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How To Avoid Common Cataloging Mistakes

Please avoid the following:

  1. Entry of incorrect item or bib location values.
  2. Omission of input library, initials, language, country or material type in the bib record.
  3. Failure to enter a value for non-filing characters, i.e. leading articles, in both the 2nd indicator of the 245 field and the SKIP fixed field.  Also, incorrect values -- often resulting from not counting the space after a leading article.
  4. Typos in barcodes.  Note that character prefixes and suffixes are case-sensitive.
  5. Use of multiple spaces between a leading article and the second word of the title.
  6. Incorrectly specifying whether a subject heading is a Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH), a Medical Subject Heading (MESH) or a local subject heading.