Cataloging Library Resources - An Introduction

While there are many cataloging texts, very few are written specifically for library support staff. This is the one and only book purposefully aligned with the new American Library Association - Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC) competency standards for Cataloging and Classification.

List of contents

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
PART I FUNDAMENTALS OF THE CATALOGING PROCESS
1 Introduction
2 Catalogs, Collaborations, and Tools
3 Authority Control
4 MARC21 Records
5 Copy Cataloging
6 Metadata

PART II CLASSIFICATION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS

7 Dewey Decimal Classification System
8 Library of Congress Classification System
9 Classification: Collections and Subject Headings

PART III CATALOGING LIBRARY MATERIALS
10 RDA, FRBR, and FRAD
11 BIBFRAME: Preparing Catalogers for the Future
12 Practice Cataloging Library Resources in RDA and MARC21
Appendix - Answers to Exercises
Glossary
List of Editorial Advisory Board Members
List of Permissions
Index

About the author

By Marie Keen Shaw

Summary

While there are many cataloging texts, very few are written specifically for library support staff. This is the one and only book purposefully aligned with the new American Library Association – Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC) competency standards for Cataloging and Classification.

Product details

• Authors: Shaw, Marie Keen Shaw
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2017
• EAN: 9781442274853
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-7485-3
• No. of pages: 262
• Series: Library Support Staff Handbooks; Library Support Staff Handbook; Library Support Staff Handbooks; Library Support Staff Handbook
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system