Library Cataloging
Books
The new ALA catalog has arrived.
Keeping Current by Steven Cohen (of LibraryStuff) gets a full page description and some space on the back cover. Congrats.
In cataloging,
Cartographic Materials: A Manual of interpretation for AACR2 is due in August. This is a must have for anyone cataloging maps. Also due in August are the update pages for AACR2.
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Rare Map Cataloging
News from ALA.An editorial team has been appointed to develop DCRM(C). The initial plan of action calls for a review of Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books) (DCRM(B)) and Cartographic Materials: A Manual of Interpretation for AACR2, Second...
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Cartographic Materials
The 2005 update for Cartographic Materials: A Manual of Interpretation for AACR2, 2002 Revision, 2nd ed. is now available for free download from the ALA Store. AACR...
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Cartographic Materials
Cartographic Materials: A Manual of Interpretation for AACR2, 2002 Revision, edited by Elizabeth Mangan, is now part of the Web version of Cataloger's Desktop. Cataloging...
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Do You Use Aacr2 2.12-18?
A task force of ALA's Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access has been asked to examine the rules in AACR2 for cataloging of early printed materials (AACR2 2.12-2.18) and make recommendations, which will be forwarded to the Joint Steering...
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Weblogs
In the Subject Cataloging Manual August 2003 update pages for H 1110 Free-Floating Subdivisions: Names of Persons is listed:$vWeblogs Use for weblogs by or about the person....
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