Cataloging is a critical element in offering quality services in libraries. Quality cataloging influences retrieval efficiency, decision-making, time, and cost-effectiveness of different types of work. A small number of studies are available on the quality assessment of cataloging, and tools for evaluating catalogs are also limited. Researchers suggest local-level quality assessment of catalogs. In this study, the drawbacks of Zeng’s categorization system of error in evaluating catalogs in the context of the college libraries of Assam are discussed, and an assessment framework for quality assessment in the college libraries of Assam, India is developed. This tool was developed by modifying Zeng’s categorization system of errors based on the survey results among the study area's local users and frequent mistakes made by the local catalogers that were traced during the pilot study. This newly designed framework can also be used for local-level assessment with slight modifications in other areas. The results of this study can help assessment agencies, such as India’s National Accreditation and Assessment Council and National Institutional Ranking Framework, explore this aspect while assessing the qualities of higher education institutes.