Beginning Cataloging, 2nd Edition

Weihs, Jean and Sheila S. Intner. Beginning Cataloging. 2nd Edition. Libraries Unlimited, 2017. ISBN: 978-1-4408-3844-6

Description
Updated to include recent changes with RDA, this easy-to-use primer provides an introduction to standardized cataloging that will benefit library technicians as well as students in library technician and teacher librarian programs.

Table of Contents 

1. Introduction
2. Cataloging-in-publication
3. Computer coding
4. Descriptive cataloging
5. Access points
6. Subject headings
7. Classification
8. Copy Cataloging and Policy Issues

Appendix: Answers to Exercises
Glossary

RDA Essentials

Brenndorfer, Thomas. RDA Essentials. ALA, CLA, CILIP, 2016. ISBN: 978-0-8389-1328-4

Description
Perfect for those new to cataloging, this concise guide to cataloging with RDA specifically hones in on the needs of those seeking a simplified path to creating basic RDA records. First describing foundational RDA concepts and vocabulary, Brenndorfer then distills RDA instructions, matching them to cataloging practice in easy-to-follow language.

Table of Contents
A detailed table of contents is available on the publisher's web site.

Organizing Information

Houston, Cynthia. Organizing Information in School Libraries: Basic Principles and New Rules. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2016. ISBN: 978-1-4408-3686-2

Publisher's Description
Covering both classification and cataloging principles as well as procedures relevant to school libraries, this book provides a teaching kit for a course on this critical subject that includes content and practice exercises.

A valuable resource for instructors in LIS programs who teach courses in cataloguing with an emphasis on school libraries, this textbook explains the nuts and bolts of classification and cataloging as well as the functionality of integrated library systems and how these systems critically serve the mission of the school. Author Cynthia Houston covers Web 2.0 and the social networking features of these systems as well as examining in detail the principles and procedures for subject classification using Sears subject headings or Dewey Decimal Classification using the Sears tool.

This teaching tool kit addresses the cataloging of print materials, audiovisual materials, and electronic materials separately—but all within the specific context of the school library. It supplies a number of examples and exercises to reinforce the key concepts and skills as well as to demonstrate the real-world applications of learning concepts and procedures. Based directly on Houston's extensive experience in teaching classification and cataloging courses, the included content and practice exercises enable instructors to use this book for content, for instruction, and for providing student feedback.

Features

• Answers essential questions such as "What is the nature of the bibliographic universe in an electronic information age?" and "What is the relationship of my school library's catalog to the bibliographic universe?"
• Addresses RDA standards as well as cataloguing and classification strategies for school library programs
• Features practice exercises that readers can apply immediately for in-class use

Catalog It!

Kaplan, Allison G. Catalog It!: A Guide to Cataloging School Library Materials. 3rd ed. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2015. ISBN: 978-1-4408-3580-3

Publisher's Description
Whether you're a practicing cataloger looking for a short text to update you on the application of RDA to cataloging records or a school librarian who needs a quick resource to answer cataloging questions, this guide is for you.

Since the last edition of this invaluable text was published, the library world has experienced a revolution in descriptive cataloging the likes of which has not been seen since the early 1980s. This updated, third edition of an established and well-respected guide makes it easy for you to stay in step with those monumental changes. The book will help you understand the latest fundamentals of cataloging so you can get items on the library shelves quickly and efficiently.

Every chapter has been revised. Changes in standards, including RDA and BISAC, that were alluded to in the second edition are discussed in depth and illustrated with explanations, and sample problem sets are included so you can put theory into practice. In addition, the book provides you with clear headings for easy scanning as well as cheat sheets and templates for creating records for book and non-book items. Previous editions of this text have been used by library practitioners and library and information science professors across the country because of its spot-on, easy-to-follow guidance on cataloging for school libraries. This new edition builds upon those strengths, adding everything you need to know about current, groundbreaking changes.

Features

• Thoroughly updates a best-selling, essential guide to cataloging
• Addresses the new standards specifically as they apply to school libraries
• Helps school librarians understand and implement the new cataloging standards in their collections
• Distills the latest information and presents it in a format that is clear and accessible
• Fills the need for up-to-the-minute cataloging guidance for the busy librarian who wants information in a hurry

RDA: Resource Description and Access Print--2015 Revision

RDA: Resource Description and Access Print--2015 Revision. ALA, 2015. ISBN: 978-0-8389-1346-8

Description
This revision in complete through April 2015. For a full description, see the publisher's site:
http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=11507

RDA Made Simple: A Practical Guide to the New Cataloging Rules

Hart, Amy. RDA Made Simple: A Practical Guide to the New Cataloging Rules. Libraries Unlimited, 2014. ISBN: 978-1-61069-485-8.

Description
This all-in-one guide to RDA keeps it simple and provides practical advice in applying the standard. It covers planning and training considerations, presents relevant FRBR and FRAD background, and offers practical, step-by-step cataloging advice for a variety of material formats.

Table of Contents

Introduction: RDA Made Simple
Chapter 1: RDA History to 2008
Chapter 2: RDA HIstory 2008alt-1-5-0
Chapter 3: Planning for RDA
Chapter 4: Implementation Issues
Chapter 5: FRBR, FRAD, and RDA
Chapter 6: RDA's Introductory Chapter
Chapter 7: Navigating RDA
Chapter 8: Tips for Using RDA
Chapter 9: The "RDA Into MARC" Workflow: An Overview
Chapter 10: RDA Section 1: Manifestations and Items
Chapter 11: RDA Section 2: Naming Works and Expressions
Chapter 12: Describing Content for Works and Expressions
Chapter 13: RDA Section 6: Relationships of a Resource to Persons, Families, or Corporate Bodies
Chapter 14: RDA Section 8: Resource-to-Resource Relationships
Chapter 15: RDA Sections 3 and 9: Authority Work
Chapter 16: RDA Quick Reference Table of Contents
Chapter 17: RDA Into MARC Overview: Quick-Ref Chart
Chapter 18: MARC Chart: RDA Impacts
Chapter 19: MARC 264 Fields and Publication Dates
Chapter 20: Content, Media, and Carrier Types in MARC 33x
Chapter 21: Collaborations and Compilations
Chapter 22: Note Fields in RDA
Chapter 23: RDA Examples
Bibliography
Index

RDA: Resource Description and Access Print--2014 Revision

RDA: Resource Description and Access Print--2014 Revision. ALA, 2014. ISBN: 978-0-8389-1293-5.  

Description
Includes updates through April 2014. A full description can be found at the publisher's web site:
http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=11193

Extensible Processing for Archives and Special Collections: Reducing Processing Backlogs.

Santamaria, Daniel A. Extensible Processing for Archives and Special Collections: Reducing Processing Backlogs. Neal-Schuman, 2015. ISBN: 978-0-8389-1257-7

Description
The author suggests an approach for dealing with archival collections that have not yet been processed or having finding aids. Extensible processing allows collection managers to first establish a baseline level of access to all holdings, then conduct additional processing based on user demand and ongoing assessment.The book lays out the basic principles, discusses archival standards, and provides a sample workflow that can be adapted to any environment.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Backlog Problem and Archival Processing

Chapter 2: Beyond MPLP: Principles of Extensible Processing

Chapter 3: General Processing Workflow: Working With Collections

Chapter 4: Attacking Your Backlog: Using Collections Assessment Surveys as Part of a Backlog Reduction Project

Chapter 5: Expanding Accessioning and Working with New Collections

Chapter 6: Descriptive Standards and Facilitating Access to Description

Chapter 7: Digitization and Facilitating Access to Content

Chapter 8: Supervision, Management, and Planning

Chapter 9: “But What About…”: Answering Frequent Questions and Concerns about Extensible Processing

Conclusion

Appendices

A: Case Studies 1 and 2: Institutional Backlog Reduction Projects

B: Case Studies 3 and 4: Individual Collections with Privacy Concerns

C: Case Studies 5 and 6: Accessioning and Digitization in the Context of an Extensible Processing Progra

D: Case Studies 7 and 8: Consortial Survey and Assessment Projects

E: Finding Aid Examples

F: Processing Work Plan Examples and Template

G: Deed of Gift Example

H: Take Down Policy Example

I: Related Conference Presentations and Papers

Making the Move to RDA: A Self-Study for Catalogers

Kincy, Chamya Pompey (with Sara Shatford Layne). Making the Move to RDA: A Self-Study for Catalogers. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. ISBN: 978-0-8108-8769-5

Description

This book is designed for catalogers working in the MARC environment who currently create records using AACR2 and need to transition to RDA. It explains the conceptual framework for the new cataloging standards and provides ample examples of MARC coded records. As one reviewer observes, " ... [the] book is like having a conversation with two expert catalogers as they walk you step-by-step through the intricacies of the conceptual models ..."

Table of Contents

Part I. RDA Background Explained
Chapter 1. Development, Objectives, and Principles
Chapter 2. Underlying Models and Organization
Chapter 3. Major Differences between RDA and AACR2
Part II. RDA Instructions Summarized
Chapter 4. Attributes of Manifestations and Items
Chapter 5. Attributes of Works and Expressions
Chapter 6. Attributes of Persons, Families, Corporate Bodies, and Places
Chapter 7. Recording Relationships
Part III. RDA Applied in the MARC Environment
Chapter 8. Creating and Interpreting Bibliographic Records for Books
Chapter 9. Creating and Interpreting Bibliographic Records for Non-Book Resources
Chapter 10. Creating and Interpreting Authority Records

Information Resource Description: Creating and Managing Metadata

Hider, Philip.  Information Resource Description: Creating and Managing Metadata.  Chicago: ALA, 2012.   025.3 Hider   isbn 978-0-8389-1201-0

This book serves as a primer on information and knowledge organization, with particular reference to digital environments. It introduces the conventions and standards of contemporary document description, and the principles and trends of professional practice. Employing the unifying mechanism of the semantic web and the resource description framework, Hider integrates the various traditions and practices of information and knowledge organization. Uniquely, he covers both the domain-specific traditions and practices and the practices of the “metadata movement” through a single lens—that of resource description in the broadest, semantic web sense. This approach more readily accommodates coverage of the new RDA: Resource Description and Access standard, which aims to move library cataloging into the center of the semantic web. This book brings both the standard and its model and concepts into focus, covering such key topics as:

•  Information resource attributes
•  Metadata for information retrieval
•  Metadata sources and quality
•  Economics and management of metadata
•  Knowledge organization systems
•  The semantic web
•  Books and e-books, and websites and audiovisual resources
•  Business and government documents
•  Learning resources

The field of information/knowledge organizationThis comprehensive introduction to information resource description is essential reading for LIS students taking information organization courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, information professionals wishing to specialize in metadata, and existing metadata specialists who wish to update their knowledge.

Organization of Information, 3rd ed.

Taylor, Arlene G. and Daniel N. Joudrey. The Organization of Information, 3rd ed. Westport, CN: Libraries Unlimited, 2009. 025 Taylo ISBN978-1-59158-700-2

This third edition of Taylor's modern classic continues to articulate the theory, principles, standards, and tools behind information organization. As with previous editions, it begins with strong justification for the continued importance of organizing principles and practice. Following a broad overview of the concept and its role in human endeavors, Taylor and Joudrey provide a detailed and insightful discussion of such basic retrieval tools as inventories, bibliographies, catalogs, indexes, finding aids, registers, databases, major bibliographic utilities, and other organizing entities; and subsequently trace the development of the organization of recorded information in Western civilization from 2000 B.C.E. to the present. Standards of codification (MARC, SGML, and various DTDs), controlled vocabularies and ontologies, and Web 2.0 technologies are but a sample of its extensive topical coverage.

Describing Electronic, Digital, and Other Media Using AACR2 and RDA

Weber, Mary Beth and Austin, Fay Angela. Describing Electronic, Digital, and Other Media Using AACR2 and RDA. New York: Neal-Schumann, 2011. 025.34 Weber. ISBN 978-1555706685

Authors Mary Beth Weber and Fay Austin address RDA, the latest hot new trend in cataloging, along with traditional examples of cataloging like MARC, MODS, and Dublin Core. Streaming video, Internet sites, dual-disc DVDs, blogs and listservs are just some of the rapidly emerging, and often complicated, new resources covered in this current, easy-to-follow manual. Weber and Austin dedicate separate chapters to each non-print and e-resource format, and include corresponding examples to help demonstrate practical implementation of these critical new skills. A companion CD-ROM, designed for catalogers to use in creating descriptive records, provides guidance on how to formulate core-level descriptions for the seven media types discussed in the book; live links to online sources for additional information; and templates for creating descriptive records using MARC, MODS, and Dublin Core.Practical and user-friendly, this essential guide to 21st century cataloging will teach you to organize your constantly expanding collection.