Serials Team

Mary Grenci (Serials Team Leader and Scholars' Bank Coordinator)
Christine Carmichael (Serials Cataloger and Metadata Technician)
Rebecca Fisher (Serials Cataloger and Metadata Technician/MSDP Technology Specialist)
Justin Morehouse (Serials Cataloging/Acquisitions Electronic Resources Technician)
Lonni Sexton (Serials Cataloger and Metadata Technician/Documents Specialist)

What We Do

The Serials Team is responsible for serials cataloging and database maintenance of serial records in the online catalog. This includes:

Cataloging of serials in all formats and Roman-alphabet languages
Creation and some maintenance of check-in records
Creation of item records
Creation and maintenance of OCLC local data records that show summary holdings information
Closing out of records for titles that have ceased
Creating and maintaining links between related serial records
Determining whether a publication is a monograph or a serial
Recataloging of titles from monograph to serial records
Retrospective conversion of serials
Database maintenance related to serial titles
Bibliographic problem-solving
Answering questions about local and national serials cataloging policies and practice
Providing assistance in the interpretation of serials records as needed

Serials include publications such as journals, magazines, newspapers, and other publications issued on a regular, fairly frequent basis (e.g. annual directories, biennial reports).

Cataloging and database maintenance of non-Roman alphabet serials is performed in the team specializing in the appropriate language.