Library Cataloging
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- Nlm Classification Updated
News from the National Library of Medicine. The online National Library of Medicine Classification, available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/class/, has been issued in a newly revised edition as of April 30, 2012. Summary Statistics for the 2012 NLM Classification...
- Nlm Classification Updated
News from the National Library of Medicine. The online National Library of Medicine Classification, available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/class/, has been issued in a newly revised edition as of April 28, 2011. Forty-six (46) new class numbers were added...
- Fundamentals Of The Nlm Classification
NLM announces a classification course.The Cataloging Section of the National Library of Medicine® is pleased to announce the availability of an new e-learning course called Fundamentals of the NLM Classification. It is available as a link from the Cataloging...
- Improving Subject Searching
Improving subject searching in databases through a combination of descriptors and UDC by Granados, Mariangels and Nicolau, Anna (2008) In Proceedings BOBCATSSS'08: Providing acces for everyone, Zadar (Croatia)Problems with subject access to online...
- Classification
The Library of Congress Classification schedules have traditionally used parentheses around certain class numbers to indicate one of two conditions:the number was formerly valid but is now obsolete and no longer used by LC, orthe number is an optional...
Library Cataloging
Cuttering at the National Library of Medicine
News from the NLM.
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) wishes to announce that it will cease providing cutter numbers in LocatorPlus for most of the classification numbers assigned to print monographs that the Library catalogs. Cutter assignment will cease on June 21, 2010, with the exception of material being shelved in the NLM Reference collection or titles cataloged for the NLM History of Medicine Division.As the library looks to increase efficiencies in its cataloging practices, the time spent cuttering stood out as an inefficient activity. For the past 15 years, NLM has been shelving print monographs by accession number, rather than by call numbers, but has continued to provide fully shelflisted call numbers for the convenience of other libraries using NLM records. NLM is still committed to providing a classification number that reflects the subject of a book, in recognition that this information can be used widely by others. Cutter numbers, on the other hand, are unique to a particular collection. Libraries that use cutters to arrange their material on the shelf will not have identical collections to NLM, so cutters provided by NLM often need adjustments to arrange material properly on any particular library's shelves.Because NLM recognizes this may have an impact on the workflow in some libraries, we hope that the six month notice of this change will provide ample time for these libraries to make needed adjustments.
- Nlm Classification Updated
News from the National Library of Medicine. The online National Library of Medicine Classification, available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/class/, has been issued in a newly revised edition as of April 30, 2012. Summary Statistics for the 2012 NLM Classification...
- Nlm Classification Updated
News from the National Library of Medicine. The online National Library of Medicine Classification, available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/class/, has been issued in a newly revised edition as of April 28, 2011. Forty-six (46) new class numbers were added...
- Fundamentals Of The Nlm Classification
NLM announces a classification course.The Cataloging Section of the National Library of Medicine® is pleased to announce the availability of an new e-learning course called Fundamentals of the NLM Classification. It is available as a link from the Cataloging...
- Improving Subject Searching
Improving subject searching in databases through a combination of descriptors and UDC by Granados, Mariangels and Nicolau, Anna (2008) In Proceedings BOBCATSSS'08: Providing acces for everyone, Zadar (Croatia)Problems with subject access to online...
- Classification
The Library of Congress Classification schedules have traditionally used parentheses around certain class numbers to indicate one of two conditions:the number was formerly valid but is now obsolete and no longer used by LC, orthe number is an optional...