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Cataloging and Classification - An Introduction (Hardcover, Fourth Edition)
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Cataloging and Classification - An Introduction (Hardcover, Fourth Edition)
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The fourth edition of the late Lois Mai Chan's classic Cataloging
and Classification covers the analysis and representation of
methods used in describing, organizing, and providing access to
resources made available in or through libraries. Since the last
edition published in 2007, there have been dramatic changes in
cataloging systems from the Library of Congress. The most notable
being the shift from AACR2 to Resource Description and Access (RDA)
as the new standard developed by the Library of Congress. With the
help of the coauthor, Athena Salaba, this text is modified
throughout to conform to the new standard. Retaining the overall
outline of the previous edition, this text presents the essence of
library cataloging and classification in terms of three basic
functions: descriptive cataloging, subject access, and
classification. Within this framework, all chapters have been
rewritten to incorporate the changes that have occurred during the
interval between the third and fourth editions. In each part, the
historical development and underlying principles of the retrieval
mechanism at issue are treated first, because these are considered
essential to an understanding of cataloging and classification.
Discussion and examples of provisions in the standards and tools
are then presented in order to illustrate the operations covered in
each chapter. Divided into five parts-a general overview; record
production and structure, encoding formats, and metadata records;
RDA; subject access and controlled vocabularies; and the
organization of library resources-each part of the book begins with
a list of the standards and tools used in the preparation and
processing of that part of the cataloging record covered, followed
by suggested background readings selected to help the reader gain
an overview of the subject to be presented. This book is the
standard text for the teaching and understanding of cataloging and
classification.
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