Introduction to cataloging and classification

Rev. ed. of: Wynar's introduction to cataloging and classification. Rev. 9th ed. 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-575) and index.

Cataloging in context -- Development of cataloging codes -- Electronic formatting -- Description and access -- Description of analytical materials: Choice of access points -- Form of headings for names and titles -- Authority control -- Subject access: Subject access to library materials -- Verbal subject access -- Library of Congress subject headings (LSCH) -- Sears list of subject headings (SEARS) -- Other types of verbal access -- Classification of library materials -- Decimal classification -- Library of Congress classification (LCC) -- Creation of complete call numbers -- Other classification systems -- Administrative issues: Processing centers, networking, and cooperative programs -- Catalog management -- Appendix: Arrangement dilemmas and filing rules -- Glossary of selected terms and abbreviations -- Selected bibliography -- Index.

The field's foremost authority on the organization of information does it again! The latest edition of this classic work incorporates changes, both great and small, in the world of cataloging and classification since the turn of the century. Annotation. In the latest edition of this classic work, Arlene Taylor once again offers a complete, up-to-date, and practical guide to the world of cataloging and classification. Since the publication of the ninth and ninth revised editions (2000 and 2004), changes have occurred in almost all areas of the organization of information in general, as well as in cataloging and classification. The tenth edition incorporates the 2002 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition (AACR2), MARC 21, the 22nd edition of Dewey Decimal Classification, current schedules of the LC Classifications, the latest Library of Congress Subject Headings, and the 18th edition of the Sears List of Subject Headings. The bibliography and glossary have also been substantially reworked. In fact, only the appendix, which covers arrangement dilemmas and filing rules, remains unchanged. In addition, Taylor addresses such vital issues as FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records), FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology), and the Semantic Web.