Library Cataloging
The Access Level Record for Serials 1: Working Group Final Report is now available.
- Provider-neutral E-monograph Report
The Provider-Neutral E-Monograph Record Task Group Report has been issued.Introduction The Provider-Neutral E-Monograph Record Task Group was formed shortly after the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Library Association. The group's charge was...
- When To Create A New Record
News from CC:DA.We are pleased to announce publication of Differences Between, Changes Within: Guidelines on When to Create a New Record (revised edition, 2007). This revised edition is now available as a free, 38-page download (.pdf) and is no longer...
- Serials Cataloging Paper
Catalog/Cataloging Changes and Web 2.0 Functionality: New Directions for Serials by Rebecca Kemp will be published in The Serials Librarian later this year.This article presents an overview of some of the important recent developments in cataloging theory...
- Continuing Resources
The minutes of the Continuing Resources Cataloging Committee meetings during the recent ALA Annual Conference 2005 in Chicago are now available on ALA's website.These minutes include the Saturday (6/25) business meeting and the Monday (6/27) update...
- Copy Cataloging Guidelines
A new ALCTS publication entitled Differences Between, Changes Within: Guidelines on When to Create a New Record has just been published. The Task Force on an Appendix of Major and Minor changes authored this document under the direction of the ALCTS Cataloging...
Library Cataloging
Access Level Record for Serials
The Access Level Record for Serials 1: Working Group Final Report is now available.
Declining library budgets, competition from Internet search engines and information services, and the escalating costs of cataloging have caused libraries to emphasize ways to meet user needs while decreasing costs. The Access Level Record for Serials Working Group was formed to develop a single CONSER standard record that would apply to all formats (print as well as online2), replace existing multiple record levels, and reduce serials cataloging costs by requiring in serial records only those elements that are necessary to meet FRBR user tasks. Cost savings and user benefits could also be realized by recording the elements in a way that is more straightforward for the cataloger to provide and easier for the end user to understand. As the name of the record implies, the emphasis of this record is on access points rather than elaborate and often redundant description. The record is intended to be a ?floor,? to which additional elements can be added if such elements are essential to meeting FRBR user tasks for a specific resource or to meet the needs of a particular institution.Serials
- Provider-neutral E-monograph Report
The Provider-Neutral E-Monograph Record Task Group Report has been issued.Introduction The Provider-Neutral E-Monograph Record Task Group was formed shortly after the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Library Association. The group's charge was...
- When To Create A New Record
News from CC:DA.We are pleased to announce publication of Differences Between, Changes Within: Guidelines on When to Create a New Record (revised edition, 2007). This revised edition is now available as a free, 38-page download (.pdf) and is no longer...
- Serials Cataloging Paper
Catalog/Cataloging Changes and Web 2.0 Functionality: New Directions for Serials by Rebecca Kemp will be published in The Serials Librarian later this year.This article presents an overview of some of the important recent developments in cataloging theory...
- Continuing Resources
The minutes of the Continuing Resources Cataloging Committee meetings during the recent ALA Annual Conference 2005 in Chicago are now available on ALA's website.These minutes include the Saturday (6/25) business meeting and the Monday (6/27) update...
- Copy Cataloging Guidelines
A new ALCTS publication entitled Differences Between, Changes Within: Guidelines on When to Create a New Record has just been published. The Task Force on an Appendix of Major and Minor changes authored this document under the direction of the ALCTS Cataloging...