Full Description
Cataloguing and Classification introduces concepts and practices in cataloguing and classification, and common library standards. The book introduces and analyzes the principles and structures of library catalogues, including the application of AACR2, RDA, DDC, LCC, LCSH and MARC 21 standards, and conceptual models such as ISBD, FRBR and FRAD. The text also introduces DC, MODS, METS, EAD and VRA Core metadata schemes for annotating digital resources.
Contents
1. Introduction to cataloguing classification
2. Descriptive cataloguing codes and the anatomy of AACR2
3. AACR2 general rules and rules for books
4. AACR2 access points and headings
5. FRBR and FRAD: the conceptual models underlying RDA
6. RDA: the new standard for descriptive cataloguing
7. Classification
8. Dewey Decimal Classification
9. Library of Congress Classification
10. Subject access: LCSH, Children's Subject Headings and Sears List of Subject Headings
11. MARC 21: digital formats for cataloguing and classification data
12. Metadata
