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A Guide To The Library Of Congress Classification, 5th Ed. (Chan), David Procházka

David Procházka

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 …