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A new edition of this best-selling textbook reintroduces the topic of library cataloging from a fresh, modern perspective.Not many books merit an eleventh edition, but this popular text does. Newly updated,
Introduction to Cataloging and Classification provides an introduction to descriptive cataloging based on contemporary standards, explaining the basic tenets to readers without previous experience, as well as to those who merely want a better understanding of the process as it exists today. The text opens with the foundations of cataloging, then moves to specific details and subject matter such as Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR), Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD), the International Cataloging Principles (ICP), and RDA.
Unlike other texts, the book doesn't presume a close familiarity with the MARC bibliographic or authorities formats; ALA's
Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2nd Edition, revised (AACR2R); or the International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD). Subject access to library materials is covered in sufficient depth to make the reader comfortable with the principles and practices of subject cataloging and classification. In addition, the book introduces MARC, BIBFRAME, and other approaches used to communicate and display bibliographic data. Discussions of formatting, presentation, and administrative issues complete the book; questions useful for review and study appear at the end of each chapter.
List of contents
ContentsPART I: INTRODUCTIONChapter 1: Cataloging in Context
Chapter 2: Development of Catalogs and Cataloging Codes
PART II: DESCRIPTION AND ACCESSChapter 3: Underlying Principles and Conceptual Models
Chapter 4: RDA Basics
Chapter 5: Manifestations and Items
Chapter 6: Works and Expressions
Chapter 7: Persons, Families, Places, and Corporate Bodies
Chapter 8: Relationships and the Use of Access Points
Chapter 9: RDA Metadata in the MARC Format
PART III: AUTHORITY CONTROLChapter 10: Authority Control
PART IV: SUBJECT ACCESSChapter 11: Subject Access
Chapter 12: Verbal Subject Access
Chapter 13: Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)
Chapter 14: Sears List of Subject Headings (SEARS)
Chapter 15: Other Verbal Access Systems
Chapter 16: Classification
Chapter 17: Decimal Classification
Chapter 18: Library of Congress Classification (LCC)
Chapter 19: Creation of Complete Call Numbers
Chapter 20: Other Classification Systems
PART V: FORMATTING AND PRESENTATIONChapter 21: MARC Encoding
Chapter 22: Alternative Containers for Metadata
Chapter 23: International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD)
PART VI: ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUESChapter 24: Cataloging Management and Support
Appendix A: RDA OutlineAppendix B: ICC11 RDA Book TemplateGlossary of Selected Terms and AbbreviationsSelected BibliographyIndex
About the author
Daniel N. Joudrey is a Professor in the School of Library and Information Science, Simmons University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, where he teaches information organization and cataloging. His research interests include aboutness determination, subject access to information, and cataloging education.
