LEM508#10Cataloging Vocabulary

 

AACR2: AACR2 stands for the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition. It is published jointly by the American Library Association, the Canadian Library Association and the Chartered Institute of Library (in the UK). AACR2 is designed for use in the construction of catalogs and other lists in general libraries of all sizes. The rules cover the description of, and the provision of access points for, all library materials commonly collected at the present time.

http://dictionary.babylon.com/AACR2

 

 

Access Points: A name, term, code, etc., under which a bibliographic record may be searched and identified in a computer system or card catalog.

In cataloging, access points are the names, subject headings, ISBNs, etc., which lead to the bibliographic record.

http://www.itsmarc.com/crs/auth1503.htm   

 

 

ASCII: Is a character encoding based on the English alphabet. ASCII codes represent text in computers, communications equipment, and other devices that work with text. Most modern character encodings—which support many more characters than did the original—have a historical basis in ASCII.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII

 

 

Authority Control and Authority Files:

Authority control: the consistent use and maintenance of the forms of names, subjects, uniform titles, etc. used as headings in a catalog. Since this process creates a link between bibliographic records and the authority file, authority control provides the underlying structure of the catalog.

 

 

Authority file: a set of authority records listing the chosen form of a heading and its appropriate cross-references. Types of authority files include name authority files, series authority files, and subject authority files.

http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/cts/ac/def.html

 

 

 

 

Automation: The use of automatic machines or processing devices in libraries. The automation may be applied to library administrative activities, office procedures, and delivery of library services to users.

http://medical.webends.com/kw/Library%20Automation

 

 

Bibliographic Records: A description of a book, journal or other library materials. It may include author, title, publication information, the COLLATION, and SUBJECT HEADINGS.

 

 

http://lib.colostate.edu/howto/gloss.html

 

 

Call Numbers (Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress):

CALL NUMBER: A combination of letters and numbers assigned to each book, microform, recording or other material. Most research libraries use a system developed by the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS (LC) which indicates the subject of the book and allows books on the same subject to be shelved together. In the online catalog most call numbers appear like this: NK5389 .C1.

 

 

A call number is like an address; it tells you where the book is located on the shelf. Each book, CD-ROM, journal, etc., has its own unique call number which is attached to the book's spine or upper left hand corner of the cover (or envelope). A book's call number also appears in the catalog entry in the library's online catalog (OPAC.)

 

 

Dewey Decimal: a system of classifying books and other works which divides human knowledge into ten basic categories, with subdivisions indicated by decimal notation. Dewey Decimal call numbers begin with Arabic numerals.

Sample call number: 996.902 H75c

In the United States, most school and public libraries use Dewey Decimal classification, but most research and academic libraries use Library of Congress classification.

http://liswiki.org/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_System

 

 

 Library of Congress: The Library of Congress arranges materials by subject, or ‘class’. The first section of the call number represents the subject of the book. The second section often represents the author's name, and the last section is the date of publication.

 

 

 

 

 Cutter Tables and Numbers: C.A. Cutter's Two-Figure Author Table, familiarly known as the Cutter table, was developed by Charles A. Cutter in the 1800's as a library tool for organizing library materials alphabetically. There is also a three-figure table. Both the two- and three-figure tables are used in the Superintendent of Documents classification system. The tables are available from commercial library supply houses.

 

 

 

 

Cutter numbers are used when there is no series number to identify the publications and dates are not appropriate for identification. Cutter numbers are used to distinguish publications in the category classes, as well as in unnumbered series classes.

http://www.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/classman/cl_ch4.html#Sec1

 

 

Catalog and OPAC:

 

 

Catalog:  A list.  Library catalogs list all the materials that the Library owns.  Library catalogs can be found as computer databases, or as card catalogs, or occasionally, as book catalogs. 

 

 

OPAC - Online Public Access Catalog- It is an electronic or digitized version of a library's card catalog.

http://faculty.ucc.edu/library/glossary.htm

 

CIP: A Cataloging in Publication record (aka CIP data) is a bibliographic record prepared by the Library of Congress for a book that has not yet been published. When the book is published, the publisher includes the CIP data on the copyright page thereby facilitating book processing for libraries and book dealers.

http://cip.loc.gov/

 

 

Copy Cataloging: Cataloging by copying entirely or editing an existing record from a bibliographic utility's database, and incorporating it into one's own catalog.

http://libraries.ou.edu/etc/cataloging/catgloss.asp

 

 

Dewey Decimal Classification: - A call number system used to classify and organize material in libraries. The Dewey Decimal system is based ten primary categories with each category being further subdivided into more narrow and specific topics. The juvenile collections in Andersen Library are organized by the Dewey Decimal system.

http://library.uww.edu/guides/tutorial/glossary.html#dewey

 

 

Descriptive Cataloging: Descriptive cataloging describes what the information object is, not what it is about. "Aboutness" is the purview of subject cataloging and is not touched upon by descriptive cataloging. Descriptive cataloging sets out to provide access points. It requires the descriptive cataloger to identify the title proper of a work, the person responsible for the work (personal author, corporate author, etc.), and the extent of a work (physical dimensions or file size or URL web-address, etc.), as well as to determine the existence of uniform titles or alternative/parallel titles, and if the work belongs to a series or not, as spelled out by the particular descriptive cataloging code being used.

http://liswiki.org/wiki/Descriptive_cataloging

 

 

URL: An acronym that stands for Uniform Resource Locator. Each resource on the World Wide Web has its own address or URL.

The first part of the URL (http://) indicates that the resource is a hypertext document.

The second part of the URL indicates the domain of the Web site (liswiki.org), and the last part gives the folder and filename of the document (/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Locator). URLs (save the domain name) are case sensitive.

 

 

 FTP: An acronym for File Transfer Protocol, a method of transferring files between computers on the Internet.

http://liswiki.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=ftp&go=Go

 

General Material Designation: An optional term added in square brackets to the bibliographic description of a nonbook item following the title proper to indicate type of material (example: [videorecording]). Separate lists of general material designations are provided in AACR2 for British and North American libraries. In some categories, the British list is more general (object includes diorama, game, microscope slide, model, and realia). The Library of Congress does not include the GMD in catalog records for manuscripts, maps, music, and textual works. Compare with material type.

http://lu.com/odlis/search.cfm

 

 

ISBD: An acronym for International Standard Bibliographic Description. A set of standards adopted in 1971 by the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA), governing the bibliographic description of items collected by libraries. The general standard ISBD(G) serves as a guide for describing all types of library materials. Standards have also been developed for specific formats: ISBD(CM) for cartographic materials, ISBD(PM) for printed music, ISBD(S) for serials, etc. ISBDs have been integrated into several catalog codes around the world, including AACR2.

 

 

 

 

ISBN: An acronym for International Standard Book Number. A unique 10-digit standard number assigned to identify a specific edition of a book or other monographic publication issued by a given publisher, under a system recommended for international use by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1969. In the ISBN system, media such as audio recordings, video recordings, microfiche, and computer software are considered monographic publications, but serials, music sound recordings, and printed music are excluded because other identification systems have been developed to cover them. The ISBN is usually printed on the verso of the title page and on the back of the dust jacket of a book published in hardcover, or at the foot of the back cover in paperback editions. In AACR2, the ISBN is entered in the standard number and terms of availability area of the bibliographic description.

 

 

ISSN: An Acronym for International Standard Serial Number. An intergovernmental network established under the auspices of UNESCO to develop and maintain an international registry of serial publications containing the information necessary for identification and bibliographic control, including the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) and key title. The ISSN center for the United States is the National Serials Data Program (NSDP) administered by the Library of Congress. Click here to connect to the Web site maintained by the ISSN International Centre in Paris, France.

http://lu.com/odlis/search.cfm

 

 

Library of Congress Classification and Library of Congress Control Number:

Library of Congress Classification: A system of classifying books and other library materials developed and maintained over the last 200 years by the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. In LCC, human knowledge is divided into 20 broad categories indicated by single letters of the roman alphabet, with major subdivisions indicated by a second letter, and narrower subdivisions by decimal numbers and further alphabetic notation.

 

 

Library of Congress Control number: When the Library of Congress began printing catalog cards in 1898 and distributing them in 1901, a unique Library of Congress Card Number was assigned to each item for identification and control. With the development of machine-readable cataloging in the late 1960s, LCCN became the Library of Congress Control Number. It is used in bibliographic records and also in authority and classification records. The LCCN is assigned to a publication after the deposit copy is received by the U.S. Copyright Office or in advance of the publication date if a publisher requests cataloging-in-publication. See also: accession number.

http://lu.com/odlis/search.cfm

 

 

MARC: An informal name for the set of characters specified in MARC documentation for use in the MARC record, including the Latin alphabet, special characters, diacritics, 14 superscript characters, 14 subscript characters, and three Greek letters. Synonymous with USMARC character set. See also: ANSEL.

 

 

MARC 21

USMARC: A set of standards for the representation and communication of bibliographic data and related information in machine-readable format, originally developed and maintained for use in the United States and superseded in 1999 by MARC 21 with the harmonization of U.S. and Canadian MARC formats. USMARC governed three aspects of bibliographic description: (1) record structure, (2) content designation, and (3) the actual data content of the record. The Library of Congress is advised on the maintenance and development of MARC standards by the U.S. MARC Advisory Committee, representing various user communities in North America. See also: UKMARC and Universal Machine-Readable Cataloging (UNIMARC).

http://lu.com/odlis/search.cfm

 

 

OCLC: A regional broker in the business of handling access, communication, training, billing, and other services for libraries located within a given geographic area that are connected to an online bibliographic network. For example, Nelinet, which provides access to and support for OCLC and a variety of bibliographic databases to libraries in the northeastern United States.

http://lu.com/odlis/search.cfm

 

 

Retrospective Conversion: The process of converting existing bibliographic records from manual, human-readable form, such as a cards in a card catalog, into machine-readable format, usually by matching the old records one at a time to those contained in an authoritative database of machine-readable records. Once a match is made, the cataloger downloads as much of the machine-readable record as the library needs, usually for a modest fee. In the United States, OCLC provides most of the MARC records used in retrospective conversion. Abbreviated recon. Compare with recataloging.

http://lu.com/odlis/search.cfm

 

 

Sears' List of Subject Headings: A subject heading from a list created by Minnie E. Sears, first published in 1923 for use in school libraries and small public libraries. Although it is based on Library of Congress subject headings, the Sears List of Subject Headings published by H.W. Wilson is narrower in scope and its headings are more general. Small libraries supplement it with LC headings as needed.

 

 

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Pre-cataloged Records: Preexisting catalog records that can be purchased and downloaded to the libraries automation system.