Cataloging and Metadata Services

Cataloging and Metadata Services provides access to scholarly materials in the Dartmouth College Library collection to support research, teaching and scholarship in the Dartmouth College community and the international academic community.

Cataloging and Metadata Services is responsible for organizing, describing, and cataloging the Dartmouth College Library collection. We are responsible for the development and maintenance of the Dartmouth College Library Catalog, and for the development and implementation of policies and standards that govern the creation and maintenance of the metadata that describe the collection.

Cataloging and Metadata Services, along with Digital Library Technologies Group, Preservation Services, and Records Management reports to the Associate Librarian for Information Management.

Services

These following services are for library staff use only. Library users needing assistance should contact a library staff member at any Reference, Circulation, or Information desk.

• Rush processing: for cataloging in-process materials when they are needed for a patron or for course reserves.
• Priority processing: for cataloging in-process materials when no specific patron is waiting but the bibliographer feels that processing should be expedited.
• Digital resources cataloging: for new free electronic resources or updating existing electronic resources records.
• Collection management (Print Materials):
  • Materials to be transferred, reclassed or relabeled
  • Questions about Library Catalog records
  • Corrections to Library Catalog records
  • Discard or withdraw materials
• Consultation services:
  • Assistance with item record training
  • Information about metadata standards for digital library projects
  • Information about the Cataloging & Metadata Services department: outreach, tours, orientation, etc.
• Contact us to request information and services from the department.

Information

• Article Linker information for library staff - FAQs, report problems, known issues, etc.
• Staff view of the Dartmouth College Library Catalog. (About the Staff view.)