Topic: Cataloging

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Add a call number / brand new item

Add an item / duplicate copy

Advanced Reader Copies (ARCs) and Pirated Items

Asterisked Display of Cataloging Codes

Audio-Enabled Books: Wonderbooks & Vox

Basic WorkFlows Cataloging Workshop

Bibliographic Database Standards

Bibload Workshop

Cataloging 3 R’s: Reserves, Rentals, and Rotating Collections 

Cataloging At-A-Glance

Cataloging Best Practices

Cataloging On-Order Items 

Cataloging Parameters

Change the Default Library in the Call Number and Item Maintenance Wizard 

Change the Owning Library of an Item Cataloged in WorkFlows

Core Competencies for Cataloging Staff at RSA Member Libraries

Create a Brief Record

Create a Call Number for a Multi-Piece Item

Create and Delete a Temporary Record for a Non-RSA Interlibrary Loan Item

Database Maintenance Reports

Deleting Items from WorkFlows

Discard User 

Do Not Use a Record When…

Global Item Modification Wizard

GMDs versus Carrier Types

Guidelines for Cataloging Magazines in WorkFlows

Instructions for the WorkFlows Item Group Editor Wizard

Item Categories 4 & 5

Item Category 1

Matching a Record to Your Magazine

Matching an OCLC Record to Your Book

Matching an OCLC Record to Your Video or Sound Recording

Need Help Cataloging Your Item?

New Materials Item Types

Overview of the New RSA Cataloging Process for Items Without Matching Records

Pagination Considerations in Cataloging

Parts of the book guide 

Policy for the Elimination of the AV Item Types

Prefer Library of Congress Records

Procedure When RSA Is Ready to Upgrade Your Brief Item to an OCLC Record

Reconcile Cataloging Discrepancies between WorkFlows and the Physical Collection

Reporting Cataloging Issues to RSA

RSAcat Library of Things Search Limit

Search Strategy Guide for the WorkFlows Call Number and Item Maintenance Wizard

Site Visits and Virtual Visits

Training Update, Fall 2019

Transfer Wizard

Use the Item Group Editor to Search for Items Assigned Cataloging Codes No Longer in Your WorkFlows Menu 

WorkFlows cataloging set-up guide

WorkFlows format search enhancement

WorkFlows Item Cats 3, 4, 5 FAQs

WorkFlows Search Tips: Quickly Narrow Down Possible Record Matches

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