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Normore, L.F.: "Here be dragons" : a wayfinding approach to teaching cataloguing (2012)
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- Abstract
- Teaching cataloguing requires the instructor to make strategic decisions about how to approach the variety and complexity of the field and to provide an adequate theoretical foundation while preparing students for their entry into the world of practice. Accompanying these challenges are the tactical demands of providing this instruction in a distance education environment. Rather than focusing on ways to support learners in catalogue record production, instructors may use a problem solving and decision making approach to instruction. In this paper, a way to conceptualize a decision making approach that builds on a foundation provided by theories of information navigation is described. This approach, which is called "wayfinding", teaches by having students learn to find their way in the sets of rules that are commonly used. The method focuses on instruction about the structural features of rule sets, providing basic definitions of what each of the "places" in the rule sets contain (e.g., "formatting personal names" in Chapter 22 of AACR2R) and about ways to navigate those structures, enabling students to learn not only about common rules but also about less well known cataloguing practices ("dragons"). It provides both pragmatic and pedagogical benefits and helps develop links between cataloguing practices and their theoretical foundations.
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Spiteri, L.F.: ¬The impact of social cataloguing sites on the construction of bibliographic records in the public library catalogue (2009)
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RAK-NBM : Interpretationshilfe zu NBM 3b,3 (2000)
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- 22. 1.2000 19:22:27
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Viswanathan, C.G.: Cataloguing:theory & practice (2007)
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- Abstract
- Most Likely, this revision of Cataloguing Theory and Practice 6th Edition by Professor C.G. Viswanathan has the distinction of commanding continued use since 1954, both in India and abroad . Besides providing a comprehensive and balanced perspective of library catalogues from Collimates to AACR-2 1988 revision, enabling students and the faculty of library and information science at universities, and practicing cataloguers towards rationalization, the work projects an analysis of pros and cons of continuing the cataloguing procedures and techniques and maintaining it in the traditional form of cards filed in cabinet or to adopt the MARC techniques, and computerise it online with the advanced countries of the West. The impact of computerisation on the users, library staff and library administration with regard to its cost effectiveness has been discussed. Two new chapters. Computerised Catalogue (chapter-8) and Headings for Name Entries (Chapter-26) according to AACR2, 1988 revision has been added. The data and been brought to date. A brief account of the British Library's Cataloguing Conversion Project of the British Museum's General Catalogue to Machine Readable From presents an exciting experience. The Library of Congress MARC System has also been given due consideration. The select working bibliography of a cataloguer has also been revised. he order of the chapters has been, as in previous editions, retained. It is expected that the sixth edition of Cataloguing Theory and Practice' would command the same respect of the author's colleagues, as justify its value as an unfailing companion in all cataloguing assignments.
- Content
- Inhalt: 1. Library Catalogue : Its Nature, Factions, and Importance in a Library System 2. History of Modern Library Catalogues 3. Catalogue Codes: Origin, Growth and Development 4. Principles of Planning and Provision of the Library Catalogue 5.Catalogue Entries and their Functions in Achieving the Objectives of the Library Catalogue 6.Descriptive Cataloguing 7. Physical Forms of the Catalogue-I Manual Catalogues 8. Physical Forms of the Catalogues-II Computerised Cataloges 9. Varieties of Catalogues, their Scope and Functions 10. Subject Cataloguing 11. Cataloguing Department: Organization and Administration. 12. Cost Analysis of Cataloguing Procedures and Suggested Economies 13. Co-operation and Centralization in Cataloguing 14. Union Catalogues and Subject Specialisation 15. Cataloguing of Special Material 16. Arrangement, Filing, Guiding of catalogue and Instructions for its Use 17. Education and Training of Cataloguers 18.Documentation : An Extension of Cataloguing and Classification Applied to Isolates 19.Catalogue Cards, Their Style and Reproduction Methods 20. Work of Personal Authors 21. Choice and Entry of Personal Names 22. Works of Corporate Authors 23. Legal Publications 24. Choice of Headings for Corporate Bodies 25. Works of Unknown Authorship : Entry under Uniform Titles 26. Acces Points to Books and Meta- Books by A-ACR2 27. AACR2 1988 revision : Choice of Access Points to Name Headings and Uniform Titles 28. Added Entries Other Than Subject Entries 29. Subject Entries 30. Analytiacal Entries 31. Series Note and Series Entry 32. Contents, Notes and Annotation 33. References 34. Display of Entries Appendix-I Select Aids and Guides for the Cataloguer Appendix-II Definitions of Terms Commonly used in Cataloguing Appendix-III Cataloguing Examination: Select Questions Appendix-IV Implications of the adoption of A-ACR2
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Xiong, L.J.: On the compiling of cataloguing rules for Chinese document(s) (1997)
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- Abstract
- Based on the author's practice and experience in compiling 'Cataloguing rules for Chinese documents', explains the background to the rules and their style, highlighting various points which need attention when using them
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Carter, J.A.: PASSPORT/PRISM: authors and titles and MARC : oh my! (1993)
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- OCLC systems and services. 9(1993) no.3, S.20-22
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Madison, O.M:A.: ¬The role of the name main-entry heading in the online environment (1992)
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- Serials librarian. 22(1992), S.371-391
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Kovacic, E.S.: Learning to catalog : a practitioner's perspective (1987)
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- Abstract
- Based on the author's experiences in cataloging, first as a paraprofessional, then as a professional, cataloging various types of materials and cataloging in very different library settings, she identifies several variables which enter into the cataloging process and describes how learning is achieved.
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Bärhausen, A.; Euskirchen, A.: Nachbearbeitung der Katalog-Konversion oder : Es bleibt viel zu tun, packen wir's an! (1999)
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- 22. 1.2000 19:36:10
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Houissa, A.: Arabic personal names : their components and rendering in catalog entries (1991)
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- Cataloging and classification quarterly. 13(1991) no.2, S.3-22
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RAK-Mitteilung Nr.16 : Regeln für die alphabetische Katalogisierung von Nichtbuchmaterialien (RAK-NBM). Entwurf (1995)
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- 22 S
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Jones, E.: ¬The FRBR model as applied to continuing resources (2005)
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- 10. 9.2000 17:38:22
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Münnich, M.: RAK2: Sachstandsbericht : vom Bibliothekartag '95 zum Bibliothekartag '96 (1996)
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- 21. 9.1996 16:03:22
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Hirons, J.; Hawkins, L.; French, P.: AACR2 and you : revisiting AACR2 to accomodate seriality (2000)
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- 18. 8.2002 17:22:13
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Weber, R.: "Functional requirements for bibliographic records" und Regelwerksentwicklung (2001)
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- Dialog mit Bibliotheken. 13(2001) H.3, S.20-22
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Baumann, S.; Tillett, B.: Interview: Barbara Tillett (2003)
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- 17. 8.2003 15:50:22
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Henze, G.: Bericht über das öffentliche Stellungnahmeverfahren zum RAK-Musik-Entwurf 2003 (2004)
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- 6. 6.2004 10:37:22
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Dabrowski, M.; Synak, M.; Kruk, S.R.: Bibliographic ontology (2009)
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- Abstract
- The idea of bibliographic ontology comes from actual needs rather than today's common push to use the technology simply because it exists. The librarian community has always been enthusiastic to technical novelties to improve their work and make it more efficient. It is no different today. Managing bibliographic resources such as books was always a serious task. The goals are simple: to allow those who need access to the information quickly and surely. Unfortunately, these simple goals become more and more difficult to accomplish in the environment of dynamically growing number of resources and users. The problem of information overload has become one of the major concerns in the Internet era. The publishing model of the Internet allows anyone, anywhere and anytime to publish their work and to make it publicly available. It is in both the author's and the reader's interest to make access to such resources as straightforward as possible. What could be accomplished by paper cards in nineteenth century libraries is not enough today. The most common bibliographic resource - a book - may seem simple to manage. We may state the author, title and perhaps a short summary and hope someone will notice it. But what about finding other books from the same field of knowledge? What about checking author's professional background? Or technical article reviews? What about finding aerial photos of San Francisco Bay showing Golden Gate Bridge construction?
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Bourne, R.: ¬The virtual catalogue : practical implications and managerial aspects (1995)
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- Defines the virtual catalogue as a bibliographic database built up from a variety of sources, but in which differences between those sources and the means of accessing individual records from particular files are largely invisible to the user. Discusses the issue of common standards for bibliographic records in the virtual catalogue based on the author's experience of the UK Copyright Shared Cataloguing Programme. Considers the problem of deviations from standards, and suggests that in the are of the virtual catalogue present standards should be reconsidered and modified as appropriate. Access, display of records, and searching techniques are 3 areas that need such reconsideration. Recommends greater cooperation with the book trade in order to maximize the use of published information
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Wu, C.-J.: Metadata and future developments in cataloguing (1997)
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- Abstract
- Metadata is a resource which can assist the information retrieval of digital documents on the Internet. In designing a metadata system, it is necessary to consider the characteristics of digital documents, such as the variety of file formats, frequent format transformation and the difficulty of distinguishing between the different versions. Provides a brief analysis of some existing metadata formats, and introduces several pronciples for the future development of cataloguing on the Internet. Briefly describes the Metadata Experimental System (MES) currently under development, and located at the author's homepage
