Library Cataloging
I notice the 10th Biennial OLAC Conference is having a session on creating annotations. That is something I feel is long overdue. There has been little guidance on just how to construct a good abstract for field 520. There is a NISO standard ANSI/NISO Z39.14 - 1997 Guidelines for Abstracts but that is not a good fit. There is a very good article by Sheila S. Intner "Writing Summary Notes for Films and Videos" Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, Vol. 9(2) 1988. That is now 15 years old. It is about time we made the effort to learn how to construct more useful summary notes. Thanks to the OLAC folks for having this session.
- Olac Newsletter
I got my copy of the OLAC Newsletter yesterday. Always a good read. This issue has conference reports as well as the ever enlightening Cataloger's Judgment. The reports often have the PP presentation and examples available. The on-line version is...
- Olac Conference
Registration is underway for OLAC's 12th biennial conference Preparing for a Brave New World: Media Cataloging on the Threshold of RDA to be held October 26-29, 2006 in Mesa, Arizona (Phoenix Metro Area). The conference website has been updated with...
- Writing
Blurbs: Writing Previews of Web Pages by Dennis G. Jerz offers some good tips. Some ideas could also apply to writing summary notes in bib records. Seen on Column Two.On the web, a blurb is a line or short paragraph (20-50 words) that evaluates (or at...
- Olac Conference
The presentations from the OLAC Conference Electronic and Media Cataloging for the 21st Century are now available. There is a summary for each presentation and often a link to the PowerPoint presentations or handouts. The workshops include:Creating Annotations...
- Niso Standards For Comment
These are some of the NISO standards that are currently available for comment.ANSI/NISO/ISO 12083 - 1995 Electronic Manuscript Preparation and Markup Abstract: In complete conformance with ISO 8879 (SGML - Standard Generalized Markup Language), 12083...
Library Cataloging
Summaries or Abstracts
I notice the 10th Biennial OLAC Conference is having a session on creating annotations. That is something I feel is long overdue. There has been little guidance on just how to construct a good abstract for field 520. There is a NISO standard ANSI/NISO Z39.14 - 1997 Guidelines for Abstracts but that is not a good fit. There is a very good article by Sheila S. Intner "Writing Summary Notes for Films and Videos" Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, Vol. 9(2) 1988. That is now 15 years old. It is about time we made the effort to learn how to construct more useful summary notes. Thanks to the OLAC folks for having this session.
- Olac Newsletter
I got my copy of the OLAC Newsletter yesterday. Always a good read. This issue has conference reports as well as the ever enlightening Cataloger's Judgment. The reports often have the PP presentation and examples available. The on-line version is...
- Olac Conference
Registration is underway for OLAC's 12th biennial conference Preparing for a Brave New World: Media Cataloging on the Threshold of RDA to be held October 26-29, 2006 in Mesa, Arizona (Phoenix Metro Area). The conference website has been updated with...
- Writing
Blurbs: Writing Previews of Web Pages by Dennis G. Jerz offers some good tips. Some ideas could also apply to writing summary notes in bib records. Seen on Column Two.On the web, a blurb is a line or short paragraph (20-50 words) that evaluates (or at...
- Olac Conference
The presentations from the OLAC Conference Electronic and Media Cataloging for the 21st Century are now available. There is a summary for each presentation and often a link to the PowerPoint presentations or handouts. The workshops include:Creating Annotations...
- Niso Standards For Comment
These are some of the NISO standards that are currently available for comment.ANSI/NISO/ISO 12083 - 1995 Electronic Manuscript Preparation and Markup Abstract: In complete conformance with ISO 8879 (SGML - Standard Generalized Markup Language), 12083...