Cataloging for new print materials within 20 days at competitive prices

  • Enables libraries to receive materials and competitively priced full MARC records at the same time
  • MARCnow’s  partnership with Harrassowitz, East View, Erasmus enables libraries to receive fully cataloged materials at further reduced prices
    • Current participating libraries : Harvard, Cornell, Yale, Getty, Princeton, Illinois, Michigan State, Illinois 
    • Reduced pricing is enabled by overlap of titles between the participating libraries. If there is more than 1 library in the consortium buying the same book, then the price is further reduced for all participating libraries buying the same title.  
  • MARCnow can work with any vendor - The Workflow is as follows
    • Vendor ships books to our Princeton office
    • Our Princeton office scans and cataloging based on scans and customized to each library’s  specs 
    • Ship physically processed books (optional) along with the record to the library

Cataloging backlog materials for most language

  • Cataloging is based on surrogates
  • Scanning can be done either by the library or at our Princeton office
  • More than 50 Languages can be handled by our office
    • CJK –Middle Eastern: Arabic, Persian, Turkish
    • Russian and Slavic  Languages (including Cyrillic script) 
    • West European - German, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish etc
    • South Asian and Indian Languages – Bengali, Tamil, Marathi, Hindi, Bengali, etc. 

Flexible solutions for E-book cataloging

  • A consortium of libraries buying the same e-book package can be put together to drive the price of catalog record much lower due to 100% overlap between libraries buying the same package.
  • OR, if a significant portion of the e-book package is not of interest, we can catalog only selected titles of the package based on a profile. This allows the library to have full MARC record of uniform quality for the most relevant titles.
  • In both cases, we do a free review of all records for the particular e-book package to determine what proportion of records require upgrade.  

Cataloging from any media and as per exact specs and AACR2/RDA rules

 We create records (print and e - book) from any media that your organization possesses including, but not limited to, books, journals or microforms and produce MARC records to your exact specifications. Our experienced catalogers will provide high quality MARC21 records in compliance with AACR2/RDA rules.

We cater to all of your cataloging needs:

  • Original cataloging for a wide variety of materials, including serials and monographs, contemporary or historical. Original cataloging includes special attention to subject headings and intellectual access to books, providing call numbers with LC/DDC shelf listing and also can provide transliteration, translation nad original script if required.
  • Enhance existing copy with subject headings, notes, call numbers, script as needed and permitted by rules.
  • Upgrading of minimal-level MARC records into full MARC records to match your precise needs.
  • Customizing records (i.e. adding local holdings information).
  • Retrospective data conversion from both electronic and paper catalogs.

We work in over 50 languages including European, East Asian, South Asian and Slavic languages. Our catalogers are experts in a wide variety of subjects ranging from history, art and literature to sciences, engineering and medicine.

We deliver services on time and on budget by working jointly with clients to assess their specific needs and to develop a detailed work plan.

For more information, please email us at info@marcnow.com or meghna.modi@marcnow.com