Links to CONSER Documentation
Scope: Links to CONSER documentation needed for cataloging serials
Contact: Jacquie Samples
Unit: Metadata & Discovery Strategy
Date last reviewed:
Date of next review: Jul 30, 2021
Links to Documentation
CONSER Documents: http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/conser/index.html
These three key documents to keep at hand as you catalog. The first walks through how to create an original record for a serial, including a decision tree. The other two documents provide tabular Metadata Application Profiles, MARC-to-RDA and RDA-to-MARC.
These documents address specific topics of interest such as how to maintain records in a hybrid environment; and how to express relationships between work-expressions or between manifestations or how to express relationships between a manifestation and creators/contributors.
c. Guidelines for Working with RDA and non-RDA records prior to implementation of RDA: http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/rda/PCC%20RDA%20guidelines/Bib-Interim-RDA.html
d. Guide sheets: http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/rda/RDA%20Interim%20Policies%20and%20Best%20Practices.html (this link no longer works)
3. Other documents (Miscellaneous)