BASIC OVERVIEW / LINKS / METHODS / WEB COURSE

cataloging rules

• Resource Description and Access (RDA)
• Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2nd Revision (AACR2)
• International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD)
• Other rules

MARC Bibliographic Materials

• An introduction to MARC by Betty Furrie
• Marc Standards -- MARC21 Standards
• MARC21 format for bibliographic data : LC
• MARC21 code list for countries
• MARC21 code list for geographic areas
• MARC21 code list for languages
• Functional analysis of the MARC21 bibliographic & holdings formats

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MARC Authority Materials

• An introduction to authority records by Betty Furrie
• Web of Authorities - Bibliography listing of tools that assist with establishing authorities and general authority control issues.

Catalog Maintenance

• LC Home Page – for links on subject analysis, classification and shelf-listing, descriptive cataloging, and other tools
• MARC Edit -- Windows version of MARCMakr/Breakr from Terry Reese at Oregon State
• MARC Makr/MARC Breakr -- ASCII to MARC and MARC to ASCII conversion from LC
• Cataloger's Reference Shelf
• Cataloguing cheat sheets -- from Mac Elrod
• List of OPAC commonly misspelled words

Electronic Lists

• AUTOCAT directory
• OCLC Internet lists
• Web4Lib home page

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Web Courses on Cataloging

Librarians in the NWLS area have choices when it comes to training in cataloging.

• University of Wisconsin The School of Library and Information Studies - a listing of correspondence, online and certification library courses.
• NWLS A basic cataloging course is available online twice a year (Spring and Fall) for beginner and veteran NWLS catalogers.