Summary:Instructions for cataloging the Children's and YA Literature Collection materials.
Create custom call number
Determine sublocation
Consult chart below
Insert custom call number in the 099 field
C-tag the 099 and y-tag any other call numbers present in the record
Biographies
Biographies involve some extra steps. This is necessary because of the case-by-case approach needed for biographies of individuals known only by one name or an honorific, as well as collective biographies. See more details here: [link to come]
For any biography, email Elizabeth Webster after cataloging is complete.
Elizabeth will confirm name or term usage in the 099.
For books being cataloged as part of the 2020-2021 reclassification project, the 099 should be y-tagged (a global update will be made when reclass/relabel/reshelve efforts are complete). See details here: Children's literature reclass
Collection
Subloc code
099
Example
Fiction Children's
mnjfc
$f FC $a [Author last name]
099__|fFC|aFaulkner
Fiction Middle Grade
mnjfm
$f FMG $a[Author last name]
099__|fFMG|aBarton
Fiction YA
mnjfy
$f FYA $a [Author last name]
099__|fFYA|aRowell
Nonfiction Children's
mnjnc
$f NFC $a [Dewey #] [Author last name]
099__|fNFC|a338.96 Illman
Nonfiction YA
mnjny
$f NFYA $a [Dewey #] [Author last name]
099__|fNFYA|a618.10 Barnes
Graphic Novels
mnjgn
$f GN $a [Author last name]
099__|fGN|aDepoorter
Poetry/Verse
mnjpv
$f POETRY $a [Author last name]
099__|fPOETRY|aWong
Biography
mnjbg
$f BIO $a [Biographee last name, first initial]
099__|fBIO|aAndrews T
$f BIO $a GROUP [Author last name]
099__|fBIO|a GROUP Rue
For Dewey numbers:
Many copy records already include a Dewey number in the 082
Series note = 830 #0 MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection. $5 MiEM
Potential GFT to apply include:
655_7 Picture books. $2 lcgft
655_7 Poetry. $2 lcgft
655_7 Graphic novels. $2 lcgft
655_7 Biographies. $2 lcgft
Subject headings may often be coded 650 #1 or 650 #7 for special vocabularies. All subject headings (except ones that look obviously incorrect) are ok to accept, even if they look repetitive or appear in Spanish.
After export:
add mnjuv as an additional location in the bib record in Sierra
although 5-letter codes are not usually used in bib records, one is used for this collection because it facilitates a scoped search in the public catalog; thus, the bib should contain both mn and mnjuv in its location field (per Dao, 2018)