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Cataloging

About: Cataloging is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 4770 publications have been published within this topic receiving 32489 citations.


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TL;DR: The introduction of the bibliographic utilities in the 1970s produced far-reaching changes in cataloging departments by allowing the bulk of the material to be processed more quickly and cost effectively by nonprofessionals.
Abstract: The introduction of the bibliographic utilities in the 1970s produced far-reaching changes in cataloging departments by allowing the bulk of the material to be processed more quickly and cost effectively by nonprofessionals. In turn, that change caused professionals' duties to shift to handling the more difficult items and ignited a body of literature that discussed those catalogers' future roles. This paper tracks the dislocations brought about by the utilities for professional catalogers and tests the foresight of the forecasters by analyzing job advertisements for catalogers from 1970 to 1989

22 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a tentative modeling of performing arts as bibliographic entities, strictly based on FRBR, is proposed, and a tentative model for performing arts in library collections is presented.
Abstract: SUMMARY Since it is obviously impossible to “hold” live performances in library collections (in contrast to recorded performances and motion pictures), such creations are barely accounted for in library catalogues and cataloging prescriptions, even as a topic in subject headings. The way AACR and the Anglo-American cataloging tradition deals with performing arts is discussed at length. Conversely, specialized institutions have developed their own rules for the description of live performances: the Dance Heritage Coalition (New York) creates authority records for choreographic works, and the Departement des Arts du Spectacle at Bibliotheque nationale de France creates bibliographic records for theatrical, operatic, and choreographic performances. As a conclusion, a tentative modeling of performing arts as bibliographic entities, strictly based on FRBR, is proposed.

22 citations

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TL;DR: The case for the participation of catalogers in the creation of descriptive metadata creation is examined, an extension of the catalogers' existing skills, abilities, and knowledge, and it should be encouraged and supported.
Abstract: This article examines the case for the participation of catalogers in the creation of descriptive metadata. Metadata creation is an extension of the catalogers' existing skills, abilities, and knowledge. As such, it should be encouraged and supported. However, issues in this process, such as cost, supply of catalogers, and the need for further training will also be examined. The authors use examples from the literature and their own experiences in descriptive metadata creation. Suggestions for future research on the topic are included.

22 citations

01 Jan 1996
TL;DR: This review examines the literature on alternative strategies for organizing and accessing information resources on the Internet that incorporate some aspect of traditional library expertise.
Abstract: Since its beginning, librarians and information scientists have been debating the merits of different strategies for bringing order to the chaos that characterizes the Internet. There are some who believe it is up to current institutions to take on the task of cataloging, and generally organizing, digital materials, while at the other pole are those who are convinced that new tools and techniques will obviate the need for traditional methods. This review examines the literature on alternative strategies for organizing and accessing information resources on the Internet that incorporate some aspect of traditional library expertise. These strategies include OPAC-like library catalogs as well as alternatives such as subject trees, Harvest tools, concept analysis, and the like

22 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors use formal ontologies to represent knowledge about digital library content and services, and use MARC (MAchine Readable Cataloging) data to create ontological content metadata.
Abstract: We use formal ontologies to represent knowledge about digital library content and services. Formal ontologies define concepts with logic in a frameinheritance structure. The expressiveness and precision of these structures supports computational reasoning that can be used in important ways. This paper focuses on the creation of ontological metadata. We create ontological content metadata by generating it from MARC (MAchine Readable Cataloging) data. MARC contains much information that is hard to exploit computationally. In particular, relationships between works are implicit in shared values and natural language notes. The conversion process involves specifying an ontological model, mapping MARC to the ontology, and reasoning about the data to create explicit links between works. Service metadata will be supplied by providers who wish to participate fully in a digital library that is implemented as a decentralized multi-agent system. Agents advertise by describing their services in terms of ontologically defined concepts. We reason about these descriptions to organize them into subsumption taxonomies. Agents can then find the best available services to meet their needs by describing their needs, without requiring a priori knowledge of other agents. This infrastructure has demonstrated its usefulness in a multi-agent system organized as a computational economy.

22 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
202335
2022147
202128
202050
201969
201877