Seymour Lubetzky
Library Cataloging

Seymour Lubetzky


Seymour Lubetzky died on Saturday morning, a few weeks short of his 105th birthday.

Memorial services will be held 2:00 PM Sunday, April 13, at Hillside Memorial Park Chapel in Los Angeles.

Cards, letters of condolence, etc. can be sent to The Lubetzky Family, c/o David Lubetzky, 1250 H St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20005.

If you don't know who this is go to a library and check out a collection of his essays. Cataloging would not be where it is if not for his work.





- Cataloging Paper
James Weinheimer has posted his recent talk on his weblog. Is RDA the Only Way? An Alternative Option Through International Cooperation The ultimate goal of the Cooperative Cataloging Rules Wiki is a bit on the radical side. It does not declare that no...

- Marc Content Designation Utilization
Seymour Lubetzky asked "Is This Rule Necessary?". Now a study is being done asking "Is this field necessary?" The MARC Content Designation Utilization study is examing just what fields are being used. This could inform decisions on what fields to include...

- Frbr
William Denton has posted his paper "FRBR and Fundamental Cataloguing Rules".IFLA's proposed data model, Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR), arranges bibliographic entities in a new way, using an entity-relationship model that...

- Frbr
?Furber? Debuts at ALA Exhibits" By David Dorman. If I had any doubt that cataloging theory could make a real difference for the library patron, it was dispelled at this year?s ALA Annual Conference." Notice of the award given to Seymour Lubetsky and...

- Cataloging Theory And History
I've been reading a book which should be required reading in all cataloging classes and history of librarianship classes, Seymour Lubetzky: Writings on the Classical Art of Cataloging edited by Svenonius and McGarry. Most working catalogers would...



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