Library Cataloging
LC is seeking comments on changing Dept. to Department.
- Phase 1 Of The Pccahitg Phased Implentation Of Rda
News about name authority records. The PCC Acceptable Headings Implementation Task Group (PCCAHITG) has successfully tested the programming code for Phase 1 in preparation for the LC/PCC Phased Implementation of RDA as described in the document entitled...
- Rda Naco Training
NACO is providing training to their members but anyone can take advantage of the resources to understand how name authority records will be created using RDA. This training is designed for existing NACO Program members who are making the transition from...
- Library Of Congress Genre/form Terms For Library And Archival Materials
Image by ekpatterson via FlickrNews from LC. Since 2007 the Library of Congress? Policy and Standards Division (PSD) has been developing genre/form terms, and in June 2010 determined that the new thesaurus, Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library...
- Subject Headings For Cooking And Cookbooks
Image via WikipediaThis statement was issued by LC concerning the change from cookery to cooking. For some libraries this is going to be a major change. The Library of Congress issued the list of the new and revised subject headings for materials on cooking...
- Name Authority Records
News form LC concerning Name Authority Records.The Library of Congress is pleased to announce that OCLC has completed the pre-population of the NACO authority file with non-Latin references (authority 4XX fields) derived from non-Latin bibliographic heading...
Library Cataloging
Dept. or Department?
LC is seeking comments on changing Dept. to Department.
The Library of Congress proposes to adopt the AACR2 provision (which is also incorporated into RDA: Resource Description and Access) of not abbreviating "department" in headings unless it is abbreviated by the body on the resource from which the name has been taken. OCLC has agreed to change the approximately 48,000 1XX fields in name authority records, and the Library of Congress would change its approximately 200,000 bibliographic records and re-distribute them, beginnning no earlier than March 2, 2011. The former 1XX heading would be retained as a 4XX field in the authority record (with $w nne), and existing references would be adjusted as necessary (e.g., for higher bodies with "Dept." in their names). Fields 110, 130, 151, 410, 430, 451, 510, 530, 551 along with 781, all except 4xx where $w is present are all candidates for change. A very small number of changes may be erroneous because the resource actually used an abbreviated form. Such conversion errors may be corrected by NACO participants as encountered after the batch process has been run. The Library of Congress is seeking comments on this proposal by Oct. 1, 2010. Comments should be sent to policy@loc.gov.
- Phase 1 Of The Pccahitg Phased Implentation Of Rda
News about name authority records. The PCC Acceptable Headings Implementation Task Group (PCCAHITG) has successfully tested the programming code for Phase 1 in preparation for the LC/PCC Phased Implementation of RDA as described in the document entitled...
- Rda Naco Training
NACO is providing training to their members but anyone can take advantage of the resources to understand how name authority records will be created using RDA. This training is designed for existing NACO Program members who are making the transition from...
- Library Of Congress Genre/form Terms For Library And Archival Materials
Image by ekpatterson via FlickrNews from LC. Since 2007 the Library of Congress? Policy and Standards Division (PSD) has been developing genre/form terms, and in June 2010 determined that the new thesaurus, Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library...
- Subject Headings For Cooking And Cookbooks
Image via WikipediaThis statement was issued by LC concerning the change from cookery to cooking. For some libraries this is going to be a major change. The Library of Congress issued the list of the new and revised subject headings for materials on cooking...
- Name Authority Records
News form LC concerning Name Authority Records.The Library of Congress is pleased to announce that OCLC has completed the pre-population of the NACO authority file with non-Latin references (authority 4XX fields) derived from non-Latin bibliographic heading...