Cataloging is the process by which records for books, journals, audiovisual materials, etc. that are owned by the InterAmerican Campus Library are created and entered into the LINCC on-line catalog.

Every title in our Library gets a separate record which contains the material information plus extensive computer coding. This is called the MARC record or Machine Readable Cataloging. Coding each element in the record allows the user to search down to the smallest element such as date, format, publisher, location in library, etc.

The Library uses an outsource service to incorporate the records of the new titles into the LINCC database. The services are provided by Baker & Taylor that is also the main provider of literature for our collection.

Other providers are EBSCO, (mostly for serials), Ambassador (for video tapes) and the McNaughton Company for leased books. The materials from these companies are received without a bibliographic record. a Our staff searches the CCLA database to locate the proper record or when there is no record the material is sent to LTS at North Campus for cataloging.

The magazines are collected as separate issues for six months or a year. Those titles of permanent interest for the college are sent to the bindery once or twice a year. The rest of the titles are kept as unbound materials for two years.