Allyson Carlyle

Resources

Metadata Resources

Meta-Metadata Resources

• Digital Libraries: Metadata Resources (IFLA)
• UKOLN Metadata: Resources
• Resource Description Framework
• XML (W3C site) or The XML Cover Pages

Dublin Core Sites

• Dublin Core Homepage
• Dublin Core Elements
• A User Guide for Simple Dublin Core, Current Version
• DC Dot - An Automatic Dublin Core Generator

 

Cataloging Tools

MARC Record sites

• MARC homepage
• USMARC Concise Format for Bibliographic Data
• USMARC Concise Format for Authority Data
• MARC Code lists (list maintained by OCLC)
• Understanding MARC

OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards

• Introduction
• Table of Contents (to get to individual fields)

Miscellaneous

• The Cataloging Calculator
• Catalogers Toolbox
• Cataloger's Reference Shelf
• Libdex - list of library catalogs available via the WWW
• Cutter Four Figure Table
  

Library of Congress Tools

• LCC Outline

Dewey Resources

• Web Dewey Tutorial
• Dewey Cutter Table

 

Cataloging Organizations

American Library Association (ALA)  

• Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS, pronounced "alects" - like elects, but with an a.)

        1.  Cataloging and Classification Section (CCS)

                 - Committee on Cataloging:  Description & Access (CC:DA)

                 - Subject Analysis Committee (SAC)

         2.  Continuing Resources Section (formerly Serials Section (SS))

Canadian Library Association (CLA) 

International Federation of Library Organizations (IFLA) 

• Division IV:  Bibliographic Control
• Section 12:  Bibliography
• Section 13:  Cataloging

Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) 

• Cataloging and Indexing Group

 

Cataloging Journals

Technical Services Focus

Library Resources & Technical Services  (LRTS)

• ALA ALCTS publication
• Probably most prominent cataloging, technical services, and collection development journal

Information Technology and Libraries  (ITAL)

• ALA LITA publication
• Focus on technology – online catalogs, authority control, etc.

Cataloging & Classification Quarterly

• Haworth Press publication

Journal of Internet Cataloging

• Haworth Press publication

The Serials Librarian

• Routledge publication

General Focus

Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (JASIST)

• Focus on computer applications, user behavior, and theory

Library Quarterly

• High quality articles on any library topic

Journal of Documentation

• Published by ASLIB (Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux)
• Same focus as JASIST