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Save the Date for the 2025 UPRLC Annual Conference

The 2025 UPRLC Annual Conference will be held on September 17-September 18, 2025 at Bay College in Iron Mountain, Michigan.  This year’s theme is “Back to Basics and Beyond”.  Keep an eye out for our call for proposals and vendors in February.  Detailed information will be posted on our web site under “Collaboration and Committees–UPRLC Annual Conference”.  We hope to see you in Iron Mountain next September for two days of learning, collaborating, and socializing! 

Posted on January 20, 2025 in General

Bad record – 590 upgrade

Bad bib records exist.  Bad bib records exist in SmartPort and they exist in our shared catalog.  If you see a bad record in smart port– no 3oo fields, no subject headings, bad formatting, wrong description (online resource in the 300 field instead of a page count)– the best solution is to not import the record.  Look for a better record.  Scan the ISBN into a google search to verify a new book has been released and put the item aside if it hasn’t.  Placeholder records are released before a … read more Bad record – 590 upgrade→

Posted on January 20, 2025 in The cat's meow :|b cataloging tips

Cataloging hacks: item record by collection spreadsheet

Late Christmas gift? Help with a new year resolution? If all you ever wanted for Christmas was a sense of order, this spreadsheet’s for you! I’ve noticed some libraries lack a good tool for keeping track of how to add item records for different kinds of materials housed in different collections. When I started cataloging at Peter White Public Library, I was lucky.  I inherited an Excel workbook that had evolved over the years, enhanced by a series of clever catalogers who preceded me.     If I were expected to … read more Cataloging hacks: item record by collection spreadsheet→

Posted on December 27, 2024 in The cat's meow :|b cataloging tips