This document is designed to establish minimum level criteria for libraries adding bibliographic records to the LCLS bibliographic database or editing existing bibliographic records.
Bibliographic records are the heart of our shared database.
These records are the common property of all GateNet members. It does not matter which library created the record, or transferred it into the bibliographic database. Maintaining the quality and integrity of each record is a responsibility all GateNet members share. For the purposes of this document cataloging is defined as adding a new bibliographic record to the LCLS bibliographic database, or editing an existing record. For this document, adding items to an existing record is not considered cataloging.