Overview of Services

Special Libraries Cataloguing has been remotely serving libraries internationally for over fifty years, at first receiving mailed, couriered, or digital copies of client resources.  More recently receiving metadata spreadsheets, electronic files, URLs, PDFs, etc. by Email. 
 

Languages Covered

English, French and Spanish. Please inquire about other Roman languages.

MARC records can be provided in French (French descriptive notes, RVM French subject headings above English ones), or in Spanish (Spanish descriptive notes, Bilindex/Oakland Spanish subject headings above English ones).

Cataloguing in Publication (CIP)

SLC provides cataloguing in publication data for publications which fall outside the scope of either the Library of Congress or Library and Archives Canada CIP programs.

Electronic Resource MARC Records for Publishers

Publishers and aggregators of electronic resources (monographs, serials, and websites), find that libraries expect them to provide MARC records. The preparation of records for electronic resources is an increasing part of SLC's work. 

Products

Products include RDA/MARC21 (machine readable cataloguing) records, in the MARC-8 and/or UTF-8 character set, via FTP, HTTP(S) or Email.

Cataloguing Practices

Cataloguing follows the provisions of RDA with enhancements, e.g., names of firm members who speak at symposia as added entries, and jurisdictional qualification of all cities of publication. SLC attempt to avoid RDA "not identified" phrases.

Classification

Classifications available include LCC (Library of Congress Classification), DDC (Dewey Decimal Classification), NLM (National Library of Medicine Classification) in conjunction with LC or alone, BISAC (Book Industry Standards and Communications), UDC (Universal Decimal Classification), Moys (A Classification Scheme for Law Books), and KF Mod (KF Classification Modified for Use in Canadian Law Libraries), as well as Canadian FC and PS8000.

Subject Headings

Subject headings available are LCSH (Library of Congress Subject Headings) and MeSH (NLM's Medical Subject Headings), BISAC and local subject headings may be requested.

OCLC Loading

SLC can upload MARC records to your OCLC (Worldcat) account on your behalf, adding the found or assigned OCLC control numbers to your MARC records.

Bibliographic Data Conversion and Enhancement

SLC provides conversion and MARC enhancement services, including conversion to and from XML, XLS, CVS, ONIX and other native formats employed by various integrated library systems. Please contact us for more information.