We catalogue material using the following standards.

MARC formats

  • MARC 21 format for bibliographic data: including guidelines for content designation. 1999 ed. Washington, DC: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1999.
  • USMARC format for holdings data: including guidelines for content designation. Washington, DC: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1989.
  • MARC 21 format for authority data: including guidelines for content designation. 1999 ed. Washington, DC: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1999.

MARC Standards – Library of Congress website

Descriptive cataloguing

  • Anglo-American cataloguing rules. 2nd ed., 2002 revision. Chicago: American Library Association, 2003.
  • Library of Congress rule interpretations. Washington, DC: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1990.

Standards for special material

We also use the following standards and manuals for special types of material.

Electronic publications

  • Guidelines for bibliographic description of interactive multimedia. Chicago: American Library Association, 1994.
  • Olson, Nancy B. Cataloging computer files. Lake Crystal, Minn.: Soldier Creek Press, for the Minnesota AACR2 Trainers, 1992.

Serials and integrating resources

  • Jean L. Hirons, ed. CONSER cataloging manual. 2002 ed.  Washington, D.C.: Serial Record Division, Library of Congress, 2002.
  • CONSER editing guide. 1994 ed. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, Serial Record Division, 1994.
  • Hallam, Adele. Cataloging rules for the description of looseleaf publications: with a special emphasis on legal materials. Washington, D.C.: Office for Descriptive Cataloging Policy, Library of Congress, 1986.

Cartographic material

  • Elizabeth U. Mangan, ed. Cartographic materials: a manual of interpretation for AACR2, 2002 revision. Chicago : American Library Association, 2003.

Rare books

  • Binding terms: a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloguing. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 1988.
  • Descriptive cataloging of rare books. 2nd ed. Washington, D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1991.
  • Examples to accompany Descriptive cataloging of rare books. Chicago : Association of College & Research Libraries, 1999.
  • Paper terms: a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloguing. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 1990.
  • Printing & publishing evidence: a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloging. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 1986.
  • Provenance evidence: a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloguing. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 1988.
  • Standard citation forms for published bibliographies and catalogs used in rare book cataloging. 2nd ed. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 1996.
  • Type evidence: a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloguing. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 1991.

Music publications (printed and recorded)

  • Music cataloging bulletin. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Music Library Association.
  • Smiraglia, Richard P. Describing music materials: a manual for descriptive cataloging of printed and recorded music, music videos, and archival music collections: for use with AACR2 and APPM. 3rd ed., rev. and enl.Lake Crystal, Minn.: Soldier Creek Press, 1997.

Subject cataloguing

Manuals for cataloguing talking books and Dorothy Neal White Collection material

  • Guidelines on subject access to individual works of fiction, drama, etc. Chicago: American Library Association, 1990.
  • Olderr, Stephen. Olderr’s fiction subject headings: a supplement and guide to the LC thesaurus. Chicago: American Library Association, 1991.

Authority control

  • Library of Congress Name Authorities
  • NACO participants’ manual
  • SACO participants’ manual.

Search Subject, Name, Title and Name/Title Authorities – Library of Congress website

Classification

  • Joan S. Mitchell, ed. Dewey decimal classification and relative index. ed. 22. OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Dublin, Ohio, 2003.

  • Boggs, Samuel W., and Dorothy Cornwell Lewis. The classification and cataloguing of maps and atlases. New York: Special Libraries Association, 1945.

  • Dove, Jack. Music libraries: including a comprehensive bibliography of music literature and a select bibliography of music scores published since 1957. Original ed. by Lionel Roy McColvin and Harold Reeves. London: Deutsch, 1965.