cataloging_serials

Electronic Cataloging: AACR2 and Metadata for Serials and Monographs
$52.95
Examine some of the most recent developments in bibliographic control! Electronic Cataloging: AACR2 and Metadata for Serials and Monographs is a collection of papers about recent developments in metadata and its practical applications in cataloging. Acknowledged experts examine a wide variety of techniques for managing serials and monographs using standards and schemas like MARC, AACR2, ISSN, ISBD, and Dublin Core. From the broadest introduction of metadata usage to the revisions of AACR2 through 2000, this book offers vital analysis and strategy for achieving Universal Bibliographic Control. Electronic Cataloging is divided into three parts. The first is an introduction to metadata, what it is, and its relationship to the library in general. The second portion focuses in more on how metadata can be utilized by a library system and the possibilities in the near future. The third portion is very specific, dealing with individual standards of metadata and elements, such as AACR2 and MARC, as well as current policies and prospects for the future. Information covered in Electronic Cataloging includes: an overview of metadata and why it is important to the cataloging community
Universal Bibliographic Control: what has succeeded so far in cataloging and how metadata will evolve
the step-by-step process for creating an effective metadata repository for the community
the inherent problems that accompany cataloging nonprint research materials, such as electronic serials and the Web
metadata schemas and the use of controlled vocabularies and classification systems
standards of metadata, including MARC, Dublin Core, RDF, and AACR2, with emphasis on the revisions and efforts made with AACR2 through 2000
an overview of the ISSN (International Serials Standard Number) and its relationships to current codes and metadata standards, including AACR2
and much more! Electronic Cataloging is the undertaking of three pioneers in library sciences: Sheila S. Intner, Sally C. Tseng, and Mary L. Larsgaard, who co-edited Maps and Related Cartographic Materials: Cataloging, Classification, and Bibliographic Control (Haworth, 2000). With illustrations, references, additional reading lists, and case studies, this research tool offers you tips and strategies to make metadata work for you and your library. No one currently involved in information cataloging should be without this book!

Serials Cataloging at the Turn of the Century
$42.00
An overview of the research topics and trends that have appeared over the last five years, Serials Cataloging at the Turn of the Century doesn¡Çt just tell you that there has been a lot of change--that the information environment is something of a chameleon, always beguiling and slipping out of grasp. Instead, it gives you the plain facts on the specific challenges serials catalogers have been facing and how they¡Çre meeting adversity head-on, ready to gain the advantage in the rumble with proliferating information and formats.

Comprehensive, resource-packed, and easy-to-digest, Serials Cataloging at the Turn of the Century examines how developments in automation and national standards have broadened the role of the serials cataloger, how an integrated format can lessen the problem with duplicate records in computerized bibliographic utilities, and how CONSER has utilized new technology to facilitate access to serials information. It gives you strategies and cautions that will be useful to your cataloging unit as it prepares for an electronic resources cataloging venture, advice on how to develop an electronic communications network, and important information on:
accessing bibliographic information in European online catalogs
practical issues and concerns surrounding the cataloging of Internet materials
the need for a comprehensive guidebook for cataloging serials that are published in all types of audiovisual formats
Canada¡Çs largest information systems management outsourcing company
the multiple-version problem of serials
nontraditional resources for bibliographic information
the consolidation of the CONSER program and the Program for Cooperative Cataloging
making the technological infrastructure of a business successful at cataloging and processing items
changes in a serial unit¡Çs work flow when a library migrates to an integrated library system

Whether you want information on workstation-based cataloging tools, staffing an outsourcing company, ISSN Sweden, resources on AACR2 serials cataloging, or the bibliographic control of serials in special libraries, Serials Cataloging at the Turn of the Century has it all! In fact, it sorts out all the information--neatly and precisely--so that you won¡Çt have to bumble along in confusion, wondering how to navigate through the sea of information, cataloging programs and techniques, and user formats.

Serials Cataloging Handbook: An Illustrative Guide to the Use of Aacr2R and Lc Rule Interpretations
$75.00
Since publication of the first edition of the "Serials Cataloging Handbook", a number of major changes have occurred in the world of serials cataloguing, making it more complex than ever. Now, this guide to cataloguing and classifying serials has been completely updated and expanded. This revised edition incorporates the changes in serials cataloguing resulting from the "Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, Second Edition", 1988 revision, along with the 1993 Amendments. Other changes have resulted from the LCR Rule Interpretations (LCRI) as well as enhancements to the USMARC formats, the implementation of Format Integration in 1995 (phase 1) and in 1996 (phase 2), and from the need to provide access to various types of electronic resources. The "Serials Cataloging Handbook" Second Edition merges the new rules and interpretations into a case method and problem-centred approach to discussing situations encountered in actual serials cataloguing. The comprehensive revision covers all aspects of current serials cataloguing practice and methods, and all of the previous edition's sections have been updated with new examples and problems. Anyone who needs to know the latest rules on serials cataloguing - and how to apply them everyday - should consider the new "Serials Cataloguing Handbook" a useful volume.

Notes for Serials Cataloging:
$48.00
Arranged in MARC tag order and by topical subdivision, this work helps experienced and novice serials catalogers describe the complex characteristics and relationships of serial publications and construct clear and concise notes.