Basic Skills for Technical Services

Basic Skills for Bibliographic Gateway Services
last update: 7/2/01

The following Basic Skills list was created by the former CaTS Coordinating Group in order to identify a level of knowledge that all Bib Gateway Services staff should be expected to share. The anticipated outcomes were: (1) to develop a broader understanding of the work in the division; (2) to reduce the number of referrals; (3) to provide cross-training, and (4) to provide baseline knowledge for new staff.

The Prime Directive
If you leave anything for another person (a question, a printout, an item) always sign and date it.

EUCLID/OCLC

How to interpret EUCLID fields:

to know date item was ordered, received, cataloged, and sent to bindery

to distinguish different bibliographic formats

to find and interpret order records in EUCLID

to know what the location "in-process" means

to know what "0 copies" means in a bib record

How to place (or check for) an on-line request in EUCLID
How to use the EUCLID Authority File
OCLC information (such as, holdings, bib level, search options)
How to access WebCat
Understand differences between WebCat and production EUCLID

Materials

How to distinguish different types of materials:

Such as analyzed set, analyzed serial, serial, monograph, added volume, classed together/catalog separately

Difference between FastCat, SerCat, and MonoCat materials

Where to find lists of serials at bindery
Different methods for acquiring materials
Brittle books procedures

Locations/Communications

Information about Bib Gateway Services work groups:

Location of Group

Personnel and unique functions (including backup)

Bib Gateway Services web sites and listservs

Bibliographic Gateway Services Basic Technology Skills

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