Cataloging and Classification: An Introduction
The third edition of 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, including both the materials owned by the library (mostly physical items such as books, journals, and nonprint materials) and external resources such as those in electronic form that are accessible through the library's portal. Chan emphasizes the standards for...
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Cataloging and Classification, Third Edition, is a text for beginning students and a tool for practicing cataloging personnel. All chapters have been rewritten in this latest edition to incorporate recent developments, particularly the tremendous impact metadata and the Web have had on cataloging and classification.
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION1. Bibliographic Control and Library CatalogsPART TWO: DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGING2. Development of Cataloging Codes3. Description4. Choice of Access Points5. Name Authority Control and Forms of Headings and Uniform Titles6. ReferencesPART THREE: SUBJECT ACCESS IN LIBRARY CATALOGS7. Subject Cataloging8. Library of Congress Subject Headings9. Sears List of Subject Headings10. Medical Subject Headings and Other Subject Cataloging SystemsPART FOUR: CLASSIFICATION11. General Principles of Classification12. Dewey Decimal Classification13. Library of Congress Classification14. National Library of Medicine Classification and Other Modern Classification SystemsPART FIVE: USMARC FORMATS AND PRODUCTION OF CATALOGING RECORDS15. USMARC Formats16. Producing Cataloging RecordsAppendices. Glossary. Bibliography. Acknowledgments. Index
\ January/February 2008 TechnicalitiesThe third edition is a more sophisticated textbook that can be used for advanced as well as introductory study. It is an excellent publication. ... Cataloging and Classification is a worthy successor to Dr. Chan's previous publications.\ \ \ \ \ March 2008 American Reference Books Annual (ARBA)Chan continues her high standard of work as a standard text for teaching and understanding these complex aspects of library science. ... a welcomed addition to any cataloging department or school library. With in-depth coverage and examples to illustrate even the most complex topics, this book will assist any cataloger in their endeavors.\ \ \ December 2007 Library HeraldDefinitions are simple and easy to understand. In this book, an attempt has been made to reflect current practice. It completely and comprehensively portrays the cutting edge scene in knowledge organization. The book maintains its supremacy in the field and is thus an essential reading for the students, teachers and practitioners in the arena of knowledge organization.\ \ \ \ \ November 2007 Reference and Research Book NewsPresents a text for library science students and practitioners, which covers the analysis and representation of methods used in describing, organizing, and providing access to resources made available in or through libraries, including both materials owned by the library and external resources such as those in electronic form that are accessible through the library's portal. The text has been updated and revised throughout to reflect changes in the landscape, scope, and nature of bibliographic control in libraries since publication of the 1994 edition, and contains a new chapter on Dublin Core and a number of other widely used metadata schemas and a new chapter on the new subject access system called FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology), a newly developed subject controlled vocabulary.\ \ \ \ \ American Reference Books Annual (ARBA)Chan continues her high standard of work as a standard text for teaching and understanding these complex aspects of library science. ... a welcomed addition to any cataloging department or school library. With in-depth coverage and examples to illustrate even the most complex topics, this book will assist any cataloger in their endeavors.\ \ \ \ \ Reference and Research Book NewsPresents a text for library science students and practitioners, which covers the analysis and representation of methods used in describing, organizing, and providing access to resources made available in or through libraries, including both materials owned by the library and external resources such as those in electronic form that are accessible through the library's portal. The text has been updated and revised throughout to reflect changes in the landscape, scope, and nature of bibliographic control in libraries since publication of the 1994 edition, and contains a new chapter on Dublin Core and a number of other widely used metadata schemas and a new chapter on the new subject access system called FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology), a newly developed subject controlled vocabulary.\ \
