Local practices summary

The following table summarizes the main local CCS practices that are at variance with national standards. See the Local practices category for more links.

Record creation rules

CCS Practice	Reason
When to create a new record in the local catalog	Group minor variants and split versions with major differences to facilitate searching and placing holds
When to catalog a series or set or serial as a single record or as multiple records for each part	Facilitates searching and placing holds
When possible, do not create new records when material accompanying test preparation books varies	Facilitates PAC searching

Rules for specific fields

MARC field	CCS Practice	Example	Reason
ALL	Follow local core-record standards regarding the list of required fields		Standardize/normalize record content, facilitate PAC searching, facilitate record identification
008 Audience	Required, one of four values	d e g j	Facilitates PAC searching
008 Literary Form	Required if applicable		Facilitates PAC searching
099	Include in preliminary records that are not fully cataloged	099 PRELIMINARY DATA	Facilitates cataloging workflow, reports
1XX	Sound recordings/Scores: AAP for principal performer	110 Beatles.	Facilitates PAC searching
250	Record multiple edition statements in one field	250 Unabridged, Revised edition.	Facilitates PAC searching
500	Add Enhanced CD for enhanced CDs	500 Enhanced CD.	Facilitates PAC searching
505	Required for certain materials		Requested by public services
520	Include summaries for audio books, videos, children's materials		Facilitates PAC searching
586	Include awards notes for the winners of certain awards	586 Caldecott Medal, 1979. 586 Academy Award for Best Picture, 2006.	Facilitates PAC searching
6XX	Follow local guidelines for Subject and genre headings		Facilitates PAC searching
600 or 650	Assign character headings at first appearance for adult works of fiction		Improves access to popular characters
655	Assign local genre headings for bilingual material.	655 7 Bilingual books.‡2local	Requested by public services; facilitates librarians' searches
655	Use "Video recordings for the hearing impaired" instead of "Films..." or "Television programs..."	655 7 Video recordings for the hearing impaired.‡2lcgft	Facilitates PAC searching
691	Subject headings for local authors	691 7 Lake Forest (Ill.)‡xAuthors.	Requested by public services
753	Video games: Include platform	753 PlayStation 4	Facilitates PAC searching
856	Delete URLs for cover image, excerpts, tables of contents		Often inaccurate/broken links
945	Include a 945 field in records that should not have holdings updated in WorldCat	945 ‡bOCLC DO NOT SET	Required by TMQ