Resources for School Librarians - Index

Cataloging the Collection

Cataloging - Web Sites

• Cataloging and Classification - essential links from AASL.
• 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.
• 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 the Committee on Cataloging Children's Materials. Adaptations of cataloging policies for children through age 15. By Joanna F. Fountain, 2010.
• Library Cataloguing Aids - Links to a great many useful site compiled by Lynn LeGrow.
• How to Acquire Cataloging Tools - a fact sheet from the American Library Association.
• Six Tools to Simplify Cataloging - Help with your cataloging from Joyce Valenza, May 31st, 2011.
• The Library of Congress Online Catalog - Search for cataloging records at the Library of Congress and other libraries.
• Cataloging 101: Cataloging Made (almost) Easy - An article for school librarians by Sandra Q. Williams, 2008.
• Canadian Subject Headings - A list of subject headings on Canadian topics which complements the Library of Congress subject headings.
• RDA (Resource Description and Access) and school libraries – where are we going, and why can’t we keep AACR2? - a clear explanation of RDA for the Ohio Private Academic Libraries.
• Help! The New Cataloging Code is Coming - An introduction to Resource Development and Access which will replace AACR2. This is a pdf file.
• The RDA Toolkit - which costs $$.
• Metadata and Cataloging Online Resources - a bibliography of links to information by Steven J. Miller, 2011.
• A Full Resource Metadata Display for Resources for School Librarians - Thanks to the University of Queensland Libraries.
• The Streaming Guide to Cataloging Remote Access Multimedia - A how-to guide for catalogers. This site covers cataloging streaming video and audio, e-books, podcasts, and web games. From the University of Tennessee.
• Cataloging 101 - e-books - A presentation by LaDonna Riddle Weber, 2011.
• 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. This is a pdf file.
• ISBN and ISSN Systems - From the ALA
• Library Cataloging Policy Manual - from Tuscarawas Valley High School.
• Cataloging Policy - Westlake High School.
• Faust Junior High School Cataloging Policy and Procedures Manual - Chambersburg PA Area School District

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