Standard Cataloging for School and Public Libraries / Edition 4

by Jean Weihs

Overview

Sheila S. Intner and Jean Weihs lead the wary and unwary alike, to apply them with competence if not aplomb. Through hundreds of examples, they illustrate cataloging problems and their solutions; they also describe and explain a variety of management decisions, the pros and cons of cataloging alternatives, and the rudiments of how to run a catalog department. They have even included a new chapter on metadata, as well as enlarged sections of practical advice on how to deal with changed subject headings and classification numbers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781591583783
Publisher:	Libraries Unlimited
Publication date:	09/30/2007
Series:	Standard Cataloging for School Public Libraries
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Sheila Intner is professor emeritus, Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Mount Holyoke College. She has received several awards, including ALA's Margaret Mann Citation Award for outstanding contributions to education for cataloging and classification.

Jean Weihs has worked in university, public, school, and special libraries as a reference librarian, a bibliographer, and a school librarian. Most of her career has involved teaching cataloguing to librarians, library technicians, and school librarians in Canada and the United States. She represented the Canadian Committee on Cataloguing for nine years on the Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR, five of these as JSC Chair. She has held 45 positions on national and international committees. Jean Weihs has written 17 books, 6 separately published pamphlets/documents, 10 chapters in books edited by others, and over 125 articles and book reviews in professional journals. She is the recipient of 13 national and international awards.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Decisions

Chapter 3: Description and Access: Standards

Chapter 4: Descriptive Cataloging

Chapter 5: Access Points

Chapter 6: Subject Authorities

Chapter 7: Sears Listing of Subject Headings

Chapter 8: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Chapter 9: Classification Systems

Chapter 10: The Dewey Decimal Classification

Chapter 11: The Library of Congress Classification

Chapter 12: Computer Encoding

Chapter 13: Managing the Catalog Department

Appendix A: Dealing with Foreign Language Copy for a Library in an English-Language Community

Appendix B: Glossary

Appendix C: Answers to Exercises

Index

What People are Saying About This

Barbara Schultz-Jones

"I'm very pleased with the approach of the authors, since school libraries will encounter AACR2 along with RDA in their upcoming cataloging experiences. The examples are excellent!"

Editorial Reviews

"This guide keeps getting better and better as a concise guide to the process of cataloging, from description to classification to subject headings of print and multimedia materials. It is useful as a text for beginning cataloging classes and as one for personal study." - Teacher Librarian

"…Evidence, say Intner and Weihs, 'that catalogers working in local libraries and media centres can anticipate taking more, not less, responsibility for organizing their materials. They may also be expected to assume a larger share of the work on standards and policies in a new multi-institutional model of librarianship in cataloguing and classification. In a distributed leadership environment, knowledgeable librarians and media specialists at the grassroots level will be especially important'. You have been warned – now buy the book! Starting with the 'functions of the catalog' and the need to conform to standard practice, the authors lead the reader to the decisions that need to be made in relation to descriptive cataloguing, subject cataloguing, classification, call number assignment and encoding for computer input. These elements are then considered in more detail in separate chapters." - Library Journal

". . . the general principles remain sound and for North American libraries, and others for whom these standards apply, this is an excellent instructional primer." - Library Review

"…recommended as a useful resource for a cataloger with some experience and wanting to improve knowledge of the background and context of cataloging and to consolidate understanding of the application of cataloguing rules and use of the cataloging tools, or as a reference tool on specific aspects of cataloging. It would be especially useful for sole catalogers working in a smaller library or for librarians for whom cataloging forms only a part of their job. The book would also be a useful read for any library manager seeking improved understanding of both the background to, and the practical process of, cataloging." - Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services

From the Publisher

A new edition of the introductory text reviewing the standard practices of cataloging, classification, and indexing used in the US and Canada. These standards are covered in four part sections detailing rules used for descriptive cataloging, subject heading lists, classifications, and computer entry and communication protocols. The revisions to the new edition incorporate cataloging rule changes, MARC format integration changes, and include a section on catalog department management. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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