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Bibliographic Control Bodies
Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA
ISSN International Center
Library of Congress (U.S) | Library of Congress Cataloging & Acquisitions | Cataloging FAQs
National Library of Medicine (U.S.) | Cataloging Section
Library and Archives Canada | Library and Archives Canada: Cataloguing and Metadata | The Canadian Committee on Cataloguing
National Library of Australia | Australian Committee on Cataloguing
The British Library
The Library Association (U.K.) | cigindex (Cataloguing and Indexing Group)
American Library Association
Committee on Cataloging: Description & Access
(Develops ALA positions on additions to and revisions of AACR2, 2002 revision and reviews the proposed RDA standard)
MARBI (Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information)
(Develops ALA positions on standards for the representation in machine-readable form of bibliographic information)
IFLA Cataloging Section – FRBR Review Group
Cataloging Tools
The Cataloging Calculator by Kyle Banerjee includes quick access to:
- Cutters (main entry, geographic, and translation)
- MARC Variable fields (Bib) and fixed fields (BKS and SER (Bib), and Name Authority)
- AACR2 Abbreviations
Ending Punctuation for Variable Fields
AUTOCAT Archives (Subscribe, unsubscribe, browse or search the AUTOCAT archives. Must be a subscriber to search)
AUTOCAT Public Archives
Guidelines for the Use of Field 856
LC Cataloging Distribution Service (Where one can order LC cataloging tools)
ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science
Order of Notes (Penn State Libraries)
Cataloging Cheat Sheets
Differences Between, Changes Within: Guidelines on When to Create a New Record (ALCTS)
AACR2/RDA
Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA
AACR2 Roman Alphabet Abbreviations
AACR2 Access Points
RDA (Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA)
FRBR
What is FRBR? Library of Congress, Barbara Tillett
Connexion Client Macros
Walt Nickeson’s Macros
Joel Hahn’s Macros
Merry L. Morris’ Macros
Rule Interpretations
Library of Congress Rule Interpretations through 2008 from Oberlin College
Current LCRI
Levels of cataloging
Modes of Cataloging Employed in the Cataloging Directorate (LC)
Record Requirements for Full, Core, and Minimal Level Records (CONSER)
Full, Core, and Minimal-Level Cataloging (OCLC)
Levels of cataloguing treatment (NLC)
BIBCO Core Record Standards
Cataloging Tool Meta-List
LC Cataloging Policy and Support Office
Library of Congress Research Tools
The Cataloger's Reference Shelf (The Library Corporation)
Cataloguer's Toolbox (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
Technical Services Web Resources (York University Libraries)
Princeton University Cataloging Documentation
Technical Processing Online Tools (TPOT) (UCSD)
Useful Cataloging Links (by Wendy Sistrunk)
Cataloging of Special Materials
Please note that many of these links are duplicated and supplemented in the "Cataloging Tool Meta-List" section above.
Archival Moving Image Materials
Archival Moving Image Materials Manual (1999)
A/V Materials
Useful Websites for AV Catalogers from OLAC (OnLine Audiovisual Catalogers)
Publications and Training Materials from OLAC's Cataloging Policy Committee
Guidelines for Subject Analysis of A/V Materials (ALCTS)
Electronic Resources
ISBD(ER): International Standard Bibliographic Description for Electronic Resources
Cataloging Electronic Resources: OCLC-MARC Coding Guidelines
Guidelines for the Use of Field 856
Graphic materials
Graphic Materials: Rules for Describing Original Items and Historical Collections
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials I: Subject Terms
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials II: Genre and Physical Characteristic Terms
Art & Architecture Thesaurus Online (Getty)
Looseleaf Publications
Description of Looseleaf Publications 2nd ed. (with Special Emphasis on Legal Materials) (1989)
Maps
Map Cataloging Manual (1991)
Map Cataloger's Toolbox (University at Buffalo Libraries)
Music
New Sound Recording Formats – LC Practice
Music Cataloging at Yale
MLA Clearinghouse
Rare Books
Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Books, 2nd ed. (1991)
Serials
CONSER (An International Cooperative Serials Cataloging Program)
About the CONSER Program (Library of Congress)
CONSER Cataloging Manual (1991)
Remote Access Electronic Serials (Online Serials)
Tools for Serials Catalogers
Subject Cataloging
Library of Congress Subject Headings - Principles of Structure and Policies for Application
LC Subject Headings Weekly Lists
Some Common LC Subject Subbdivision Patterns and Caveats (Tulane University 2004)
LCSH Pattern Headings
SACO Program Description
Art & Architecture Thesaurus browser (Getty Vocabulary Program)
GSAFD Genre List
Authority Control
General Authority Information and Tools
Web World of Authority Control
NACO Participants' Manual,3rd ed.
Authorities: Format and Indexes from OCLC
Authorities and Vocabularies from Library of Congress
Library of Congress Authorities
MARC Coding
MARC 21 Format for Authority Data
Personal Names
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Vocabulary Program)
S9.com Biographical Dictionary
Biography Center
Dead People Server
Biography (InfoPlease.com)
Virtual International Authority File
Geographic Names
U.S. Board on Geographic Names
The GEOnet Names Server (Provides access to the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's (NIMA) database of foreign geographic feature names)
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (Getty Vocabulary Program)
General Reference
The WorldFactbook
Cambridge Dictionaries Online
DOT Dictionary of Occupational Titles Index
Encyclopedia.com (HighBeam Research)
Thesaurus.com
GPO Access (U.S. Government Publications)
Search copyright information (U.S. Copyright Office)
MARC Information
Understanding MARC Bibliographic: Machine-Readable Cataloging
Exchange Formats (British Library)
MARC Specialized Tools
MARC 21
MARC Formats and Standards
MARC Advisory Committee Proposals
MARC Standards : MARC 21 Formats (MARC concise format, MARC field lists, MARC code lists) Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative (Library of Congress move away from MARC)
UNIMARC
UNIMARC Manual : Bibliographic Format 1994 (IFLA Universal Bibliographic Control and International MARC Core Programme - UBCIM)
UNIMARC Manual – Authorities Format 2001 (Concise version)
Classification and Shelflisting
Overview
Four Major Classification Schemes (introduction on LCC, DDC, UDC, and CC)
MARC Format for Classification Data
OCLC’s Classify (Experimental classification service)
Library of Congress
LCC Outline from LC (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader or WordPerfect 8)Subject Cataloging Manual: Classification
LC Filing Rules
LC Shelflisting
LC Cutter Tables (MIT Libraries) LC P Class Cutters (MIT Libraries)
Call Number Shelflisting (Wesleyan University)
Shelflisting Introduction (Yale University)
The Cataloging Calculator
U.S. Government Printing Office (G.P.O.) Superintendent of Documents Number
SuDoc Classification Manual
SuDoc Classification System Explanation
National Library of Medicine
Dewey Decimal Classification
Dewey Decimal Classification Home Page (OCLC)
Universal Decimal Classification
About Universal Decimal Classification (UDC Consortium)
Foreign Languages and Scripts
Language Information for Catalogers
Belles Lettres Cataloging Handbook(Stanford)
Glossary of bibliographic information by language
iLoveLanguages (Includes links to spoken, written, signed, or invented languages as well as a listing of translating dictionaries)
Ethnologue, Languages of the World (Searchable database of language resources from SIL, Summer Institute of Linguistics)
The LINGUIST List: Ask a Linguist
VoyCabulary (Online dictionary and thesaurus web linking lookup reference tool)
Translation
Mezzofanti Translations
Babel Fish Translation
Google's Language Tools
FreeTranslation.com
Language Identification Tools
TextCat Language Guesser Demo
Metadata
EAD (Encoded Archival Description)
MARCXML (MARC 21 XML Schema)
MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema)
TEI (Text Encoding Initiative)
Metadata and Cataloging Online Resources (Steven J. Miller, selected reference documents, websites, articles)
Other Metadata Resources
The Warwick Metadata Workshop: a Framework for the Deployment of Resource Description (Metadata for networked information resources)
Digital Libraries: Metadata Resources (IFLANET)
UKOLN Metadata
Dublin Core
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
DCMI Workshop Series
UKOLN Metadata Resources: Dublin Core
Library Catalogs
Libdex (Worldwide directory of library homepages, web-based OPACs, Friends of the Library pages, and library e-commerce affiliate links)
Library of Congress Online Catalog
Library of Congress WWW/Z39.50 Gateway
State Libraries
National Libraries of the World
Amicus (National Catalogue of Canada)
Western European Library Catalogs on the Internet
Automation
Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)
OCLC's support page
OCLC Technical Bulletins
When to Input a New Record
Participating Institutions search
Bibliographic Formats and Standards
Authorities: Format and Indexes from OCLC
Connexion
OCLC Products, Services and E-Content
WorldCat.org
Cataloger's Desktop/Classification Plus
LC Cataloging Distribution Service
Discussion Lists, Blogs, Newsletters
AUTOCAT (subscription)
AUTOCAT (public)
OCLC lists
Next Generation Catalogs for Libraries
Cataloging Futures
Coyle’s InFormation
Outgoing: Library Metadata Techniques & Trends
ALCTS (Association for Library Collections and Technical Services) Newsletter
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