Metadata Services (MdS)

This document provides guidance for units to submit lists of items to be withdrawn in batch by Metadata Services.

This document provides a quick reference of commonly used MARC bibliographic fields and subfields in monographic cataloging.

Guidelines for formatting call numbers, according to Library of Congress Classification (LCC) and other call number schemes, in Alma holdings records.

This procedure outlines how to process maintenance materials in Metadata Services, focusing on how the materials enter and leave the department.

This procedure outlines the process for cataloging gift materials in Metadata Services.

This procedure outlines the process for sending physical materials to Metadata Services for cataloging or record maintenance, including scanning items into the Acquisitions Technical Services work order.

Explains the history of related record practices and how they may have become unlinked over the course of OPAC migrations. Also covers previous attempts to mitigate the unlinked related records problem.

This procedure outlines the process for cataloging monographic series in Metadata Services after the migration to Alma.

This document covers the placement of regular and piggyback barcodes in print items.

This document outlines the local bibliographic fields and extensions that have been defined by UC Berkeley Library for use in Alma.