Library Cataloging
Today's Shelf Check cartoon managed to get a subject heading changed on a bib record. That was quick.
- Library Of Congress Changed Subject Heading Subdivisions
A message from Joyce T. Ogden. Library of Congress Changed Subject Heading Subdivisions is ceasing publication. The latest issue, 2010 edition, was published September 2010 at $20.00. Remaining copies will be available as long as they last for $15.00....
- Library Of Congress Changed Subject Heading Subdivisions
Sept. 1 there will be a new edition of the Library of Congress Changed Subject Heading Subdivisions.Each August I review the previous years' changes from Library of Congress's "Weekly List" of new headings and cross-check them with their annual...
- Improving Our Catalogs
10 Ways to Improve Data Quality by Jeffrey Beall in American Libraries, 36(3) pp. 36-37 is now available on ELIS. Pretty standard stuff. It did include one suggestion I'd not thought of before. Some older autobiographies lack a subject heading for...
- Parks And Forests
LC is seeking coments on Government-Designated Parks and Forests, Proposed Change in Policy.The Cataloging Policy and Support Office is considering changing the current practice so that headings of this type that are established in the subject authority...
- Cataloging Service Bulletin
I've received the latest edition of the Cataloging Service Bulletin.The subject heading Bildungsroman has been changed to the plural form. While they were at it, why not change to something users can understand and spell? Coming of age stories, for...
Library Cataloging
Cartoon Gets Subject Heading Changed
Today's Shelf Check cartoon managed to get a subject heading changed on a bib record. That was quick.
- Library Of Congress Changed Subject Heading Subdivisions
A message from Joyce T. Ogden. Library of Congress Changed Subject Heading Subdivisions is ceasing publication. The latest issue, 2010 edition, was published September 2010 at $20.00. Remaining copies will be available as long as they last for $15.00....
- Library Of Congress Changed Subject Heading Subdivisions
Sept. 1 there will be a new edition of the Library of Congress Changed Subject Heading Subdivisions.Each August I review the previous years' changes from Library of Congress's "Weekly List" of new headings and cross-check them with their annual...
- Improving Our Catalogs
10 Ways to Improve Data Quality by Jeffrey Beall in American Libraries, 36(3) pp. 36-37 is now available on ELIS. Pretty standard stuff. It did include one suggestion I'd not thought of before. Some older autobiographies lack a subject heading for...
- Parks And Forests
LC is seeking coments on Government-Designated Parks and Forests, Proposed Change in Policy.The Cataloging Policy and Support Office is considering changing the current practice so that headings of this type that are established in the subject authority...
- Cataloging Service Bulletin
I've received the latest edition of the Cataloging Service Bulletin.The subject heading Bildungsroman has been changed to the plural form. While they were at it, why not change to something users can understand and spell? Coming of age stories, for...