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Cataloging : Future of cataloging

A guide to resources on cataloging and classification.

Metadata

Conversations, Working Groups, and Papers

Report and Recommendations of the U.S. RDA Test Coordinating Committee
Response of the Library of Congress, the National Agricultural Library, and the National Library of Medicine to the RDA Test Coordinating Committee
Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control
Here are reports and responses to the Working Group.
“On the Record” but Off the Track
Thomas Mann's review of LC's Working Group on Bibliographic Control
Implications of MARC Tag Usage on Library Metadata Practices (OCLC)
OCLC Policy Change (Code4Lib)
The Changing Nature of the Catalog and its Integration with Other Discovery Tools
Also known as The Calhoun Report
Critical Review of the Calhoun Report, by Thomas Mann
What They Don’t Teach in Library School: Competencies, Education, and Employer Expectations for a Career in Cataloging

Some fun catalogs

NCSU (Endeca)
Villanova (VuFind)
Queens Library (AquaBrowser)
Georgia Pines (Evergreen)
LibraryThing
Stanford University Libraries & Academic Information Resources
Take a look at the SearchWorks prototype.
New York Public Library BiblioCommons

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Last Updated: Nov 11, 2021 12:56 PM
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Subjects: Library and Information Studies