Assn. for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) Intro. CRS. Catalogablog. Wikis and Cataloguers: Success for the First Step | The Cataloguing Librarian. Our new wiki was installed in the beginning of December. I was both nervous and excited. This is the first “big” project that could have a huge impact not only in the cataloguing department, but also throughout the rest of the library. If this pilot project works, I can write a report that recommends wikis for other departments throughout the library system, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses that I have encountered, as well as the learning curves, training challenges and staff participation.
The First Step Although not fully implemented, my first step with our Wiki was to introduce the cataloguers to its possible functions and uses. I put up many of our cataloguing “cheat sheets”, links to relevant cataloguing sites, department announcements and recent cataloguing decisions from LC and LAC. Sending them the link to the Wiki, I asked them to have a look around, get use to the navigating aspects and layouts. Collaborative Lists New Lists are created as we catalogue items.
Like this: Library of Congress Authorities. Cataloguer's Toolbox. Learning to (copy) Catalog | Library Developments. Are you new to the wonderful world of copy cataloging? Maybe you haven’t thought about cataloging since library school and your new job requires a memory jog? Well, here are some resources to jumpstart your skills: The Northeast Kansas Library System’s Technology Librarian, Heather Braum, provided a very clear and engaging webinar in January 2012 called Beginning Cataloging: First Steps to Becoming a Fantastic Copy Cataloger.
She shared the archive here: Additional Resources: Need a little more than copy cataloging? Last but not least of course, the Library of Congress also has many great cataloging resources for the more advanced and academic set with their Catalogers Learning Workshop. EBSCO Support: Sears List of Subject Headings - Frequently Asked Questions. Sears List of Subject Headings - Frequently Asked Questions Click the link below for the answer to the question. What is the Sears List of Subject Headings? The Sears List of Subject Headings is a thesaurus-like database delivering a core list of headings, together with patterns and examples to guide the cataloger in creating further headings as needed. Since the first edition in 1923, the Sears List has served the unique needs of small and medium sized libraries, suggesting headings appropriate for use in their catalogs and providing patterns and instructions for adding new headings as they are required.
The successive editors of the List have faced the need to accommodate change while maintaining a sound continuity. The new and revised headings in each edition reflect developments in the material catalogued, in the use of the English language, and in cataloging theory and practice. The aim is always to make library collections as easily available as possible to library users. Back to top. Planet Cataloging. SLC: Cataloguing Cheat Sheets. Library Cataloguing Aids - Lynne's WEB. "Computerized search engines are no substitute for a well-cataloged library. Library catalogers -- perhaps the least thanked of a seldom thanked profession -- add value to already valuable information.
Like indexers, they classify, categorize. And like indexers, theirs is a job that's perceived as easily automated. It ain't so. The cataloger interprets. Looks for meaning. Provides context, cross-references, weaves diverse threads into easily seached end terms. "-- From "High-tech heretic : why computers don't belong in the classroom and other reflections by a computer contrarian" by Clifford Stoll. In order to fully utilize all the concepts of RDA we will in future be using MARC tags that up until now most of us have never used. For those of you who are having trouble grasping the ‘concept’ of RDA, perhaps seeing the concept translated into marc tags will help make it all seem clear and more understandable.
“Marc 21 Format 2009 Changes to Accommodate RDA (DRAFT)” AMICUS Web DDC Home Page. About the ISBD Review Group. ISBD Review Group (Singapore August 2013) Objectives The main objective of the ISBD Review Group is to maintain the International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD), which is intended to serve as a principal standard to promote universal bibliographic control, to make universally and promptly available, in a form that is internationally acceptable, basic bibliographic data for all published resources in all countries.
The ISBD's main goal is, and has been since the very beginning, to offer consistency when sharing bibliographic information. In the ISBD, national bibliographic agencies are called upon to "prepare the definitive description containing all the mandatory elements set out in the ISBD insofar as the information is applicable to the resource being described. " This practice is also recommended for application by libraries that share bibliographic data with each other. Origins of the ISBD The ISBD consolidated edition and FRBR Harmonization. Cooperative Cataloging Rules. LCSH Browser. This database contains about 6.2 million Library of Congress Subject Headings, set up for browsing by the authority headings themselves but also by phrases and even words contained in the headings.
The large majority of the records are for personal names and name/title combinations. This is in a very early stage! Little time and no funding was available for it, so please don't expect perfection. How can this help? Looking for publications on French poems written by female authors, what do you enter? How to browse [There's Boolean searching as well] After clicking on any term, you get four links displayed: one does a Worldcat search, the second a Google Books search, then a search in LibraryThing and in OpenLibrary. Browse LCSH is an allegro database. Library of Congress Authorities (Search for Name, Subject, Title and Name/Title) Roman Numeral Dates | Conversion Guide.