Careers Library (IML)

In 2001, Sibley Library was approached by the staff of what was then known as the Office of Career Planning and Placement, currently part of IML, about cataloging a small collection of career-related materials they kept in a departmental library. It was hoped that this would increase awareness of these materials. These materials were minimally cataloged according to these parameters:

• A new location was created called Career Planning and Placement.  With migration to Alma, a new "library" was also established for this collection

• Materials were delivered to the Head of Cataloging to be cataloged

• If the Career Planning Office wished to discard materials that had been cataloged by Sibley, they were to notify us of which titles to delete

• Each item had a sticker affixed that said "Cataloging by the Sibley Library"

• No barcodes were affixed

• If the item duplicated an item already held in Sibley, a new holdings was created for the Career Planning copy

• If the item was not already represented in Sibley's catalog, an OCLC record would be imported, but not updated, so that Sibley's holdings would not be attached

• If there was no OCLC copy, a brief record was created 

• No item record was created

The current status of this collection within IML is currently unknown. No materials have been delivered for cataloging in a number of ye

Example of a holdings record for the Careers Library, showing current library designation (ESM_CAR) and location (esmcarplan)