What's Out There in Library Land
If you're like me, you consult what the Library of Congress is up to in many ways. Is this a DLC record? What LCSH can be added to a record? Besides the many services that we use from the Library of Congress, it is also a library that is great to visit. I was able …
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On several listservs lately, there has been a lively discussion about the need to put MARC to rest. In other words, MARC must die. This is not a new topic. Christine Schwartz, in a recent blog post (http://www.catalogingfutures.com/catalogingfutures/) on Cataloging Futures, brings up the well-known article by Roy Tennant (http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA250046.html). In the Library Journal.com issue …
I've linked to the Library of Congress' website on standards before. I thought that I would bring it up again. This website is a real treasure trove of information on current standards in cataloging and metadata and crosswalks. Think of PREMIS, MARC21, VRA, METS, or MODS. This page can be found at: http://www.loc.gov/standards/. Don't forget to …
The Metadata for Digital Content Group is part of the Library of Congress. I ran across this group while doing some research on metadata. I was struck by this statement from this group: There is no PERFECT metadata. I read what little I could find about this group and noticed that it is a working …
Some time ago, Thomas Mann's published to the web his article, "What is distintive about the Library of Congress in both its collections and its means of access to them, and the reasons LC needs to maintain classified shelving of books onsite, and a way to deal effectively with the problem of "books on the …
Thomas Mann's article, "What is distintive about the Library of Congress in both its collections and its means of access to them, and the reasons LC needs to maintain classified shelving of books onsite, and a way to deal effectively with the problem of "books on the floor"", has already made the rounds of many …
This announcement recently came through the OLAC listserv. For those interested in LC's genre and form headings, definitely go and take a look at this document. The Policy and Standards Division is looking for your comments! As part of its ongoing moving image genre/form headings project, early this year the Policy and Standards Division (PSD) …
