Library Cataloging
Online Catalogs
This site is very well designed. It has information about each of the national libraries, hours, access, collections and contact information. It is possible to search a particular library or cross search all the collections. The Web design is clear and usable and in several languages.
Gabriel is the World-Wide-Web service covering 41 European national libraries from the 39 countries that are represented in the Conference of European National Librarians (CENL). This multilingual Internet service offers access to consistently structured information about European national libraries, with details about their printed and electronic collections as well as instructions on how to gain access to their online catalogues and services. Information is offered in the most commonly-used European languages, namely English, French and German.
It is available at these sites:
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- Guidelines For Subject Access In National Bibliographies
Just published Guidelines for Subject Access in National Bibliographies IFLA Series on Bibliographic Control 45. In a networked and globalized world of information the form of national bibliographies may have changed, however their major function remains...
- Cataloging Photographs
SEPIADES Cataloguing photographic collections by Edwin Klijn and Yola de Lusenet for the European Commission on Preservation and Access describes a tool and data set for cataloging photographic images.This report aims to provide background information...
- Archives
I've just noticed I've yet to mention the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC). This co-operative effort ranks with OCLC and RLIN as one of the most useful in the history of information description.The National Union Catalog...
- Opacs On The Web
British Library Public Catalogue accessible from COPAC Joint Press Release from the British Library and the Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL) The British Library and the Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL) are delighted...
- The British Library Public Catalogue
"The British Library has today launched its new BLPCZ service, which provides Z39.50 compliant access to the British Library Public Catalogue for the first time. The international standard for communications between computers in the library and information...
Library Cataloging