A Snapshot of Early Acceptance of the CONSER Standard Record in Local Catalogs

Serials Literature Review 2008–9

“…A study by Terrill discussed the new CONSER Standard Record, which "represents a change in cataloging philosophy, with its emphasis on access and meeting user needs over detailed description with its focus on access rather than bibliographic description." 109 Terrill hoped to assess the initial acceptance of the CONSER Standard Record by catalogers and determined that library staff in the study had accepted most of the changes with minimal modifications to the records during copy cataloging. When individual MARC fields were considered, cataloging staff, especially those from CONSER libraries, were unlikely to edit individual fields in 68-99 percent of the instances.…”