About Us

Catalog and Metadata Services (CMS) provides the conceptual framework (e.g,. resource descriptions, subject headings, classification, metadata mapping) that supports access to Yale's collections in 650 different languages and virtually all academic disciplines. Each year we catalog over 100,000 books, journals, microfilms, databases, websites, DVDs, and other kinds of materials. We provide an expanding array of core and specialized services, such as cataloging for physical and digital objects and metadata expertise for digital programs, and we  work proactively to improve Orbis, Yufind, Metalib, and other databases that support teaching, learning, and research at Yale. We also offer documentation and training to enhance services and intitiatives and support institutional memory.

Core Services

• Authority Control (NACO: Rick Sarcia; MARS: Eva Bolkovac)
• Batch Record Loads (Eva Bolkovac;  Matthew Beacom (for MARC-it)
• Catalog Management (contact: Dajin Sun)
• Copy Cataloging (contact: Tatiana Barr)
• Original Cataloging (contact: Tony Oddo)
• Training and Documentation (contact: Steven Arakawa)
• Metalib Management (contact: Eva Bolkovac)
• Rare Books (contact: Stephen Young)
• Specialty Cataloging (contact: Patricia Thurston)
• SQL Reports for Cataloging (contact: Daniel Lovins)

Projects and Initiatives (both those led by CMS and those to which we contribute)

• Arcadia Africana Project (contact: Charles Riley)
• Cross-Collection Discovery Task Force (contact: Youn Noh)
• Digital Preservation Repository Service (contact: Matthew Beacom)
• IMLS Grant Activities (contact: Youn Noh)
• International Programs Advisory Committee (contact: Daniel Lovins)
• Metadata Consulting (contact: Joan Swanekamp, Dajin Sun)
• METS profile customizations (contact: Dajin Sun)
• ODAI Work Group (CMS contact: Youn Noh)
• Research Data Task Force (CMS contact: Youn Noh)
• ShareStream (i.e., a streaming audio course reserve system; contact: Matthew Beacom)
• Unlocking Collections Initiative (e.g., maps, pamphlets, ephemera, to be given more robust cataloging to ensure full access; contact: Joan Swanekamp)
• Usability (contact: Daniel Lovins)
• Yufind (i.e., Solr-powered search engine for Orbis; contact: Daniel Lovins)

Committees

• Acquisitions Task Force (contact: Steven Arakawa)
• Backlog/Frontlog Task Force
• Catalog Coordinating Council (contact: Steven Arakawa)
• Cataloging Policy and Documentation Committee (contact: Steven Arakawa)
• Diversity Council (contact: Penny Welbourne)
• Manuscript Cataloging Committee
• Map Cataloging Task Force
• Minimal Level Cataloging Task Force (contact: Tatiana Barr)
• NACO Coordinating Committee (contact: Rick Sarcia)
• SACO Coordinating Committee (contact: Chris Smith)
• Tag Table and Templates (contact: Tom Bolze)

For Staff

• CMS Staff Directory
• See Departmental Sharepoint site  and Web server pages  for policy and workflow documentation.