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Toward A Code Of Ethics For Cataloging, Sheila A. Bair

University Libraries Faculty & Staff Publications

Cataloging is the foundation of librarianship, and catalogers are professionals with special skills that set them apart from the profession in general and give them unique ethical responsibilities. They have power to help or harm on an increasingly global scale, yet very little has been written about the ethical issues faced by catalogers. This paper explores the ethics of cataloging, including encoding, subject analysis, authority control, and copy-cataloging, and examines descriptive and normative aspects in view of James Moor’s just-consequentialist theory and J.J. Britz’s ideas on ethical issues relating to intellectual freedom. A code of ethics for cataloging is offered.

Cataloging The Congressional Serial Set, Aimée C. Quinn

Library Scholarship

Many librarians question the usefulness of the traditional cataloging of difficult historic sets in a time when more and more information moves either to the Internet or is digitized outright. One of the most challenging sets to catalog is the United States Congressional Serial Set, a 14,000+ (and growing) mega serial comprised of five monographic sub-series. The Congressional Serial Set is an anomaly since it is both monographic and serial in nature. This article examines the intricacies in cataloging government publications in an electronic atmosphere using one House document in the Serial Set as a guide and examines the two …

A 21st Century Look At An Ancient Concept: Understanding Frbr, Anita Coleman

Faculty Publications

This is a presentation of the library's most enduring artifact: the bibliographic record. The focus is on understanding the theory behind IFLA's Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR). Illustrations, practical implementations, and research initiatives are also summarized. A deeper understanding of the importance of "works" and the legacy that it brings along are the goal of this entertaining and informative look into our past, present and future.

Implementing Sfx: Impact On Acquisitions And Cataloging, Judith Shelton, William Walsh

University Library Faculty Presentations

Presentation about SFX link resolver.

Cataloging Thin Air: Planning & Cataloging The Beyond The Shelf Grant Digital Items, Nancy Lewis, Kate Seago

Library Presentations

No abstract provided.

Thermal-Transfer Printing: A Better Way To Print Library Labels, Cheryl D. Walters

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

Thermal-transfer printing, a technology borrowed from the manufacturing sector, offers libraries a flexible method for printing durable, accurate, legible, and attractive labels that reliably adhere to most book surfaces. When guided by an electronic program customized to meet a library’s particular needs, a thermal-transfer printing system offers virtually limitless variations in font, format, and functionality. It can print labels directly from the online catalog, thereby guaranteeing that call numbers on labels match what patrons see in the catalog. This article explains thermal-transfer printing and how it compares with other printing technologies, briefly explores applications in both the manufacturing and library …

Serials And Integrating Resources: Cataloging Electronic Formats, Debra G. Skinner

Library Faculty Presentations

New rules, new format, and new tools! Cataloging online resources.

Intellectual Access: Introduction To The Organization Of Information, Anita Coleman

Faculty Publications

This is a presentation to the Strong Start program (new MLS students) at the University of Arizona on 19 August 2002. There are 32 slides. Contents: Definitions, Assumptions, Limitations; What are Information Environments? The Roles We Play; Knowledge Organization (KO); The Cataloging/Metadata Process; Metadata â standards, types, initiatives; Q & A; Discussion; Resources. Interestingly, dLIST is mentioned and volunteers solicited!

Cataloging Unit Statistics 2001-2002, Amar K. Lahiri

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Annual productivity statistics from the Cataloging Unit of the University of Rhode Island Library for 2001-2002. Includes total number of copy-cataloged records and original catalog records created. Also includes bibliographic and item records created, modified, and deleted in the local Innovative Interfaces library system.

Cataloging Unit Annual Report 2000-2001, Amar K. Lahiri

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Annual report of the Cataloging Unit of the University of Rhode Island Libraries for the year 2000-2001.

Authority Tools For Audiovisual And Music Catalogers: An Annotated List Of Useful Resources, James Alberts, John Bewley, Robert Bratton, Ann Caldwell, Robert B. Freeborn, Sheryl Holmes, Phyllis Jones, Michelle Koth, Marilyn Mccroskey, Jeanne M. Piascik, David Procházka, James L. Soe Nyun, Barbara R. Tysinger, Iris Wolley

OLAC Publications and Training Materials

The Subcommittee on Authority Tools designed this list to bring together, in one place, descriptions of information sources that are useful when developing authorized headings to support audiovisual and music catalog records. Work began on this project in 1999, and the list was released in 2001. It became a historical OLAC document in 2020. Please note that links in this document were active in 2001 and may no longer exist currently.

General Material Designations In The Twenty-First Century: Results Of A Survey By Jean Weihs, Jean Weihs

OLAC Research Grant

Research results of the OLAC Research Grant awarded in 2000.

Catalog Design, Catalog Maintenance, Catalog Governance, Mary K. Bolin

UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications

The design of library catalogs and the maintenance of their contents equals catalog governance, that is, professional responsibility for the catalog. The design of library catalogs and their contents are an example of the standards that are the hallmark of modern librarianship. Although design and maintenance standards have always had an array of participants, in recent years the participants in catalog design and maintenance have become more numerous and varied, and therefore its governance has become more diffuse. Although the card catalog had a standard form in which design and maintenance were linked, that is not true of today’s OPAC …

Cataloging Unit Statistics 1998-1999, Amar K. Lahiri

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Annual productivity statistics from the Cataloging Unit of the University of Rhode Island Library for 1998-1999. Includes total number of copy-cataloged records and original catalog records created. Also includes bibliographic and item records created, modified, and deleted in the local Innovative Interfaces library system.

Cataloging Unit Statistics 1997-1998, Amar K. Lahiri

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Annual productivity statistics from the Cataloging Unit of the University of Rhode Island Library for 1997-1998. Includes total number of copy-cataloged records and original catalog records created. Also includes bibliographic and item records created, modified, and deleted in the local Innovative Interfaces library system.

Report Of The Ad Hoc Committee On Bibliographic Control Of Electronic Serials, James A. Barrett, Marjorie Jackson, Martha Kellogg, Kenneth Krepp, Karen Ramsay, Deborah Sanford

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Bibliographic Control of Electronic Serials of the University of Rhode Island Libraries.

Recommends six policies related to the bibliographic control of electronic journals.

The charge to the committee was as follows: "The Ad Hoc Committee on the Bibliographic Control of Electronic Serials will review present library practice for the handling of electronic serials from the point of order, through invoicing, payment and cataloging in the HELIN system and on the library's home page. It will review the process for the continuing management of the bibliographic record for accuracy, currency, and quality. The committee …

Bliss: The Man And The Classification, John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

This paper discusses the career of Henry Evelyn Bliss, founder of the Bibliographic Classification, which is currently being revised. Dissatisfied with the current classification systems, Bliss devised his own, which was based on a main class order that provided for collocation of related classes. Although not currently used in the United States, the Bibliographic Classification continues to be utilized by approximately 50 libraries in the United Kingdom. Advantages and criticisms are presented for Bliss's system, which is often praised in library science textbooks, yet seldom used as the trend in libraries has been to either the Dewey Decimal or the …

Cataloging Unit Statistics 1991-1992, Amar K. Lahiri

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Annual productivity statistics from the Cataloging Unit of the University of Rhode Island Library for 1991-1992. Includes total number of copy-cataloged records and original catalog records created. Also includes bibliographic and item records created, modified, and deleted in the local Innovative Interfaces library system.

Cataloging Medieval And Renaissance Manuscripts: A Review Article, Richard W. Clement

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

Until recently it could have been argued with much justification that the cataloging of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States began and ended with Seymour De Ricci's Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New York: H. W. Wilson, 1935-40) and Supplement (New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1962). Of course, many excellent catalogs were produced before the Census and have been produced since (although most are of a specialized nature), yet the Census and its Supplement must be regarded as the one great landmark in cataloging in this country. It was the …