The ARC Department is responsible for taking original catalog records that have already been created by other libraries and adopting them for local use, with or without modification, as necessary. This process is called copy cataloging. The following pages describe the basic work flow as it occurs at Northwestern.

• Books are received
• The copy cataloging process

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Last reviewed: 09/20/07