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Book
01 Jan 1978
TL;DR: This chapter discusses the development of Subject Headings in the Electronic Environment using MARC 21 Coding for Subject Information.
Abstract: Preface Principles, Form, and Structure Introduction Basic Principles Forms of Main Headings Subdivisions Subject Authority Control and Maintenance Application Assigning Subject Headings Subject Cataloging of Special Types of Materials Subject Areas Requiring Special Treatment Current and Future Prospects Library of Congress Subject Headings in the Electronic Environment Fast: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology Appendix A: Library of Congress Bibliographic Records with MARC 21 Coding Appendix B: Free-Floating Subdivisions: Form and Topical Appendix C: Free Floating Subdivisions: Names of Persons Appendix D: Free Floating Subdivisions: Names of Places Appendix E: General Reference Sources Used In Establishing Headings Appendix F: First-Order Political Divisions of the Exceptional Countries Appendix G: MARC 21 Coding for Subject Information Appendix H: Abbreviations Appendix I: Capitalization Appendix J: Puntuation Glossary Bibliography Index

72 citations


Book
01 Jan 1978
TL;DR: Larsgaard has thoroughly revised and updated the book, addressing major changes resulting from the shift of spatial data to digital forms, and she has added significant new material to the chapters on selection, cataloging, and reference.
Abstract: Providing the basics for working with spatial-data collections in libraries, this book describes in detail the processes and procedures of map selection, acquisition, classification, cataloging, everyday storage, care, preservation, reference, public relations, and education. Focus is on practicalities of handling both hard copy and digital forms of atlases, maps, remote-sensing images, globes, and so forth. Larsgaard has thoroughly revised and updated the book, addressing major changes resulting from the shift of spatial data to digital forms, and she has added significant new material to the chapters on selection, cataloging, and reference.

45 citations








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Peter Hernon1
TL;DR: The authors survey the history of academic reference service among government publications, delimit the scope of the subject, and suggest that the service merits further research and investigation, concluding that it merits further investigation and investigation.

6 citations




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TL;DR: The teaching program at UCLA provides for discussion and demonstration of on-line retrieval techniques in the basic courses and advanced search training in a separate course using a specially prepared training manual.
Abstract: All library school students should be provided with an opportunity to obtain hands-on experience in using such bibliographic retrieval systems as ORBIT, DIALOG, OCLC, etc. Yet, such training is both costly and time consumming. Two key issues that must be resolved in order to make the training more efficient and more effective are: (1) the integration of training in the curriculum as a module in cataloging and reference courses or as a separate course; and (2) the method of training which may include the use of videotapes, demonstrations, training manuals, etc. The teaching program at UCLA provides for discussion and demonstration of on-line retrieval techniques in the basic courses and advanced search training in a separate course using a specially prepared training manual.

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TL;DR: It is argued that the growing availability of cataloging copy for documents warrants a new look at the question of document entries in public catalogs, and arguments are given for and against use of the SuDoc number in the catalog.

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TL;DR: In this article, the importance of computer indexing of illuminated manuscripts for use in medieval studies is discussed, and an institutionwide slide file for teachers and scholars in Medieval Studies and other interdisciplinary programs is created.
Abstract: Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the importance of computer indexing of illuminated manuscripts for use in Medieval Studies. With the resurgence of interest in Medieval Studies in North America, where some 80 interdisciplinary programs have emerged, teachers and scholars have discovered that the traditional academic disciplines may best be taught by employing an integrated cultural approach. It is an ancient discovery that art in the form of manuscript illustrations were used for both decorative and educative functions. Medievalists rediscover this ancient precept and are applying it to teaching and researching medieval culture as a whole. Commitment to the interdisciplinary approach to culture, however, necessitates the availability of and intellectual access to the rich visual heritage of the Middle Ages. Traditionally, slide collections in most museums, archives, and universities are zealously maintained for the exclusive use by professional staff. Thus, the literature specialist, historian, and philosopher are confronted with borrowing slides from an unsympathetic source or with building their own collections, which more often than not end up hidden away in desk drawers. Another related problem is that the classification and cataloging schemes used by museums and archives do not always allow for subject access to the collections. The answer lies in the creation of an institution-wide slide file for teachers and scholars in Medieval Studies and other interdisciplinary programs.

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TL;DR: A new type of order form has been created by the addition of essential order information to a printout of the OCLC cataloging entry on multi-part computer paper, which has resulted in a dramatic reduction in the amount of typing done.

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TL;DR: A summary of the history and philosophy of a consortium of University Film Centers, which characterizes union lists of audiovisual holdings as one of the highly attractive projects for consortia.
Abstract: THEWINTER1978 ISSUE of Library Trends characterizes union lists of audiovisual holdings as “one of the highly attractive projects for consortia.”l This is a summary of the history and philosophy of such a project. The men and women who organized the Consortium of University Film Centers (CUFC) in 1970, although members and officers of other professional organizations, discovered that their common problems and perspectives would benefit from a separate association which could better identify and deal with their needs and opportunities. The thrust of CUFC’s purpose and philosophy is well described in its constitution as follows: a. To assist in making film more accessible, to promote its widespread and most effective use, and to recommend optimal standards of service and distribution; b. � To foster cooperative planning among universities, institutions, agencies, foundations, and organizations in the solving of mutual problems; c. To gather and disseminate information on improved procedures and new developments, and to report useful statistics through common reporting terminology; d. To reduce waste of resources and unnecessary duplication of effort, through open sharing and cooperative exchange among members; e. To develop and provide programs which have real economic benefits and privileges to its membership; and

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TL;DR: The rationale for and the production of the 1977 TALON Union Catalog of Monographs are described and the unique feature of the TALon Catalog may be its machine-readable form which offers the potential for quantitative analyses of health sciences library collections.
Abstract: The rationale for and the production of the 1977 TALON Union Catalog of Monographs are described. The 158,859 records include the existing machine-readable records for six health sciences libraries plus the cataloging of six others, converted by matching other data bases and by keypunching. The method and costs of production are discussed. Use of Computer-Output-Microfiche (COM) significantly decreased the cost and time required for publication. The $.076 unit cost per entry, with both author and title access for the COM method, is almost one-half the unit cost for the previous method which offered only main-entry access. The TALON Catalog compares favorably with the Midwest Medical Union Catalog. The addition of the title index significantly increases its usefulness. However, the unique feature of the TALON Catalog may be its machine-readable form which offers the potential for quantitative analyses of health sciences library collections. Such data may be essential for rational management of limited library funds.


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TL;DR: A course in the cataloging of non-book media may need to include a number of diverse cataloging codes in addition to a wide variety of media, and this breadth of scope can benefit from a consideration of questions on the nature of media.
Abstract: A course in the cataloging of non-book media may need to include a number of diverse cataloging codes in addition to a wide variety of media. This breadth of scope can benefit from a consideration of questions on the nature of media. Related areas of concern are the objectives of an access system for non-book media, and the means by which these objectives can be achieved. The medium of film is provided as an illustration of this approach.

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TL;DR: In the past couple of years there has been a proliferation of articles, seminars, programs, and even books devoted to this subject and the articles included here will not be the last as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Microforms have been around for a long time— they have always presented problems to librarians and to library patrons. Government documents, too, have been around forever and have always been a problem. Dealing with two interrelated sets of problems is not easy. All of this is further complicated by the attitudes of administrators and librarians. While many of us have acquired an early and healthy respect for both documents and microforms, we are a long way from healthy administrative attitudes. In the past couple of years there has been a proliferation of articles, seminars, programs, and even books devoted to this subject—the articles included here will not be the last. To those of us with strong beliefs in the potential of both documents and microformatted materials in the process of information transfer, the challenge of solving our problem is exciting. Years ago many people did have negative feelings about microform. Years ago, too, documents were shoved into corners and basements and largely ignored. About twenty years ago it was not unusual for a university documents collection to be run by one staff member, or even administered as a part of the reference department. One could count the sets of micromaterials on two fingers— 1. the Papers of the Presidents, and 2. the United States Non-depository microprint. It was possible to go to the ALA-American Library Association's annual conference and find not one program devoted to documents in any format. I would like to describe now some of the barriers which administrators must overcome. We have the opportunity, with persistence, to turn them into bridges to better service—indeed service such as we have never seen before.




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TL;DR: The MIS will describe what each library in a system is cataloging in relation to the current publication output and the academic programs supported by the library and generate data regarding the funds required to purchase a specified portion of the current U.S. publishing output.
Abstract: A management information system (MIS) is being developed as an aid to academic library collection development decisions and budgeting. It will utilize data on current publication output, library cataloging, current library holdings, library performance, and academic programs of the institution. Furthermore, it will relate these factors to one another. The MIS will describe what each library in a system is cataloging in relation to the current publication output and the academic programs supported by the library. It will also generate data regarding the funds required to purchase a specified portion of the current U.S. publishing output in each subject and may eventually predict the funds required to achieve a specified level of user satisfaction in each subject. The MIS is being developed in the State University of new York (SUNY) but because of the general availablitiy of the data will




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TL;DR: The University of Illinois at Urbann-Champaign has gradually increased its use of 0CLC's serials services for preorder searching, precatalog searching, and, most recently, full serials cataloging and card production, but UIUC has not committed itself to the use of OCLC for serials check-in or the planned acquisitions system.
Abstract: OCLC's on-line services began in 1971, but only for monographic cataloging. It was 1974 when serials records were first allowed into OCLC's data base. Then came CONSER in 1975, serials check-in in 1976, and card production for serials cataloging in 1977. The University of Illinois at Urbann-Champaign (UIUC) has gradually increased its use of 0CLC's serials services for preorder searching, precatalog searching, and, most recently, full serials cataloging and card production. But UIUC has not committed itself to the use of OCLC for serials check-in or the planned acquisitions system. It will depend on the alternatives.


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TL;DR: Searches of the OCLC data base revealed that 65% of a Canadian special library's recent acquisitions had already been cataloged, and suggests that technical information centers and special libraries throughout North America could benefit considerably from O CLC participation.
Abstract: Searches of the OCLC data base revealed that 65% of a Canadian special library's recent acquisitions had already been cataloged. This “find rate” compares favorably with statistics available from similar libraries in the United States, and suggests that technical information centers and special libraries throughout North America could benefit considerably from OCLC participation.