Creating Bibliographic Records

To create bibliographic records in Catalog, you must be assigned permission 102 (Create bibliographic records). See Permissions Used by Sierra for more information.

To create a bibliographic record:

  1. Choose Catalog, Serials Checkin, Place Orders, or Receive from the Function list.
  2. Choose the File | New Record | Bibliographic Record menu option.
  3. Follow the steps described in Entering Data into New Records.
  4. If you have chosen in the Admin | Settings | New Records tab to automatically attach records, Sierra prompts you to enter values for the fields in the item, order, or checkin records to be created and attached. If you use automatic record attachment, choose Save All from the bibliographic record's Summary tab when you have created all of the attached records.