Welcome to the Wisconsin Cataloger's Repository

Who are we?

The Wisconsin Cataloger’s Repository is a platform for Wisconsin public libraries to collect a baseline of best practices and standards with the goal of making cataloging data cleaner and providing a more consistent experience for users in discovering materials and preparing for a potential state-wide shared discovery layer.

What can you do here?

Review cataloging best practices

Click here to review a repository of documents describing the best practices for enabling statewide cataloging for different book and media attributes.

Cooperative Cataloging

Click here to learn about the history of the project, a Northern Waters Library Service (NWLS) initiated a statewide LSTA-funded project.

Bibliographic Standards Committee

Click here to read more about the Statewide Bibliographic Standards Committee and what our purpose is.