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Orbis Cataloging Manual

Last Updated: 25 July 1995

Table of Contents

• Bibliographic Record
1. Standards for Bibliographic Records
2. Creating an Original Bibliographic Record
3. Editing a Bibliographic Record
4. Creating, using Orbis provisional records
5. Deriving from an existing Orbis record
6. Library of Congress Bibliographic File
7. Library of Congress CIP records
8. Added Copies
9. Multiple Versions
10. Added Photocopies
11. Use of the RLIN LI CTYA
12. Use of Yale Law Library Bibliographic Records
13. Special Tracings
14. Uniform Titles
15. Shelf Card Production
16. Extra Card Production
• Copy Holdings Record
• Volume Holdings Record
1. Overview of Orbis Volume Holdings Records
2. Guidelines for Multipart Monographs
3. Policies
4. Withdrawals
• Authorities
• Retrospective Conversion
• Appendices
1. Summary Checklist of Commands and Conventions
2. Orbis Cataloging Workflow
3. Orbis Fixed Fields: books format
4. Orbis Fixed Fields: serials format
5. Fixed Field 007
6. Summary of Holdings Record Fields and Codes
7. System-defined Form/Size Designations

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Revised: 25 July 1995
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