OWWL Catalog Maintenance and Record Cleanup

Catalog Maintenance

Catalog maintenance refers to the ongoing tasks of correcting and improving catalog records in OWWL so that public and staff users of the catalog can efficiently and effectivly find and identify items in the catalog. Users will have the information they need about an item to make a decision as to whether it is what they want or need. The request form below can be used to submit information to OWWLHQ cataloging staff.

Catalog Clean Up

Despite our on-going best efforts, there are duplicate records that can be merged, as well as records that lack information, or don't conform to standard MARC cataloging practices.

In order to improve our catalog so that it is accurate and patron-friendly, we rely on OWWL members to report catalog record errors and omissions.

Examples of errors to report:

• Spelling
• Missing information
  • ISBN - when different editions (paperback, hard cover, book club) share the same record, or an item now has a 13-digit ISBN
  • page numbers
  • illustrator's name
  • etc.
• Incomplete title
• Missing fields
  • Subject headings
  • Content note
  • etc.
• Multiple records for the same title that might be merged

Cataloging contacts

• Kathryn Riedener
• Dan Guarracino

If you have questions please contact us.

Other cataloging requests

Requests for new records for all item types should be sent to orders@owwl.org.

Request Form

Please complete as much of the form as possible. When you have finished, click on the Submit Request button. This will email the request and initiate the review process.

Catalog Cleanup Request
* REQUIRED FIELDS
Requestor Email	*
Library	* Select A LibraryAllens Hill Free LibraryArcade Free LibraryAvon Free LibraryBell Memorial Library-NundaBloomfield Public LibraryBristol LibraryCaledonia LibraryClifton Springs LibraryClyde-Savannah Public LibraryCordelia A. Greene-CastileDansville Public LibraryEagle Free Library-BlissGainesville Library-Silver SpringsGeneva Public LibraryGorham Free LibraryHoneoye Public LIbraryLima Public LibraryLivonia Public LibraryLyons Public LibraryMacedon Public LibraryMarion Public LibraryMount Morris Public LibraryNaples LibraryNewark Public LibraryOntario Public LibraryOWWL Library System HQPalmyra Community LibraryPerry Public LibraryPhelps Community LibraryPike LibraryRed Creek Free LibraryRed Jacket Library-ShortsvilleRose Free LibrarySodus Community LibraryStevens Library-AtticaVictor Farmington LibraryWadsworth Library-GeneseoWalworth-Seely Public LibraryWarsaw Public LibraryWilliamson LibraryWolcott Civic Free LibraryWood Library-CanandaiguaWyoming Free Library
Problem	* USE DROP DOWN LISTTitle ErrorAdd ISBN or UPCPage and CMReplace RecordMerge RecordField Error Other
Material Type	USE DROP DOWN LISTBookCDDVDOther
Format	USE DROP DOWN LISTLarge PrintRegular PrintUnabridgedAbridgedWidescreenFull ScreenOther
Description	*
Author
Title
Publisher
Year
ISBN or UPC
Additional Comments