Cataloging & Metadata

Department Head: Lori Osmus Kappmeyer, Associate Professor, (515) 294-4281, losmus@iastate.edu
Staff: 6 faculty, 1 P & S, 10.85 FTE merit
Physical Location: 204 Parks Library
Units: Serials Cataloging; Monographs Original Cataloging; Monographs Copy Cataloging

Serials Cataloging Unit

Section Telephone: (515) 294-0432

• Jeanne Boydston, Associate Professor, (515) 294-3456, jboydsto@iastate.edu
  • Serials Cataloger
• Jim Cole, Professor, (515) 294-4878, jecole@iastate.edu
  • Principal Serials Cataloger
  • Monographs vs. Serials Decisions
• Mary Enslow, Library Assistant III, msenslow@iastate.edu
• Judy Gerdes, Library Assistant III (.5), jmgerdes@iastate.edu
• Julie Schubert, Library Assistant IV (.5), jschuber@iastate.edu

Responsibilities: Catalogs and recatalogs serial titles, including added copies, added volumes, transfers, withdrawals, and retention changes; searches new titles for OCLC copy; edits serial records for OCLC and the local online catalog; performs authority work related to items cataloged; makes circulation decisions for newly cataloged serials.

Monographs Original Cataloging Unit

• Jeanne Boydston, Associate Professor, (515) 294-3456, jboydsto@iastate.edu
  • Monographs Humanities Cataloger
  • Metadata Cataloging Coordinator
• Judy Gerdes, Library Assistant III (.5), jmgerdes@iastate.edu
• Lenard Kluck, Library Assistant III, lenkluck@iastate.edu
• Suzanne LeSar, Adjunct Assistant Professor, (515) 294-3252, slesar@iastate.edu
  • Natural Sciences Cataloger
• Joan Leysen, Associate Professor, (515) 294-0428, jleysen@iastate.edu
  • Monographs Social Sciences Cataloger
  • Electronic Resources Cataloging Coordinator
• Mary Lohr, Library Assistant IV (.75), mjlohr@iastate.edu
• Julie Schubert, Library Assistant IV (.375), jschuber@iastate.edu
• Greg Wool, Associate Professor, (515) 294-5774, gwool@iastate.edu
  • Monographs Science and Technology Cataloger

Responsibilities: Catalogs monographs originally or with OCLC copy lacking acceptable Library of Congress call number and/or subject headings; catalogs media material, archival collections, monographic analytics of serial issues, and monograph analyzed sets; performs authority work related to items cataloged.

Monographs Copy Cataloging Unit

Unit Head: Kim Gawley, P&S, (515) 294-0427, kegawley@iastate.edu

• Dee Dreeszen, Library Assistant IV, (515) 294-0429, dreeszen@iastate.edu
• Jeff Hall, Library Assistant IV(.8), (515) 294-0429, jrhall@iastate.edu
• Terri Heinrich, Library Assistant IV, (515) 294-0429, terghein@iastate.edu
• Stephani Scherbart, Library Assistant IV (.25), (515) 294-0429, sscherba@iastate.edu
• Jane Vogelzang, Library Assistant IV, (515) 294-0429, jevogel@iastate.edu
• Stacey Bonello, Library Assistant III, (515) 294-0429, sbonello@iastate.edu
• Kathy Kent, Library Assistant III, (515) 294-9883, kkent@iastate.edu

Responsibilities: Final pre-order bibliographic searching of monograph firm order requests; also, necessary pre-cataloging searching for automatic receipts, e.g., approvals, gifts. Searching OCLC Online Union Catalog for appropriate cataloging records for all monographs (firm orders and automatic receipts). Cataloging monographs with Library of Congress records and most items with OCLC member-library records, primarily those with LC classification numbers; also, creation/updating of in-process records for items not cataloged at receipt. Cataloging ISU theses. Some monographs cataloging maintenance, including correction of errors and holdings changes resulting from additional copies, transfers between Library locations and withdrawals. Verifies headings new to the local online catalog; determines appropriate references; changes incorrect/obsolete headings; creates authority records.

This department is part of the ISU Library's Collections & Technical Services Division.