COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY FOR DOCUMENTARY MATERIALS
Policy for Cataloguing the Library Collections: Contents
Compiled and edited by Jane Savidge and Douglas Dodds, for the National Art Library Cataloguing Policy Group. Victoria and Albert Museum, 1998, National Art Library, ISBN 1 85177 266 9. Revised edition, 1998.
Introduction
1. Cataloguing aims
2. Provision of integrated access to the NAL collections
2.1 Commitment to the integration of formats
2.2 Extending coverage of the Computer Catalogue
2.3 Provision of access to the bibliographic information resources of the Museum
2.4 Participation in national attempts to extend access to the bibliographic resources of the subject
2.5 Retaining flexibility to identify and search subsections of the catalogue
3. Developing cataloguer expertise
4. Source of records
4.1 Derived records
4.2 Record creation
5. Cataloguing practices: Description
5.1 Standards followed
5.2 Use of MARC fields
5.3 Level of cataloguing
5.3.1 Full descriptive cataloguing
5.3.2 Enhanced level cataloguing
5.3.3 Minimal level cataloguing
5.3.4 Archival cataloguing
5.3.5 Analytic cataloguing
5.4 Special aspects included in descriptive records
5.4.1 Physical features and form of the item
5.4.2 Copy-specific information
5.4.3 Provenance information
5.5 Accuracy in the provision of catalogue information: identification of areas of uncertainty
5.6 Open catalogue entries
6. Relationship between the description and controlled access points
7. Authority control of name headings
8. Extending access by subject
8.1 Level of subject indexing
8.1.1 Exhaustivity
8.1.2 Specificity
8.2 Addition of new headings
8.3 Continuity
9. Provision of controlled access by form and physical characteristics
10. NAL validation and review procedures
11. Checking work
12. Public access to cataloguing data
13. Keeping track of the physical item during cataloguing
Appendix A. Standards, authorities and term lists
Appendix B. Main USMARC fields in use
Appendix C. Archives and archival description policy statement