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Bibliographic
Formats and Standards (OCLC)
A guide to machine-readable cataloging records in
WorldCat (the OCLC Online Union
Catalog). It provides tagging conventions, input standards and
guidelines for entering information into WorldCat.
Cataloger's
Desktop
Cataloger's
Desktop Workshop (pdf)
A tutorial created and maintained by Anna M. Ferris.
Classification
Web
Classification
Web: A Basic Introduction (pdf)
A tutorial created and maintained by Anna M. Ferris.
Connexion
client macros (OCLC)
Geographic
Names Information System (GNIS)
A USGS query form for geographic features in the
United States and its territories.
GEOnet
Names Server (GNS)
Provides access to the National Imagery and Mapping
Agency's (NIMA) database of foreign geographic feature names.
Library
of Congress Authorities
Using Library of Congress Authorities, you can browse
and view authority headings for
Subject, Name, Title and Name/Title combinations; and download
authority
records in MARC format for use in a local library system.
MARC
21
MARC formats are standards from the representation and
communication of bibliographic and related information in
machine-readable form.
MARC
21 Concise Format for Authority Data
MARC
21 Concise Format for Bibliographic Data
MARC
21 Concise Format for Holdings Data
MARC
Code List for Countries
MARC
Code List for Languages
MARC
Code List for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions
Metadata
basics
For the understanding and use of metadata standards
(such as Dublin Core) for describing and managing
electronic and digital resources.
RDA:
Resource Description and Access
At the April 2005 meeting, the Joint Steering
Committee for Revision of AACR decided that a new approach to the
development of the new edition of AACR was necessary, as well as a
change of name to RDA: Resource Description and Access. One of the
first steps in this process is the publication of a prospectus for RDA,
now available.
Tools
for Serials Catalogers: a collection of useful sites and sources
Created and maintained by Ann Ercelawn II.
Last updated: December 19,
2006
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