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Library cataloging, classification, metadata, subject access and related topics.
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- on Nov 24, 2009
The ALCTS Non-English Access Working Group on Romanization invites comment on its draft report. RecommendationsA majority of the Working Group believes that the factors discussed in this report are significant enough to make a general shift to Model...
- LCSH Subdivisions for Cartographic Materials on Nov 23, 2009 in Maps Subjects Genre
Changes in map cataloging from LC.On June 10, 2009 the Policy and Standards Division (PSD) of the Library of Congress requested input from the library community about its proposal to change the structure of LCSH subdivisions for many cartographic mat...
- Korean Guidelines on Nov 18, 2009
Catalogers dealing with Korean materials should check out the extensive guidelines in the latest Cataloging Service Bulletin.
- Date Time Discussuion on Nov 17, 2009
The Library of Congress has created an e-mail discussion list for continuing discussion of the developing date/time specification, EDTF.
- Classification Presentations on Nov 16, 2009 in Classification Congresses
Presentations from the International UDC Seminar 2009 are now available.The International UDC Seminar 2009 "Classification at a Crossroads: multiple directions to usability" took place on 29-30 October in the National Library of the Netherlands in Th...
- Decision regarding the final disposition of LCSH headings for video recordings on Nov 16, 2009 in Video Genre
LC has published Decision regarding the final disposition of LCSH headings for video recordings.In summary, the decisions are:Topical headings (MARC tag 150) denoting a genre or form of video recording will be cancelled in favor of the correlated fil...
- MARC Update No. 10 on Nov 16, 2009 in MARC21
News from the Network Development and MARC Standards Office.Update No. 10 (October 2009) is now available on the MARC website. It is integrated into the documentation for each of the Online Full and Concise formats that are maintained on that site --...
