Library Cataloging
Changing to the New Rules
The ALISE Conference has made available the talks about changing from the old rules to AACR. I've just finished listening to them and found them all interesting. Well worth a listen.
Introduction by Karen Snow and Gretchen HoffmanMichael Gorman's PresentationJanet Swan Hill's PresentationArlene Taylor's PresentationQuestion and Answer Session
A more recent change would be Germany's libraries moving from MAB to AACR. That might make an interesting follow-up.
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Technical Services: Past, Present, Future Audio
Image via WikipediaThe transcript and audio recordings of the 2010 ALISE Technical Services Education SIG program "Technical Services: Past, Present, Future" featuring Michael Gorman, Janet Swan Hill, and Arlene Taylor are now available.The panel responds...
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Marc For Mark-up
The latest podcast from the Library 2.0 Gang, The Semantic Web and Linked Data by Karen Coyle is well worth a listen. One statement I found interesting, not sure if I agree but it got me thinking, was that MARC is a markup language rather than a data...
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Worldcat And The Future Of Bibliographic Control
Karen Calhoun spoke on WorldCat and the future of bibliographic control at the recent OCLC Members Council.One bit I found interesting was that Baker and Taylor Cataloging Plus libraries are now OCLC members. These were described as small school libraries,...
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Resource Description And Access
Medeiros, Norm (2005) The Future of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules. OCLC Systems & Services 21(4):pp. 8-12. "This article discusses the impending update to the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR) and its potential impact on libraries and other...
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Jsc Meeting
Two summaries of the The Joint Steering Committee (JSC) for Revision of Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR) meeting in London are now available on the JSC Web site:a brief executive summarya detailed Outcomes documentRDA AACR...
Library Cataloging