Crash course in basic cataloging with RDA / Heather Lea Moulaison and Raegan Wiechert.

"Covering tools, terminology, and the FRBR-based RDA approach to description, this book explains the current principles of organization of information and basic cataloging practices for non-catalogers, enabling readers to understand elements of the cataloging process and interact with records i...

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Main Authors: Moulaison-Sandy, Heather (Author), Wiechert, Raegan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, California : Libraries Unlimited, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2015]
Series:Crash course series (Westport, Conn.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. What is cataloging?
  • 2. ILSs and the online library catalog
  • 3. Materials and approaches in library cataloging
  • 4. Encoding RDA cataloging records
  • 5. RDA, the toolkit, and works and expressions
  • 6. RDA : manifestations and items
  • 7. Access points for names
  • 8. Subject access and controlled vocabularies
  • 9. Classification
  • 10. Working with catalog records and materials
  • Appendix A. Examples of RDA cataloging records in MARC
  • Appendix B. Cataloging tools : a bibliography/webliography
  • Appendix C. Professional resources for catalogers
  • Index.