Information for Melvyl® Catalog Contributors
See sections below:
- Specifications for Record Conversion
- Guide to Error Records
- FTP Information
- Catalog Input Liaisons
- Location Table Maintenance
- Union Catalog Input Standards
These documents describe the Java conversion programs, which are a step in the pre-loading processing stream that standardizes and validates union catalog records.
- CSL DRA records [DOC]
- UCLA Endeavor records [DOC]
- UC Davis ExLibris records [DOC]
- UC Santa Barbara Exibris records [DOC]
- Innovative Interfaces INNOPAC records:
- For multiple California Digital Library input sources [DOC]
- Appendix GTU [DOC]
- Appendix UC Davis law [DOC]
- Appendix UC Riverside [DOC]
- Appendix UC Santa Cruz [DOC]
- Appendix UC San Diego [DOC]
- Appendix UC San Francisco [DOC]
- For III sources that send local data in MARC21 embedded holdings
- OCLC records: For multiple CDL input sources. [DOC]
- UC Berkeley Gladis records [DOC]
- RLIN21 records: For multiple CDL input sources. [DOC]
- Record output validation: For CDL Java converters. [DOC]
- Adding 793 fields for Shared Print items [DOC]
- Guide to error handling for Melvyl Catalog input sources: Covers the reporting and handling of errors detected during the record conversion phase of the catalog input processing stream. [DOC]
- FTP instructions: Information about FTPing records to and from the CDL.
- Catalog Input Liaisons: Names and email addresses of people serving as Catalog Input Liaisons on each campus. [DOC]
- Requesting changes to the CDL location tables: Explains how to submit requests for new or changed record locations. [DOC]
- Location change request form: Use this form to request changes to the CDL location tables. [DOC]
- Standard for Melvyl Catalog input records: Defines the standards for libraries to follow when contributing records to the Melvyl Catalog. The document addresses such areas as record format, required maintenance data, local data format, ftp requirements, and instructions for planning changes to record input streams. [RTF]
- Standard for minimal level MARC bibliographic records: For UC libraries. January 1, 2003 [DOC]