Copy Cataloging Training on Folio for Student Assistants: Building the Call Number (Dewey & Cutter)

Building a Call Number

1. Check the 082 field in the MARC bib record

2. If there is more than one 082, choose the second. It is more likely to have been built from the most recent edition of the cataloging standards.

3. If there are no 082 fields, check to see if the record has been updated.

• Search OCLC for an updated record
• If there is an 082, overlay the record and proceed as usual.
• If there is not an 082 field, check to see if there are other versions of the record with an 082. If yes, then copy the call number from the record. If not, then leave the call number section blank for the cataloger.

4. From the 082, take the call number with up to 8 characters past the decimal point:

5. If the final digit is a zero, leave it off. 

6. Remove all slashes from the call number.

Building a Cutter : see links below