Library Cataloging
There are a few Web sites that attempt to link to all resources available to catalogers on the Internet. Lynne LeGrow has attempted this feat at Library Cataloguing Aids. It is good to bookmark one or two of these cataloging portals. Lynn's has an image that makes it worth a bookmark on that basis alone. She does keep it up and check the links. It is a bit lighthearted including anagrams for cataloging as well as more task-oriented links. Items are grouped by topic and anchors allow jumping to the topic of choice.
- Library Of Congress Preparing For Rda
Image via WikipediaWidely posted. The Policy and Standards Division, part of the Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate at the Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.), is launching a new website as the Library prepares for RDA. The site is located...
- Wikis
At last, at Library Stuff, I've heard a good use for a Wiki on a library site. Pathfinders, or finding aids could benefit from corrections, annotations and additions from the public. This makes sense. Local experts or fans of a topic could very well...
- Cataloging Dvds
I've mentioned OLAC's guidelines for cataloging DVD'd in the past. Guide to Cataloging DVDs Using AACR2r Chapters 7 and 9 created by the DVD Cataloging Task Force, Cataloging Policy Committee, Online Audiovisual Catalogers, Inc. I just found...
- Topic Maps
Topic Maps are something I find difficult to grasp. That, is seems, is because they are very different from our normal approach in cataloging. In cataloging (and RDF) a resource is described by using a collection of defined fields (or triples). As I begin...
- Cataloging
One of the sites linking to Catalogablog has the description "A cataloging Web log. Not as boring as it sounds" Well, cataloging does not sound boring to me. I think it is a fascinating profession. To take an item and craft a bibliographic description...
Library Cataloging
Cataloging Portals
There are a few Web sites that attempt to link to all resources available to catalogers on the Internet. Lynne LeGrow has attempted this feat at Library Cataloguing Aids. It is good to bookmark one or two of these cataloging portals. Lynn's has an image that makes it worth a bookmark on that basis alone. She does keep it up and check the links. It is a bit lighthearted including anagrams for cataloging as well as more task-oriented links. Items are grouped by topic and anchors allow jumping to the topic of choice.
- Library Of Congress Preparing For Rda
Image via WikipediaWidely posted. The Policy and Standards Division, part of the Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate at the Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.), is launching a new website as the Library prepares for RDA. The site is located...
- Wikis
At last, at Library Stuff, I've heard a good use for a Wiki on a library site. Pathfinders, or finding aids could benefit from corrections, annotations and additions from the public. This makes sense. Local experts or fans of a topic could very well...
- Cataloging Dvds
I've mentioned OLAC's guidelines for cataloging DVD'd in the past. Guide to Cataloging DVDs Using AACR2r Chapters 7 and 9 created by the DVD Cataloging Task Force, Cataloging Policy Committee, Online Audiovisual Catalogers, Inc. I just found...
- Topic Maps
Topic Maps are something I find difficult to grasp. That, is seems, is because they are very different from our normal approach in cataloging. In cataloging (and RDF) a resource is described by using a collection of defined fields (or triples). As I begin...
- Cataloging
One of the sites linking to Catalogablog has the description "A cataloging Web log. Not as boring as it sounds" Well, cataloging does not sound boring to me. I think it is a fascinating profession. To take an item and craft a bibliographic description...