Websites
- The Dublin Core Metadata InitiativeThe Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, or "DCMI", is an open organization supporting innovation in metadata design and best practices across the metadata ecology.
- Encoded Archival Description Tag LibraryEncoded Archival Description (EAD) is the international metadata transmission standard for hierarchical descriptions of archival records. This tag library represents version EAD3 of the Encoded Archival Description schemas, released in August 2015.
- Librarian's toolboxLinks to popular OCLC resources. Includes a section on cataloging tools.
- Cataloguing Aids BlogA blog with links to cataloging aids.
- WorldCat.orgWorldCat.org lets you search the collections of libraries around the world
Databases
- Cataloger's DesktopAlmost 300 cataloging and metadata resources including the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2), Describing Archives, a Content Standard (DACS), Library of Congress Rule Interpretations, and Subject Headings. (Note: Contact the library for user name and password. New users will be asked to set up an individual account.)
- RDA ToolkitRDA provides a set of guidelines and instructions on formulating data to support resource discovery. RDA is a new cataloging standard that will replace the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR). (New users will be asked to create a User Profile.)
Books
Beginning Cataloging by
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. Provides clear and comprehensible explanations of the rules and tools used by libraries to catalog and classify their materials Illustrative examples for each aspect of cataloging, classification, RDA, and MARC computer encoding Covers all types of material formats, including books, audiovisuals, images, sound, electronic resources, and more Offers numerous practical exercises as well as a glossary of cataloging terms and tools
Call Number: Z693 .W45 2017ISBN: 9781440838446Publication Date: 2016-12-12
Cataloging Library Resources by
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. Written in clear language by someone who teaches cataloging in a library support staff program and featuring practical examples, Cataloging Library Resources: An Introduction will help library support staff become effective catalogers. Other books on this topic are written for professional librarians rather than support staff. And although 85% of library support staff do not hold professional degrees, many are expected to do the complex and technical work of catalogers. This book provides many examples that support staff can use to learn how to catalog all types of library print, media, and digital materials using the most up-to-date Library of Congress standards. Using this handbook as a guide, readers will be able to perform the ALA-LSSC cataloging and classification competencies and the new RDA, FRBR, and BIBFRAME standards listed below: - Apply and manage the appropriate processes, computer technology, and equipment for cataloging and classification. - Apply principles of Resource Description and Access (RDA) and the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) when creating cataloging records. - Apply principles of the Bibliographic Framework Initiative (BIBFRAME) and utilize the BIBFRAME model to create cataloging records. - Use the basic cataloging and classification tools, both print and online, including bibliographic utilities and format standards. - Understand the value of authority control and its basic principles, and can identify and apply appropriate access points for personal names, corporate bodies, series, and subjects. - Explain the value and advantages of cooperative or collaborative cataloging practices to enhance services. - Know the basics of standard metadata formats and cataloging rules to select, review, and edit catalog records, and to generate metadata in various formats. - And more
ISBN: 9781442274853Publication Date: 2017-01-26
Cataloguing and Classification : an introduction to AACR2, RDA, DDC, LCC, LCSH and MARC 21 standards by
Cataloguing and Classification introduces concepts and practices in cataloguing and classification, and common library standards. The book introduces and analyzes the principles and structures of library catalogues, including the application of AACR2, RDA, DDC, LCC, LCSH and MARC 21 standards, and conceptual models such as ISBD, FRBR and FRAD. The text also introduces DC, MODS, METS, EAD and VRA Core metadata schemes for annotating digital resources. Explains the theory and practice of bibliographic control Offers a practical approach to the core topics of cataloguing and classification Includes step-by-step examples to illustrate application of the central cataloguing and classification standards Describes the new descriptive cataloguing standard RDA, and its conceptual ground, FRBR and FRAD Guides the reader towards cataloguing and classifying materials in a digital environment
ISBN: 9780081001615Publication Date: 2014-12-12
Crash Course in Basic Cataloging with RDA by
Covering tools, terminology, and the FRBR-based RDA approach to description, this book explains the current principles of organization of information and basic cataloging practices for non-catalogers, enabling readers to understand elements of the cataloging process and interact with records in a basic manner. * Provides an easy-to-follow, basic understanding of organization of library information and cataloging practice that explains how records are created and offers assistance in applying RDA * Offers valuable insight for non-catalogers (and even non-librarians) into the practices and tools used in organization of information and cataloging by documenting the work that catalogers are now doing * Explains the approaches to organizing different formats of materials in libraries and accounts for the effects of RDA on current cataloging practices
ISBN: 9781440837760Publication Date: 2015-10-01
History, theories, and concepts of knowledge organization by
The author introduces the very foundations of classification, starting with the ancient Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle, as well as Theophrastus and the Roman Pliny the Elder. They were first in a line of distinguished thinkers and philosophers to ponder the organization of the world around them and attempt to apply a structure or framework to that world.
ISBN: 9781627055789Publication Date: 2015
Introduction to knowledge organization by
This book provides a complete introduction to the rapidly expanding field of Knowledge organization (KO), presenting historical precedents and theoretical foundations in a discursive, intelligible form, covering the philosophical, linguistic and technical aspects. In the contemporary context of global information exchange through linked data, Knowledge organization systems (KOS) need to be represented in standard inter-operable formats. Different formats for KOS representation including MARC, Dublin Core, SKOS and OWL are introduced as well as the application of Knowledge organization to a variety of activities and contexts: education, encyclopedic knowledge, the Internet, libraries, archives, museums, galleries and other institutions collecting and providing access to recorded knowledge. Key coverage includes: - ontology and epistemology in KO- KO structures: lists, hierarchies, facets...- KO types: tagging, taxonomies, thesauri, classifications...- conceptual analysis of documents- applications in the digital age. Covering theoretical and practical aspects of KO and using real-life examples to illustrate its application, this book will be a valuable resource for students, researchers and practitioners of Knowledge organization, information organization, cataloguing and classification.
ISBN: 9781783304677Publication Date: 2020
Introduction to Metadata by
Praise for the First Edition: "An excellent starting point for information professionals to gain a basic understanding of fundamental concepts, then move ahead with a guided path for further research and study." --Art Documentation Metadata, literally "data about data," provides a means of indexing, accessing, preserving, and discovering digital resources. The volume of digital information available over electronic networks has created a pressing need for standards that assist in locating, retrieving, and managing this vast and complex universe of information. This revised edition of Introduction to Metadata, first published in 1998 and updated in an online version in 2000, provides an overview of metadata--its types, roles, and characteristics; a discussion of metadata as it relates to resources on the Web; a description of methods, tools, standards, and protocols that can be used to publish and disseminate digital collections; and a handy glossary. Newly added to this edition are an essay on the importance of standards-based rights metadata to the activities of cultural institutions; and a section entitled "Practical Principles for Metadata Creation and Maintenance." The Introduction To series deals with complex issues and tools related to the production, management, and dissemination of cultural heritage information resources.
ISBN: 9780892368969Publication Date: 2008-11-11
