Cataloging and managing film and video collections : a guide to using RDA and MARC21 / Colin Higgins.

Many librarians hesitate to embrace film, and develop film collections half-heartedly. A glance at some of the bibliographic description will show a diversity of inconsistent practice. Higgins addresses these concerns, and aims to offer librarians a primer on comprehending film itself: its formats,...

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Main Author: Higgins, Colin, 1979- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association, [2015]
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Table of Contents:
  • A brief history of film and its formats
  • Production and distribution, cast and crew
  • Contents
  • Technical features
  • Television
  • Older, and unusual, formats
  • MARC21 records and AACR2
  • Managing your collection
  • Streaming video and the future of the optical disc
  • Appendix 1. Sample records
  • Appendix 2. Symbols found on DVDs, Blu-ray discs, and their cases.