Harnessing the Spiderweb: Collaborative Serial Maintenance, Challenges and Solutions at UC

Technical services representatives from University of California (UC) campuses formed a collaborative partnership to enhance local access to serials catalog records while also creating a mechanism for preserving local record data. This project was built upon the principles of a decentralized, cooperative cataloging system later envisioned by the Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control. A pilot project based on the UC's strong historical relationship with CONSER (Cooperative ONline SERials) provided the impetus for moving UC serials cataloging towards an efficient, high-quality single enterprise.