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Now thoroughly updated to include recent changes with RDA, this easy-to-use primer provides an introduction to standardized cataloging that will benefit library technicians as well as students in library technician and teacher librarian programs.This easy-to-use primer provides a complete introduction to current standard cataloging practice. The simple language, helpful examples, and clear descriptions of processes and techniques make it a valuable tool for any beginning cataloger or worker in a technical services department. Updated with key information about RDA principles and practices and following the same pragmatic approach as the first edition, the book empowers students with an understanding of the core principles and language of cataloging. Readers will learn how to apply standard descriptive cataloging rules to assign subject headings and classification numbers and to create electronic records.
The book first examines the cataloging-in-publication data found on the verso of most books. Then, chapter by chapter, it explains how this data can be developed into a full bibliographic record that can be used in an online public catalog, covering all types of material formats (books, audiovisuals, images, sound, electronic resources and more). This guide will also serve as a workbook in formal education programs or distance education programs and be useful to library technicians and those working in areas where formal training is inaccessible.
List of contents
1-INTRODUCTIONStandardized Cataloging
Functions of the Catalog
Further Learning
A Word about Figures and Exercises
Notes
2-CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATIONUsing CIP to Build a Bibliographic Record
Looking at a CIP Record in Detail
International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD)
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
3-COMPUTER CODINGMARC Bibliographic Format
Summary
4-DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGINGRDA: Resource Description & AccessThe Core Elements
Noncore Elements
Summary
Exercises
5-ACCESS POINTSChoosing the First Access Point
Choosing More Access Points
Establishing Proper Forms for Access Points
Form of Personal Names
Form of Corporate Body Names
Forms of Geographic Names
Forms of Titles
Cross-References
Exercises
6-SUBJECT HEADINGSSears and LCSH: A Comparison
CIP Records and Subject Headings
Choosing Subject Headings
Subject Cross-References
Subject Headings for Literary Works
Children and Young Adults Cataloging Program (CYAC)
The Canadian Connection
Cataloging Tools Mentioned in
Exercises
7-CLASSIFICATIONDDC and LCC: A Comparison
The Dewey Decimal Classification
The Library of Congress Classification
The Canadian Connection
Cataloging Tools Mentioned in
Exercises
8-COPY CATALOGING AND POLICY ISSUESIntroduction
Policy Issues
Overview of the Operation
Summary
Appendix: Answers to ExercisesGlossaryIndex
About the author
Sheila Intner is professor emeritus, Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Mount Holyoke College. She has received several awards, including ALA's Margaret Mann Citation Award for outstanding contributions to education for cataloging and classification.
Jean Weihs has worked in university, public, school, and special libraries as a reference librarian, a bibliographer, and a school librarian. Most of her career has involved teaching cataloguing to librarians, library technicians, and school librarians in Canada and the United States. She represented the Canadian Committee on Cataloguing for nine years on the Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR, five of these as JSC Chair. She has held 45 positions on national and international committees. Jean Weihs has written 17 books, 6 separately published pamphlets/documents, 10 chapters in books edited by others, and over 125 articles and book reviews in professional journals. She is the recipient of 13 national and international awards.
Jean Weihs has taught cataloging to librarians, library technicians, and school librarians in Canada for 50 years, and was a visiting professor at two U.S. universities.
Sheila S. Intner is professor emeritus, Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA.
