Introduction to cataloging and classification /
Daniel N. Joudrey, Arlene G. Taylor, and David P. Miller.
- Eleventh edition.
- xxv, 1048 pages ; 27 cm.
- Library and information science text series .
- Library and information science text series .
Significant expansion of: Introduction to cataloging and classification. Tenth edition / Arlene G. Taylor ; with the assistance of David P. Miller.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1001-1022) and index.
Cataloging in context -- Development of catalogs and cataloging codes -- Underlying principles and conceptual models -- Resource Description and Access (RDA) basics -- Manifestations and items -- Works and expressions -- Persons, families, places, and corporate bodies -- Relationships and the use of access points -- RDA metadata in the MARC format -- Authority control -- Subject access -- Verbal subject access -- Library of Congress subject headings (LCSH) -- Sears list of subject headings (Sears) -- Other verbal access systems -- Classification -- Decimal classification -- Library of Congress classification (LCC) -- Creation of complete call numbers -- Other classification systems -- MAchine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) encoding -- Alternative containers for metadata -- International standard bibliographic description (ISBD) -- Cataloging management and support -- Appendix A: RDA outline -- Appendix B: ICC11 RDA book template.
This new edition reintroduces the topic of library cataloging from a modern perspective. This textbook delineates the new cataloging landscape; shares a principles-based perspective; provides introductory text for beginners and intermediate students; emphasizes descriptive and subject cataloging, as well as format-neutral cataloging, and covers new cataloging rules and RDA.