Library Cataloging
With the approval of the Board of ALA's Reference User Services Association (RUSA), the Library of Congress has begun adding to its catalog records the annotations for the sites selected annually by the RUSA Machine Assisted Reference Section (MARS), Best Free Web Sites Committee. The lists, which have been compiled since 1999, appear in the fall issue of the RUSA Quarterly and on the ALA RUSA MARS website. Usually, 25-30 sites are selected each year. The Library of Congress project to add the annotations has been undertaken under the auspices of the Library's Bibliographic Enrichment Advisory Team (BEAT), a cross-departmental R & D group whose mission includes enriching the content of Library of Congress bibliographic records. The project follows a similar on-going undertaking to add annotations to the catalog records for the titles included in the annual list of print Outstanding Reference Sources produced by the ALA RUSA Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES). Additional information about BEAT projects is available from the BEAT web site.
- Onix
When I noted the revision to the ONIX standard I asked if anyone has access to ONIX records or are they hidden behind firewalls at the publisher's sites. LC has access, but I've not heard from anyone that a publisher is making their ONIX records...
- Metadata
Medeiros, Norm (2004) Repurposed metadata : ONIX and the Library of Congress' BEAT Program. OCLC Systems & Services 20(3):pp. 93-95.This article reviews the ONIX-based efforts of the Library of Congress' Bibliographic Enrichment Advisory Team...
- Marc 21 Format For Community Information
Update No. 4 (October 2003) to the MARC 21 Format for Community Information is now available from the Library of Congress. It includes changes made to the community information format resulting from proposals which were considered by the ALA ALCTS/LITA/RUSA...
- Authority Tools For Audiovisual And Music Catalogers
The latest edition of Authority Tools for Audiovisual and Music Catalogers is now available The list now contains annotations for roughly sixty reference sources that are helpful when creating authorized headings. The annotations are contributed by colleagues...
- Isbd(m)
The IFLA Section on Cataloguing's ISBD Review Group is pleased to announce publication of the 2002 Version of the International Standard Bibliographic Description for Monographic Publications (ISBD(M)). The document is available in PDF format on IFLANET....
Library Cataloging
LC Cataloging
With the approval of the Board of ALA's Reference User Services Association (RUSA), the Library of Congress has begun adding to its catalog records the annotations for the sites selected annually by the RUSA Machine Assisted Reference Section (MARS), Best Free Web Sites Committee. The lists, which have been compiled since 1999, appear in the fall issue of the RUSA Quarterly and on the ALA RUSA MARS website. Usually, 25-30 sites are selected each year. The Library of Congress project to add the annotations has been undertaken under the auspices of the Library's Bibliographic Enrichment Advisory Team (BEAT), a cross-departmental R & D group whose mission includes enriching the content of Library of Congress bibliographic records. The project follows a similar on-going undertaking to add annotations to the catalog records for the titles included in the annual list of print Outstanding Reference Sources produced by the ALA RUSA Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES). Additional information about BEAT projects is available from the BEAT web site.
John D. Byrum, Jr.
Chief, Regional & Cooperative Cataloging
Library of Congress
Washington, D. C. 20540-4380
USA
Tel: +(202) 707-6511
Fax: +(202) 707-2824
- Onix
When I noted the revision to the ONIX standard I asked if anyone has access to ONIX records or are they hidden behind firewalls at the publisher's sites. LC has access, but I've not heard from anyone that a publisher is making their ONIX records...
- Metadata
Medeiros, Norm (2004) Repurposed metadata : ONIX and the Library of Congress' BEAT Program. OCLC Systems & Services 20(3):pp. 93-95.This article reviews the ONIX-based efforts of the Library of Congress' Bibliographic Enrichment Advisory Team...
- Marc 21 Format For Community Information
Update No. 4 (October 2003) to the MARC 21 Format for Community Information is now available from the Library of Congress. It includes changes made to the community information format resulting from proposals which were considered by the ALA ALCTS/LITA/RUSA...
- Authority Tools For Audiovisual And Music Catalogers
The latest edition of Authority Tools for Audiovisual and Music Catalogers is now available The list now contains annotations for roughly sixty reference sources that are helpful when creating authorized headings. The annotations are contributed by colleagues...
- Isbd(m)
The IFLA Section on Cataloguing's ISBD Review Group is pleased to announce publication of the 2002 Version of the International Standard Bibliographic Description for Monographic Publications (ISBD(M)). The document is available in PDF format on IFLANET....