Original Catalog Record Request

When do I request an original catalog record?

Library holdings staff should request original cataloging after their second submission of ISBN/UPC to orders@owwl.org fails to generate a new catalog record, OR if an item has no ISBN/UPC printed on it at all.

The information you provide is the basis for creating a bibliographic record. Be as thorough as possible to ensure a high-quality record can be made.

Original cataloging process

Library holdings staff should complete and submit the form below. Requests will be processed according to the date received, unless special circumstances warrant a change in that workflow.

Using this electronic form eliminates the need for transporting the item via delivery van.

If more item information is required in order to create a record, cataloging staff will contact you.

Examples of items that require original cataloging:

• Self-published works
• Realia (toys, games, other three-dimensional items)
• Kits
• Items requiring special handling due to age or condition
• Any items during a time of no delivery to/from OWWLHQ

Cataloging contacts

• Kathryn Riedener
• Dan Guarracino

If you have questions please contact us.

Request Form

REFER TO THE SPECIFIC MATERIAL TYPE TO KNOW WHICH INFORMATION YOU SHOULD INCLUDE

Complete this form with as many details as possible to help ensure a quality record is created. When you have finished, click on the Submit Request button. This will initiate the record creation process.

Your completed form MUST include:

• Your email address
• Your library's name
• Title (this is the item's title -- see specific material type description below for source)
• Physical description (see material type description below for details)
• Summary
• Material type

Additionally, you are asked to include material type details and format specific information (see details below)

Specific material type information to include as applicable:

Books

• Title (taken from the title page, not the cover). Include the cover and/or spine title if different in the Additional Comments field (indicating if it is the cover and/or spine title)
• Author(s)
• Illustrator(s)
• ISBN(s) (not a UPC as publisher's tend to reissue these numbers -- check inside the book to see if ISBN matches back cover)
• Editor(s)
• Translator
• Publisher information (place, name, date)
• Physical description as applicable
  • Number of pages or Unpaged (if pages are not numbered)
  • illustrations (color or black & white), maps, portraits, charts
  • height of book (measured in cm along the spine, round up to the next full cm); width of book ONLY if the book is wider than it is high
• Intended audience (Juvenile, Teen, Adult) if known
• Format (regular or large print)

Audiobooks

• Title (taken from disc surface or container)
• ISBN
• Abridged or Unabridged edtion
• Physical description: Number of discs (ex. 7 audio discs)
• Narrator
• Playing time
• Additional format information (VOX book, Playaway, etc.)
• Intended audience (Juvenile, Teen, Adult) if known

Music CD

• Title (taken from disc surface or container)
• UPC
• Manufacturer number (usually found on container insert or disc)
• Explicit or edited version (if specified)
• Physical description: Number of discs
• Performer(s)
• Playing time
• Playlist
• Form of music (jazz, rap, classical, etc.)
• Intended audience (Juvenile, Teen, Adult) if known

Videorecordings

• Title (taken from disc surface or container)
• Format (DVD, Blu-ray, 4K-UHD)
• UPC or ISBN
• Manufacturer number (usually found along spine of container, sometimes on disc)
• Publisher (Parmount, Warner Bros., etc.)
• Physical description
  • number of discs
  • playing time
  • color or black & white content
• Full screen or wide screen
• Motion picture of Television program
• Cast
• Rating (G, PG, R, Unrated) and the reason (language, violence, etc.) (included on packaging as a rule)
• Director
• Actor(s) (5 names max)
• Language(s) of dialogue and subtitles

Video games

• Title (taken from disc or chip surface, or container)
• UPC
• Gaming platform (XBox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, computer, etc.)
• Physical description
  • Number of discs, chips or flashdrives (ex. 1 computer disc, 1 computer chip, 1 USB flashdrive)
• Rating and/or recommended age level

Realia (objects such as toys, sculptures, tools, bike locks, cake pans, etc.)

• The title you are giving this object (Adventure box: Gardening; Flower cake pan, etc.)
• What this object is (if different from the staff-assigned title)
• UPC if available
• Name of manufacturer
• Year manufactured
• Physical description
  • contents if more than 1 object
  • color and material of object(s) (ex. black, plastic, electronic)
  • size of object(s) (measured in cm across 3 dimensions)
• Contents list
• Intended audience/user age
• Restrictions on circulation (checkout/check in only at issuing library, etc.)

Original Catalog Record Request
* REQUIRED FIELDS
Your Email Address	*
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
Item's Title (what is this item called)	*
Physical Description (number of pages, height in cm, number of discs, etc)	*
Summary (ex. What is the story about?, What does the user need to know about this item?)	*
Material Type (book, audiobook, music CD, etc.)	* USE DROP DOWN LISTBookAudiobookMusic CDVideoVideo gameRealiaOther
Format	USE DROP DOWN LISTLarge PrintRegular PrintUnabridgedAbridgedDVDBlu-ray4K UHDNintendo SwitchPlayStation 4Xbox OneOther (please specify in additional comments below)
Additional format information	USE DROP DOWN LISTVOX bookPlayawayOther (please specify in additional comments below)
Author
Publisher or Manufactuer
Year
ISBN or UPC
Additional material type details
Additional comments, contents, playlist, etc