating resource
LDR (byte 18) - Desc or or descriptive cataloging form = either ‘i’ for RDA
008 (byte 23) - Form = ‘o’ for online
Field is included in record
Field is included in record
Author is accurate
(subfield a & b) title and subtitle are accurate
(subfield c) statement of responsibility is accurate (If present in record)
Either a 1xx or 7xx field is present in record if an author is named in 245 $c
Edition matches resource being cataloged
Place of publication, publisher name, and date of publication match resource
Text based resources - text ǂb txt ǂ2 rdacontent
Streaming video - two-dimensional moving image ǂb tdi ǂ2 rdacontent
Images or photographs - still image ǂb sti ǂ2 rdacontent
Streaming audio - music - performed music ǂb prm ǂ2 rdacontent
Streaming audio - spoken - spoken word ǂb prm ǂ2 rdacontent
computer ǂb c ǂ2 rdamedia
online resource ǂb cr ǂ2 rdacarrier
Record has at least one subject (unless it’s a book of literature)
Record has a 655 _4 Electronic books. (for e-books, not databases, or e-journals)
Author is accurate