Subject cataloguing and the principles on which the choice of subject headings should be based
Subject cataloguing and the principles on which the choice of subject headings should be based

Author: Daniel Kinyanjui

Publisher: GRIN Verlag

Published: 2016-12-07

Total Pages: 13

ISBN-13: 3668358249

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Document from the year 2016 in the subject Library Science, Information- / Documentation Science, , language: English, abstract: The concept of subject cataloguing appeared on the scene in the mid-nineteenth century. Before then, descriptive cataloging was the only library cataloging that was practiced. Libraries were much smaller than they are today, and scholarly librarians then were able, with the aid of printed bibliographies, to be familiar with everything available on a given subject and guide the users to it. With the rapid growth of knowledge in many fields in the course of the nineteenth century and the consequential increase in the volume of books and other library materials, it became desirable to do a preliminary subject analysis of such works and then to represent them in the catalogue in such a way that they would be retrievable by subject. This is subject cataloguing. The choice of subject headings is based on some key principles. In this paper, I look at the concept of subject cataloguing in relation to the principles that govern the choice of the descriptive terms or subject headings.

Essential Library of Congress Subject Headings
Essential Library of Congress Subject Headings

Author: Vanda Broughton

Publisher: Facet Publishing

Published: 2011-11-20

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1856046184

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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) are increasingly seen as 'the' English language controlled vocabulary, despite their lack of a theoretical foundation, and their evident US bias. In mapping exercises between national subject heading lists, and in exercises in digital resource organization and management, LCSH are often chosen because of the lack of any other widely accepted English language standard for subject cataloguing. It is therefore important that the basic nature of LCSH, their advantages, and their limitations, are well understood both by LIS practitioners and those in the wider information community. Information professionals who attended library school before 1995 - and many more recent library school graduates - are unlikely to have had a formal introduction to Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). Paraprofessionals who undertake cataloguing are similarly unlikely to have enjoyed an induction to the broad principles of LCSH. This is the first compact guide to LCSH written from a UK viewpoint. Key topics include: • background and history of LCSH • subject heading lists • structure and display in LCSH • form of entry • application of LCSH • document analysis • main headings • topical, geographical and free-floating sub-divisions • building compound headings • name headings • headings for literature, art, music, history and law • LCSH in the online environment. Readership: There is a strong emphasis throughout on worked examples and practical exercises in the application of the scheme, and a full glossary of terms is supplied. No prior knowledge or experience of subject cataloguing is assumed. This is an indispensable guide to LCSH for practitioners and students alike.

AACR2-e
AACR2-e

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780838921975

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Contains complete text of the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2d ed., 1998 rev., including all amendments, all appendices, a fully searchable table of contents and index, a tutorial, and Folio Views Infobase.

Introduction to Cataloging and Classification
Introduction to Cataloging and Classification

Author: Bohdan S. Wynar

Publisher: Littleton, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9780872871601

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Introduction to cataloging; Introduction to principles of cataloging; Choice of entry rules; Form of entry headings for persons; Form of entry headings for corporate bodies; Uniform titles; Descriptive cataloging; Serials; Cataloging of nonbook materials; Classification; Dewey decimal classification; Library of congress classification; Other general classification systems; Subject headings; Library of congress subject headings; Sears list of subject headings; Centralized services and cataloging routines.

A Manual of Cataloguing Practice
A Manual of Cataloguing Practice

Author: K. G. B. Bakewell

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2014-05-17

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 1483157318

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A Manual of Cataloguing Practice is a text on cataloguing and covers topics ranging from the major cataloguing codes to the subject catalogue, the name catalogue, and cataloguing of special materials. Physical forms of catalogue are also considered, along with the filing and arrangement of catalogue entries; centralized and cooperative cataloguing; the organization of cataloguing; and the relation of cataloguing to modern methods of information retrieval. This manual is comprised of 16 chapters and begins with an overview of the nature and purpose of catalogues, as well as the history of cataloguing and catalogues. The discussion then turns to the development and application of the major cataloguing codes, including the British Museum Cataloguing Rules; the Vatican Code; the American Library Association Rules 1949; and the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 1967. Some particular problems of author-title cataloguing are considered, together with the solutions suggested by some of the major codes and the practices of some individual libraries. External guides (instructions for the use of the catalogue) and internal guides (""signposts"" within the catalogue) are also discussed. Finally, the future of cataloguing is examined. This book will be a useful resource for practicing cataloguers and librarians as well as students of librarianship.

Rules for a Dictionary Catalog
Rules for a Dictionary Catalog

Author: Charles Ammi Cutter

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2018-02-15

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9781377510118

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