User:DeborahLeslie/Workflows
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This is where I record workflows and procedures while they're being worked out, or are particular to me alone
Cataloging workflows for ad hoc, preliminary, and other forms of incomplete records
Ad hoc records
New records created by a cataloger in TIND. Developed during the 2024 Barcoding Project, for materials returned from storage without existing records in the catalog.
- First stage**
- Start a new record using the **Cat: ad hoc record (printed text)** template
- Enter title and imprint transcription. Copy-and-paste from Connexion if available, proofreading carefully
- Verify other details of the physical copy if feasible. For instance, the signatures and pagination of a 16-page pamphlet are easily verifiable, as is basic bniding information
- Optionally, take a picture of the title page and colophon and add to DFo-reference-images at `
- Verify transcription and other easily verifiable physical details. (For instance, , while that of a longer book are not).
- Optionally, add very basic binding information. (For instance, "bound in leather")
- Retain or add