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title: "Data Entry or Cataloguing (Legacy)"
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Cataloguing is the activity that describes the manual effort and tasks necessary for the creation and maintenance of records in the database (data capture). There are several associated tasks that includes the recording of details about physical and digital items. When physical items are recorded there will be one or more copies of the physical item and these can be individually recorded with or without bar codes to track the items. The task of cataloguing also encompasses the management of thesauri, managing reviews and ratings, the creation of labels.   Records can be created in the database by automated methods using the  Import  function. Imports can be performed manually or at predefined scheduled periods.  Cataloguing tasks creating a new record in the database editing an existing record in the database duplicating a record in the database deleting a record from the database merging records in the database auto cataloguing submission of records by End Users Copy management tasks creating new copies creating single copies creating bulk copies editing copies duplicating copies deleting copies restoring a deleted copy record loaning from the copy record printing labels Reviews and Ratings tasks Rating Questions Maintenance Moderating Reviews Experiencing problems with cataloguing? See the  Troubleshooting Guide .