Library Cataloging
Recently, I've been cataloging some foreign language dissertations. German, French, Italian and Spanish are the languages. I'm poor in all of these. However, I've been using the Google translation tool and getting some good results. Good enough to be able to assign subject headings in most cases.
- English And Spanish Subject Headings
Here is an interesting service, still in beta, LC Subject Headings in Spanish or Encabezamientos de materia LC en español.This a preliminary Spanish-English/English-Spanish list of subject headings. Please use it with caution! Much of the data...
- Additions To Marc Code List For Languages
The following codes have been approved for use in the international language code standard, ISO 639-2 (Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages--Part 2: alpha-3 code) and are also being added to the MARC Code List for Languages. New code Language...
- Deweybrowser
The DeweyBrowser has seem plenty of virtual ink, but it is so intriguing I'm also going to post about it.The OCLC Research DeweyBrowser enables you to search and browse collections of library resources organized by the Dewey Decimal Classification...
- Proposal To Delete Lcri 1.0g, Accents And Other Diacritical Marks
In 1982, the Cataloging Policy and Support Office (CPSO) issued Library of Congress Rule Interpretation (LCRI) 1.0G, Accents and Other Diacritical Marks, that prohibits the use of accent marks on initial capital letters of words in manifestations published...
- Marc Code List For Languages
The 2003 edition of the MARC Code List for Languages is now available from the Library of Congress. This new publication contains a list of languages and their associated three-character alphabetic codes that allow for the designation of the language...
Library Cataloging
Foreign Languages
Recently, I've been cataloging some foreign language dissertations. German, French, Italian and Spanish are the languages. I'm poor in all of these. However, I've been using the Google translation tool and getting some good results. Good enough to be able to assign subject headings in most cases.
- English And Spanish Subject Headings
Here is an interesting service, still in beta, LC Subject Headings in Spanish or Encabezamientos de materia LC en español.This a preliminary Spanish-English/English-Spanish list of subject headings. Please use it with caution! Much of the data...
- Additions To Marc Code List For Languages
The following codes have been approved for use in the international language code standard, ISO 639-2 (Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages--Part 2: alpha-3 code) and are also being added to the MARC Code List for Languages. New code Language...
- Deweybrowser
The DeweyBrowser has seem plenty of virtual ink, but it is so intriguing I'm also going to post about it.The OCLC Research DeweyBrowser enables you to search and browse collections of library resources organized by the Dewey Decimal Classification...
- Proposal To Delete Lcri 1.0g, Accents And Other Diacritical Marks
In 1982, the Cataloging Policy and Support Office (CPSO) issued Library of Congress Rule Interpretation (LCRI) 1.0G, Accents and Other Diacritical Marks, that prohibits the use of accent marks on initial capital letters of words in manifestations published...
- Marc Code List For Languages
The 2003 edition of the MARC Code List for Languages is now available from the Library of Congress. This new publication contains a list of languages and their associated three-character alphabetic codes that allow for the designation of the language...