Library Cataloging
The last edition of the Oberlin LCRI Cumulation has been published.
- Cataloging Reproductions
Image via WikipediaExcellent news from LC on cataloging reproductions. As it is now it is just too confusing. Determining original format is just impossible in many cases. If something crosses my desk that is a print-out, is it a Word doc that was meant...
- "aacr2 Compatible" Headings
This notice from the Cataloging Policy and Support Office was seen on the SLA catalog email list.The Cataloging Policy and Support Office (CPSO), Library of Congress, has mounted on the Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access (ABA) Web site a PDF file containing...
- Revision Of Lcri 22.2 For Composers And Perfomers
LC is asking for comments on this change.A discussion on the NACO-Music e-mail list concerning the current exception not to treat composers and performers as "contemporary authors" under AACR2 22.2B3 and applicable LCRIs has led to a reexamination of...
- 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...
- Uniform Titles For Motion Pictures
An alternative to the proposed LCRI 25.5B is offered in Archival Moving Image Materials: A Cataloging Manual: Comments on Library of Congress Draft Revision and AMIA Proposals for New and Alternative Chapters. There seem to be serious flaws in the proposed...
Library Cataloging
Oberlin LCRI Cumulation
The last edition of the Oberlin LCRI Cumulation has been published.
This, I believe (and, after 30 years, fervently hope) is the final update to the Oberlin LCRI cumulation. Our original edition was published using a Sigma IX mainframe computer in 1982. In the late 1980's, our subscriptions peaked at about 1200. While you've undoubtedly moved on to adventures in RDA, electronic resource management, and discovery layer XML, should things ever spin out of control-- should you care reminisce about a "simpler" time-- you can find your faithful guide to each and every rule of bibliographic life, resting comfortably, at:
http://www.oberlin.edu/library/lcri-texts/Default.html
- Cataloging Reproductions
Image via WikipediaExcellent news from LC on cataloging reproductions. As it is now it is just too confusing. Determining original format is just impossible in many cases. If something crosses my desk that is a print-out, is it a Word doc that was meant...
- "aacr2 Compatible" Headings
This notice from the Cataloging Policy and Support Office was seen on the SLA catalog email list.The Cataloging Policy and Support Office (CPSO), Library of Congress, has mounted on the Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access (ABA) Web site a PDF file containing...
- Revision Of Lcri 22.2 For Composers And Perfomers
LC is asking for comments on this change.A discussion on the NACO-Music e-mail list concerning the current exception not to treat composers and performers as "contemporary authors" under AACR2 22.2B3 and applicable LCRIs has led to a reexamination of...
- 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...
- Uniform Titles For Motion Pictures
An alternative to the proposed LCRI 25.5B is offered in Archival Moving Image Materials: A Cataloging Manual: Comments on Library of Congress Draft Revision and AMIA Proposals for New and Alternative Chapters. There seem to be serious flaws in the proposed...