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CATALOGING AND METADATA RESOURCES
RDA toolkit. Chicago : American Library Association, 2010. http://access.rdatoolkit.org.ezproxy.rice.edu/
RDA toolkit contains the online version of Resource description and access (RDA), the current descriptive cataloging standard. It is an integrated, browser-based, online product that allows users to interact with a collection of cataloging-related documents and resources, including RDA: Resource Description and Access. RDA provides a comprehensive set of guidelines and instructions on resource description and access covering all types of content and media. The RDA Toolkit includes: RDA instructions that are searchable and browsable; Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2) rule number search of RDA instructions; workflows, mappings: tools to customize the RDA instruction set to support organizational training and processes; two views of RDA content--by table of contents and by element set; the full text of AACR2; links to other cataloging and metadata standards and resources.
Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2nd ed. 2002 Rev. Chicago: American Library Association, 2002. (For the most up-to-date information, please use Cataloger's Desktop)
AACR2 is the former source of rules for descriptive cataloging. "The rules cover the description of, and the provision of access points for ... library materials" (p. 1) It details when to use and how to determine the correct form of names and uniform titles. The definitive glossary and rules governing capitalization, abbreviations, and use of numerals in catalog records are found in the appendices.
Authorities: Formats and Indexes: http://www.oclc.org/support/services/worldcat/documentation/authorities/authformat.en.html
Bibliographic Formats and Standards: http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en.html
Describes the format and tagging for MARC records in OCLC. Codes and usage for fixed fields are detailed. It contains information concerning the scope, indicators, and usage for each of the fixed and variable fields. It provides standards for input of MARC records, both original and retrospective cataloging bibliographic records, into the OCLC online union catalog. It contains guidelines for when to input a new record, when and how to upgrade a minimum level record, and report corrections.
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This quarterly publication of the Library of Congress incorporates revisions in both descriptive cataloging practice and subject cataloging usage. Each issue contains an index to all the current Library of Congress Rule Interpretations, the new interpretations, and revisions to the LC subject headings. Publication ceased with no. 128, Fall 2010.
Connexion Client Documentation: http://www.oclc.org/support/services/connexion/documentation/client.en.html
Documentation on the Connexion client, including authorities and cataloging, as well as introductory tutorials.
Free-floating Subdivisions: An Alphabetical Index, 23rd ed. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 2011. (Most recent information can be found in Cataloger's Desktop and in Classification Web.)
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Beginning with the Pre-1956 Imprints (known as Mansell for its publisher) and continuing through 1982, "the National Union Catalog represents the works cataloged by the Library of Congress and by the libraries contributing to its cooperative cataloging program during the period of its coverage." Use as a possible source for cataloging of older works when they are not to be found in OCLC, but keep in mind the cataloging may not conform to current rules.
OCLC Technical Bulletin: http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/technicalbulletins.en.html
OCLC Librarian's Toolbox: http://www.oclc.org/support/toolbox.en.html
OCLC cataloging documentation including Technical Bulletins and online error-reporting forms.
RDA toolkit. Chicago : American Library Association, 2010. http://access.rdatoolkit.org.ezproxy.rice.edu/
RDA toolkit contains the online version of Resource description and access (RDA), the current descriptive cataloging standard. It is an integrated, browser-based, online product that allows users to interact with a collection of cataloging-related documents and resources, including RDA: Resource Description and Access. RDA provides a comprehensive set of guidelines and instructions on resource description and access covering all types of content and media. The RDA Toolkit includes: RDA instructions that are searchable and browsable; Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2) rule number search of RDA instructions; workflows, mappings: tools to customize the RDA instruction set to support organizational training and processes; two views of RDA content--by table of contents and by element set; the full text of AACR2; links to other cataloging and metadata standards and resources.
Subject Cataloging Manual: Shelflisting, 2nd ed. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1995.
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The Manual contains the instructions used by subject catalogers at LC in order to understand and to apply subject headings correctly. The publication Free-Floating Subdivisions: An Alphabetical Index serves as an index to the free-floating subdivisions in the Manual. The CSB (see above) contains information on the most important topics which have been changed since the latest edition of the Manual.
OCLC Librarian's Toolbox: http://www.oclc.org/support/toolbox.en.html
OCLC cataloging documentation including Technical Bulletins and online error-reporting forms.
Connexion client documentation: http://www.oclc.org/support/services/connexion/documentation/client.en.html
Documentation on the Connexion client, including authorities and cataloging, as well as introductory tutorials.
Bibliographic Formats and Standards: http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en.html
Describes the format and tagging for MARC records in OCLC. Codes and usage for fixed fields are detailed. It contains information concerning the scope, indicators, and usage for each of the fixed and variable fields. It provides standards for input of MARC records, both original and retrospective cataloging bibliographic records, into the OCLC online union catalog. It contains guidelines for when to input a new record, when and how to upgrade a minimum level record, and report corrections.
Authorities: Formats and Indexes: http://www.oclc.org/support/services/worldcat/documentation/authorities/authformat.en.html
OCLC Technical Bulletin: http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/technicalbulletins.en.html
OTHER RESOURCES
Geological Survey (U.S.). GNIS geographic names information system: digital gazetteer. U.S. Geological Survey, National Mapping Division. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/
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