Cataloging Library Collections

Cataloging the Collection

Cataloging - Web Sites

Cataloguing and Processing: A Resource for School Library Personnel - an excellent guide to cataloging from the Manitoba Department of Education and Training.
The Cataloger's Reference Shelf - A collection of MARC manuals and other cataloging reference materials from The Library Company.
The Library of Congress Classification Outline - by the Library of Congress. This is in pdf format.
The Library of Congress Classification System : 6th Edition - This is in table format.
Dewey Decimal Classification - News and information from Forrest Press, the publisher of the Dewey Classification.
Dewey Decimals Summaries - From OCLC.
025.431 The Dewey Decimal Blog - "Everything you wanted to know about Dewey, but were afraid to ask".
Map Dewey Classification to LC - for the conversion of Dewey numbers to LC.
Map LC Classification to Dewey
Guidelines to Standardized Cataloging for Children - by Joanna F. Fountain. Adaptations of cataloging policies for children through age 15.
Library Cataloguing Aids - Links to a great many useful site compiled by Lynn LeGrow.
Cataloging 101: Column 4 - An article on locating subject headings and Dewey numbers by Sandra Q. Williams in Knowledge Quest, Jan/Feb, 2008. This article has many links to useful cataloging web sites.
Cataloging 101: Cataloging Made (Almost) Easy - An article on sources for cataloging records by Sandra Q. Williams in Knowledge Quest, Sept. 2008.
How to Acquire Cataloging Tools - a fact sheet from the American Library Association.
Cataloging Tools for Public and School Librarians - Links to helpful web sites.
Cataloging Resources - a bibliography of f web sites by the Texas Library Association.
The Library of Congress Online Catalog - Search for cataloging records at the Library of Congress and other libraries.
The Free Library of Philadelphia - Search the online catalog or the Access Pennsylvania Database.
Canadian Subject Headings - A list of subject headings on Canadian topics which complements the Library of Congress subject headings.
Introduction to Metadata - by Tony Gill et al.
Metadata and Cataloging Online Resources - a bibliography of links to information by Steven J. Miller, 2004.
A Full Resource Metadata Display for Resources for School Librarians - Thanks to the University of Queensland Libraries.
Online Audiovisual Catalogers
Cataloging Electronic Resources: OCLC-MARC Coding Guidelines - Revision of June 20, 2006.
What is FRBR? - An explanation of the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records may be obtained from this site.
Cataloging Rules - an article on correct descriptive cataloging by Sandra Q. Williams in Knowledge Quest, Nov./Dec, 2005. The article also includes a helpful bibliography.

Cataloging - Books

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Catalog It!: A Guide to Cataloging School Library Materials (2nd Edition) - by Allison G. Kaplan and Ann Morrow Riedling , Linworth Publishing, 2006.
Cataloging and Classification: An Introduction - by Lois Mai Chan, Scarecrow Press, 2007.
The Concise AACR2 by Michael Gorman, ALA, 2004.
Crash Course in Cataloging for Non-Catalogers: A Casual Conversation on Organizing Information - by Alison G.Kaplan, Libraries Unlimited, 2009.
Cataloging Correctly for Kids: An Introduction to the Tools - by Sheila S. Intner, ALA, 2005.
Kidzcat: A How-to-do-it Manual for Cataloging Children's Materials and Instructional Resources (How-to-Do-It Manuals) - by Deborah J. Karpuk, Neil-Schuman, 2007.
Small Library Cataloging - by Herbert H. Hoffman, Rowman and Littlefield, 2002.
Sears List of Subject Headings by Joseph Miller and Barbara A. Bristow, W. W. Wilson, 2007
Subject Headings for School and Public Libraries - by Joanna F. Fountain, Libraries Unlimited, 2001.
Abridged Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative Index - by Melville Dewey et al., 14th ed., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, 2004.
Dewey Decimal Classification: 22nd Edition A Study Manual and Number Building Guide - by Mona L. Scott, Libraries Unlimited, 2005.
Learn Dewey Decimal Classification - by Mary Mortimer, Rowman and Littlefield, 1999.
Unlocking the Mysteries of Cataloging: A Workbook of Examples - by Elizabeth Haynes and Joanna F. Fountain, Libraries Unlimited, 2005.
Organizing Audiovisual and Electronic Resources for Access: A Cataloging Guide Second Edition - by Ingrid Hsieh-Yee, Libraries Unlimited, 2nd. edition, 2006.
Cataloging Nonbook, Electronic, Web and Networked Resources: A How-To-Do-It Manual and CD-ROM for Librarians - by Mary Beth Weber and Fay Austin, Neil-Schuman, 2009

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