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Beginning Cataloging
Contributor(s): Weihs, Jean (Author), Intner, Sheila (Author)
ISBN: 1440838445     ISBN-13: 9781440838446
Publisher: ABC-Clio, LLC
OUR PRICE:   $64.35  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: December 2016
* Not available - Not in print at this time *
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Library & Information Science - Cataloging & Classification
Dewey: 025.3
LCCN: 2016030108
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 7" W x 9.9" (0.85 lbs) 160 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

This easy-to-use primer provides a complete introduction to current standard cataloging practice. The simple language, helpful examples, and clear descriptions of processes and techniques make it a valuable tool for any beginning cataloger or worker in a technical services department. Updated with key information about RDA principles and practices and following the same pragmatic approach as the first edition, the book empowers students with an understanding of the core principles and language of cataloging. Readers will learn how to apply standard descriptive cataloging rules to assign subject headings and classification numbers and to create electronic records.

The book first examines the cataloging-in-publication data found on the verso of most books. Then, chapter by chapter, it explains how this data can be developed into a full bibliographic record that can be used in an online public catalog, covering all types of material formats (books, audiovisuals, images, sound, electronic resources and more). This guide will also serve as a workbook in formal education programs or distance education programs and be useful to library technicians and those working in areas where formal training is inaccessible.