Beginning Cataloging / Edition 2

by Jean Weihs, Sheila S. Intner

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440838446
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/12/2016
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	7.05(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

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 emerita of library and information science at Simmons University, Boston, MA, and was founding director of its MLIS program at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 1

Standardized Cataloging 1

Functions of the Catalog 2

Further Learning 2

A Word about Figures and Exercises 3

Notes 3

2 Cataloging-in-Publication 7

Using CIP to Build a Bibliographic Record 16

Looking at a CIP Record in Detail 16

International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD) 18

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 18

3 Computer Coding 21

MARC Bibliographic Format 24

Summary 31

4 Descriptive Cataloging 33

RDA: Resource Description & Access 33

The Core Elements 36

Noncore Elements 42

Summary 42

Exercises 43

5 Access Points 49

Choosing the First Access Point 50

Choosing More Access Points 51

Establishing Proper Forms for Access Points 56

Form of Personal Names 56

Form of Corporate Body Names 57

Forms of Geographic Names 58

Forms of Titles 59

Cross-References 69

Exercises 70

6 Subject Headings 75

Stars and LCSH: A Comparison 75

CIP Records and Subject Headings 81

Choosing Subject Headings 82

Subject Cross-References 83

Subject Headings for Literary Works 84

Children and Young Adults Cataloging Program (CYAC) 86

The Canadian Connection 88

Cataloging Tools Mentioned in Chapter 6 89

Exercises 89

7 Classification 95

DDC and LCC: A Comparison 95

The Dewey Decimal Classification 97

The Library of Congress Classification 104

The Canadian Connection 108

Cataloging Tools Mentioned in Chapter 7 109

Exercises 109

8 Copy Cataloging and Policy Issues 113

Introduction 113

Policy Issues 114

Overview of the Operation 116

Summary 118

Appendix: Answers to Exercises 121

Glossary 133

Index 143

Editorial Reviews

This new edition can serve as an in-house guide for staff who have not done formal coursework in cataloging or those in need of a reference to current cataloging practice.” —Library Jourbanal

“I recommend Beginning Cataloging to the neophyte catalogers Weihs and Intner cite in the introduction: students in library technician programs and cataloging courses, and library staff who lack formal training but require a basic cataloging skill set. I also believe more seasoned catalogers will enjoy revisiting the basics.” —Technicalities

From the Publisher

05/15/2017
With their sixth collaboration, two veteran technical services leaders combine their expertise to update this textbook about standard methods of cataloging and classifying library materials. Weihs (retired, Library Technician Program, Seneca Coll. of Applied Arts & Technology; Introduction to Technical Services) and Intner (retired, LIS, Simmons Coll.; Fundamentals of Technical Services) address the changes to the rules of descriptive cataloging as a result of RDA (Resource Description and Access) supplanting the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules. This new edition can also serve as an in-house guide for staff who have not done formal coursework in cataloging or those in need of a reference to current cataloging practice. Cataloging instructors can also consider Lois Chan and Athena Salaba's Cataloging and Classification: An Introduction, 4th ed. or Daniel Joudrey's Introduction to Cataloging and Classification, 11th ed. Thomas Brenndorfer's RDA Essentials is recommended for students and practitioners, with the Society of American Archivists' Describing Archives: A Content Standard as the go-to for those specializing in archival cataloging. VERDICT Solely recommended as a focused orientation to contemporary cataloging.—Betty J. Glass, Univ. of Nevada Lib., Reno

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