Summary: This procedure provides guidance to serials catalogers on the formulation of proper 982 MARC fields for the tracking of CONSER cataloging and maintenance statistics.
Overview
CONSER statistics must be input into Folio using a 982 field in the MARC SRS record, per the formula below
Records that have had a 982 added in Folio must also have an administrative note added to the Instance record to aid retrieval, reading: conserstats
On the Instance record:
Actions / Edit instance
Add administrative note
Type: conserstats
Save and close
Formula for 982 field
Initials (3 characters) + Category (8 characters) + Year & Month (YYYYMM) (do not include plus signs)
Categories
Records newly authenticated as CONSER use: ConsAuth
Maintenance of records already authenticated as CONSER use: ConsMain
Maintenance of non-CONSER records in the course of CONSER cataloging use: ConsNull
Examples
Joshua creates a new original record and authenticates it as CONSER:
jpbConsAuth201707
Emily closes off a CONSER record for a serial that has ceased:
emsConsMain201708
Loretta adds a 785 to a non-CONSER record for a serial that is an earlier title to the one that she has already authenticated as CONSER
lefConsNull201709
Reporting CONSER statistics
CONSER statistics are reported to the PCC Directory in April and October. More information is available from thePCC. Statistics are collected from Folio and parsed in Excel, then input into the appropriate fiscal year in the PCC Directory.
Policies
MSU Libraries is a CONSER participant, creating original catalog records and doing maintenance on existing records in the CONSER database of serial records within OCLC’s WorldCat.
Serial catalogers performing maintenance or creating new CONSER compliant records that count toward MSU Libraries' CONSER transactions should track their work in the Folio using the MARC 982 field according to the formula in this procedure, in combination with an administrative note in Folio to aid retrieval.