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CONSER Cataloging Documentation

Changes to CONSER Documentation

CONSER Documentation Tracker (Revised March 2025) (PDF, 199KB)

CONSER Cataloging Manual CCM

Modules for Original RDA

  • 0: Introduction to Continuing Resources (Word, 171KB) (PDF, 336KB)
  • 1: Introduction to Cataloging Serial Works (PDF, 226KB) Revised 2024
  • 2: What is a Serial? (PDF, 1304MB) Revised 2025
  • 3: Preferred source and other sources of information (Word, 617KB)( PDF, 887KB)
  • 4: Persons, families, and corporate bodies associated with a work (Fields 100-111 and 700-711) (Word, 889KB) ( PDF, 922 KB)
  • 5: Authorized access points for serial works and expressions (Word, 196 KB) ( PDF, 389KB)
  • 6: Title Statement (Word, 1.62MB) ( PDF , 1.53MB)
  • 7: Additional authorized access points and variant access points for the title (Fields 245, 246, and 730/740/700-711) (Word, 447KB) ( PDF, 675KB)
  • 8: Numbering (Fields 362, 515, 588) (Word,358 KB) ( PDF,1.09MB)
  • 9: Edition statement (Field 250) (Word , 376KB) ( PDF, 517KB)
  • 10: Publication, distribution, etc. (Word, 627KB) ( PDF ,782KB)
  • 11: Physical Attributes (Word, 43KB) ( PDF, 298KB)
  • 12: Series statements and authorized access points (Fields 490 and 8xx) (Word, 156 KB) ( PDF, 562KB)
  • 13: Notes (Word, 69KB) ( PDF, 540KB)
  • 14: Linking relationships (Fields 765-787, 580) (Word,417 KB) ( PDF, 607KB)
  • 15: Subject headings (Word, 606KB) ( PDF, 637KB)
  • 16: When to create a new description(Word, 406KB) ( PDF, 687KB)
  • 17: Related Work (Word, 10.3MB) ( PDF, 2.38MB)
  • 18: Authorized access points for persons, families, places, and corporate bodies (Word, 463KB) (PDF, 525KB)
  • 21: Modifying records (Word 103 KB)(PDF, 525KB)
  • 22: Interpreting Pre-RDA Serial Cataloging Records (Word, 167KB) (PDF, 637KB)
  • 30: Direct access electronic serials (Word, 221KB) (PDF, 930KB)
  • 31: Remote access electronic serials (Online serials) (Word, 1.1 MB) (PDF , 993KB)
  • 32: Microform and Print on Demand Serials (Word,1.47MB) (PDF, 1.28MB)
  • 33: Newspapers (Word, 764 KB) (PDF, 1.14MB)
  • 34: Legal serials (Word, 201KB) (PDF, 697KB)
  • 35: Integrating resources (Word, 11MB) ( PDF, 7MB) Revised 2024
  • Appendix A. Acronyms and Initialisms Relating to Continuing Resources  (2021) (Word, 28KB) ( PDF, 235KB)
  • Appendix B. Glossary (2021) (Word, 41KB) (PDF, 254KB)
  • Appendix C. Select Bibliography of Works and Sources of Information Useful to Serials Catalogers (2021) (Word, 38KB) (PDF, 317KB)

CONSER Editing Guide

Section A: The CONSER Program Section B: Policies Section C: Procedures Section D: Introduction to Format Section E: Marc 21 Format for Serials as Applied within CONSER Section F: Appendixes