Cataloging Library Resources: An Introduction

by Marie Keen Shaw

Overview

This revised text is aimed specifically for library support staff and purposefully aligned with the American Library Association – Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC) competency standards for Cataloging and Classification. In recent years AACR2 rules and MARC21 cataloging standards have evolved to RDA rules and BIBFRAME standards. Today catalogers must have the knowledge and skills to apply RDA rules of cataloging and use the BIBFRAME standards for data entry.

Written in clear language and featuring practical examples, Cataloging Library Resources: An Introduction Revised edition will instruct library support staff to become proficient catalogers. Other books on this topic are written for professional librarians rather than support staff. And although the majority 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.

• Use and apply the classification systems of Dewey, Library of Congress, and Government Documents.
• And much more!
  
  

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538186787
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	08/06/2024
Series:	Library Support Staff Handbooks
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	315
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Marie Keen Shaw is the former Program Coordinator for the Library Technology certificate program at Connecticut State Community College, where she is also an Adjunct Professor. She teaches courses in Cataloging and Classification, Digital Information and Technology, Reference Services, and Management Strategies. She serves on the Southern Connecticut State University Graduate School of Library and Information Science Advisory Board and the Groton Public Library Board. She has served on the Advisory Board of the Connecticut Digital Library, and chaired the Board of the Connecticut Library Consortium. Marie has her Doctorate of Education from the University of Connecticut in Educational Leadership and Adult Learning, a Sixth-Year Degree from Southern Connecticut State University in Educational Leadership, and her M.S. from Purdue University in Library and Information Science and Educational Media. A retired certified high school Library Media Specialist and Curriculum Instructional Leader, she has been a speaker at state library and educational media conferences in Rhode Island, Illinois, and Connecticut. Marie is the author of the following books in the Rowman & Littlefield Library Support Staff Handbook series: Using Digital Information in the Library Workplace, Using Technology in the Library Workplace, Cataloging Library Resources; Library Technology and Digital Resources. She is the co-author of Communication and Teamwork and Supervision and Management, also in the series.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
PART I FUNDAMENTALS OF THE CATALOGING PROCESS

1. Introduction
2. Catalogs, Collaborations, and Tools
3. Authority Control
4. MARC21 Records
5. Copy Cataloging
6. Metadata

PART II CLASSIFICATION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS

1. Dewey Decimal Classification System
2. Library of Congress Classification System
3. Classification: Collections and Subject Headings

PART III CATALOGING LIBRARY MATERIALS

1. RDA, FRBR, and FRAD
2. BIBFRAME: Preparing Catalogers for the Future
3. Practice Cataloging Library Resources in RDA and MARC21

Appendix – Answers to Exercises
Glossary
List of Editorial Advisory Board Members
List of Permissions
Index

Editorial Reviews

The book does a good job of providing a basic introduction to the various aspects of cataloging and classification. Attention and emphasis is given to the fine line between adhering to written standards and making locally-sensible decisions. The author provides many helpful references and links to additional training and reference materials.

Technical Services Quarterly

Cataloging Library Resources is a particularly well-written textbook,addressing all the major catalogingsubtopics insome detail using clear language,and with many useful examples andillustrations…. [A] great deal of excellent information is provided by this textbook, as well as helpful exercises, discussion questions, and activities that a teacher can use to expand on important points being covered. The author’s approach is practical and straightforward, and represents a good deal of experience and knowledge.

Technicalities

Explaining cataloging and classification rules and reasoning is a challenge well-met in this book aimed at the novice support staff-level cataloger. The specific cataloging explanations are appropriate for an introductory text, and the history, methodology, and future trends sections are an interesting read for anyone! It is also a good basic review text for any library staff who does not catalog on a regular basis.

Sandra Smith Rosado

This is a thorough textbook, structured in a way that will easily provide a great introduction to cataloging. The clear definitions provided and the discussion questions and activities are an added bonus!

Susan Pinkerton

The Cataloging Library Resources: An Introduction text is exceptionally useful, accessible, and informative. Each chapters’ contents along with discussion questions and activities can help anyone understand and apply the concepts of cataloging and classification in their library setting.

Jodi C. Williams

Written with all the library jargon defined and explained, this guide to cataloging contains a wealth of information and practical guidance…. This text would be useful to students in library school or new catalogers in current practice. It would also be helpful to experienced catalogers to bring them up to date or to librarians in settings where they must do their own cataloging from time to time. Recommended.

School Library Connection

The book does a good job of providing a basic introduction to the various aspects of cataloging and classification. Attention and emphasis is given to the fine line between adhering to written standards and making locally-sensible decisions. The author provides many helpful references and links to additional training and reference materials.

Cataloging Library Resources is a particularly well-written textbook, addressing all the major cataloging subtopics in some detail using clear language, and with many useful examples and illustrations.... [A] great deal of excellent information is provided by this textbook, as well as helpful exercises, discussion questions, and activities that a teacher can use to expand on important points being covered. The author's approach is practical and straightforward, and represents a good deal of experience and knowledge.

Explaining cataloging and classification rules and reasoning is a challenge well-met in this book aimed at the novice support staff-level cataloger. The specific cataloging explanations are appropriate for an introductory text, and the history, methodology, and future trends sections are an interesting read for anyone! It is also a good basic review text for any library staff who does not catalog on a regular basis.

The Cataloging Library Resources: An Introduction text is exceptionally useful, accessible, and informative. Each chapters' contents along with discussion questions and activities can help anyone understand and apply the concepts of cataloging and classification in their library setting."

This is a thorough textbook, structured in a way that will easily provide a great introduction to cataloging. The clear definitions provided and the discussion questions and activities are an added bonus!

Written with all the library jargon defined and explained, this guide to cataloging contains a wealth of information and practical guidance.... This text would be useful to students in library school or new catalogers in current practice. It would also be helpful to experienced catalogers to bring them up to date or to librarians in settings where they must do their own cataloging from time to time. Recommended.

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