Resources for School Librarians - Index

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.
• The Dewey Decimal System
• Dewey Decimal Classification - News and information from Forrest Press, the publisher of the Dewey Classification.
• 025.431 The Dewey Decimal Blog - "Everything you wanted to know about Dewey, but were afraid to ask".
• Library Cataloguing Aids - Links to a great many useful site compiled by Lynn LeGrow.
• Cataloging Tools for Public and School Librarians - Links to helpful web sites.
• Cataloging Resources - a bibliography of web sites by the Texas Library Association.
• Are You Ready for ISBN-13? - More information about the 13 digit ISBN number from the Book Industry Study Group.
• 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.
• Meta-What? Metadata and Information Management for School Library Collections - by Allison G. Kaplan, 2004.
• 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 - This site has useful web links for AV catalogers, and reviews of books on AV cataloging.
• 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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• Standard Cataloging for School and Public Libraries, 4th Edition - by Sheila S. Intner and Jean Weihs, Libraries Unlimited, 2007.
• Catalog It!: A Guide to Cataloging School Library Materials, 2nd Edition - by Allison G. Kaplan and Ann Morrow Riedling , Linworth Publishing, 2006.
• Introduction to Cataloging and Classification : Tenth Edition - by Arlene G. Taylor, Libraries Unlimited, 2006
• Cataloging Correctly for Kids: An Introduction to the Tools - by Sheila S. Intner, Joanna F. Fountain, and Jane E. Gilchrist, 4th edition, ALA, 2005.
• Small Library Cataloging - by Herbert H. Hoffman, Rowman and Littlefield, 2002.
• Subject Headings for School and Public Libraries - by Joanna F. Fountain, Libraries Unlimited, 2001.
• Sears List of Subject Headings - Joan Goodsell and Minnie Earl Sears, 19th edition, H. W. Wilson, 2007
• Abridged Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative Index - by Melville Dewey et al., 14th ed., OCLC Online Computer Library Center, 2004.
• The Concise AACR2 - by Michael Gorman, 4th ed., ALA, 2004
• Unlocking the Mysteries of Cataloging : A Workbook of Examples - by Elizabeth Haynes and Joanna F. Fountain, Libraries Unlimited, 2005.
• Cataloging With AACR2 & MARC 21: For Books, Electronic Resources, Sound Recordings, Videorecordings, and Serials - by Deborah A. Fritz, ALA, 2007.
• Dewey Decimal Classification : 22nd Edition A Study Manual and Number Building Guide - by Mona L. Scott, Libraries Unlimited, 2005.
• Maxwell's Handbook for AACR2: Explaining and Illustrating the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Through the 2003 Update - by Robert L. Maxwell, ALA, 2004.
• Learn Descriptive Cataloging - by Mary Mortimer, Rowman and Littlefield, 2000.
• Learn Dewey Decimal Classification - by Mary Mortimer, Rowman and Littlefield, 1999.
• Organizing Audiovisual and Electronic Resources for Access : A Cataloging Guide Second Edition (Library and Information Science Text Series) - by Ingrid Hsieh-Yee, Libraries Unlimited, 2nd. edition, 2006.
• FRBR: A Guide for the Perplexed - By Robert L. Maxwell, ALA, 2007. FRBR is the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records.
• Understanding FRBR: What It Is and How It Will Affect Our Retrieval Tools - by Arlene G. Taylor, Libraries Unlimited, 2007.
• Cataloging Nonprint and Internet and Internet Resources: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians - by Mary Webster, Neal-Schuman, 2002

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