Cooperative Cataloging Rules. LCSH Form-Genre Headings. LCSH topical headings usable as genre headings The Library of Congress has begun issuing authority records for form & genre headings, but at the current rate, it will likely be several years before they finish with a first pass through all of the major categories of headings. In the meantime, the Library of Congress has confirmed (see Frequently Asked Question #Q28) that it is appropriate, with some exceptions, for libraries to choose to code form & genre headings in the format 655 _0 Heading. rather than the old method of coding them as topical headings (650 _0 Heading.), as long as there is a topical authority record for the heading.
Their statement affects all types of material, even if the Library of Congress has not yet created a genre authority record for a particular heading. Last updated: 8 February 2014 (through List 2014-01) Additions or corrections can be sent to me at (preferred), or via my online comment form. Sorted by category. Describe NZ - NZ Cataloguing Wiki. Library of Congress Authorities (Search for Name, Subject, Title and Name-Title) Cataloging Distribution Service (CDS) Abbreviations for Place of Publication in AACR2 and as Postal Codes. Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusett Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming.
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. 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. The Library of Congress, Marc Standards Division has published a DRAFT document on the web entitled: “Marc 21 Format 2009 Changes to Accommodate RDA (DRAFT)” The Director for Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Announces the Library of Congress' Decision to Cease Creating Series Authority Records as Part of Library of Congress Cataloging AMICUS Web.
The Cataloging Calculator - Abbreviations & Codes. Library technical service home pages professional, academic, public, school, commercial. Cataloging Electronic Resources. By Jay Weitz, Senior Consulting Database Specialist, OCLC WorldCat Quality Management Division, Revised 2006 July 11. Introduction This document originally combined and superseded two older sets of OCLC guidelines for dealing with electronic resources: "Cataloging Electronic Resources: OCLC-MARC Coding Guidelines," by Rich Greene, first published in February 1998; and "OCLC Guidelines on the Choice of Type and BLvl for Electronic Resources," by Jay Weitz, first published in March 1998.
This consolidated document was originally prompted by the issuance in June 1999 of " Guidelines for Coding Electronic Resources in Leader/06" by the Library of Congress Network Development and MARC Standards Office. Like the two superseded OCLC documents, this revised set of guidelines is intended to assist catalogers in creating records for electronic resources in WorldCat, the OCLC Online Union Catalog. All of these documents remain primary sources for guidance in the cataloging of electronic resources.