Introductory Matter

• Introduction
• Care and Feeding of Special Collections Materials

Sirsi Workflows for Special Collections Materials

• Creating a New Record (without Smartport)
• Add & Edit new volumes/Call numbers
• Add & Edit Copies
• Using the Bound Withs Wizard
• Smartport
• Searching in Workflows
• List of Home Locations (arranged by Library)

Team Workflows

• Rare Materials Workflow Overview and Processing Checklist
• PSU Archives Workflow Overview and Processing Checklist
• HCLA Workflow Overview and Processing Checklist
• Special Collections Processing Checklist (an at-a-glance view)
• Searching for Copy
• Call Numbers
• Marking Dewey Call Numbers on the ORF and Book
• Referrals, the Special Collections Way
• Copy Cataloging Guidelines
• Conferences
• Sets (multi-part items)

Local Cataloging Practices

• Record Creation
• BP Cataloging Rules
• Match Criteria
• Adjusting Cutters for Duplicate Call Numbers

Field-by-Field Guidelines (Special Collections Practices)

• Selected Field by Field Instructions
• General and Local Notes (5XX)

Special Processes

• Bound With Procedures
• Issued With Procedures
• Special Rare Books Materials
• List of Pennsylvania Cutters Used in Dewey call numbers in Rare Books
• 541, 773, and 793 Fields Currently Used in Records
• Penn State Name Authority File List
• Obsolete Rare Books Room LIAS Location Codes For reference only

Helpful Cataloging Links

• Team Compiled List of Reference Sources
• University Park Home Location List
• MARC 21 Concise Format for Bibliographic Data
• Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Books The Standard reference work for Cataloging Rare Materials
• Understanding MARC
• MARC Subfields and ISBD Punctuation
• Romanization Tables
• Greek Transliteration Table
• German Fraktur Transliteration
• Translation Cutter Adjustment Table
• Alta Vista Translations
• Latin Place Names Locally maintained list
• Latin Place Names For Modern equivalents of Latin place names
• Orbis Latinus Online, another fine resource for modern equivalents of Latin place names
• History of Cartography resources, with some good general tools
• Table of Roman Numerals