Learn Cataloging the RDA Way International Edition

by Lynn Farkas, Helen Rowe

Overview

Learn Cataloging the RDA Way International Edition A Practical Study Guide For Learning Descriptive Cataloging Using Resource Description and Access (Rda) and Marc

The fundamental skills of descriptive cataloging are the focus of this combination text and workbook. It covers all cataloging basics including the process of descriptive cataloging, MARC, FRBR entities, and the use of the RDA Toolkit. It then treats each section of the RDA Instruction Set in the detail needed for practicing catalogers to create RDA-compliant cataloging records. Learn Cataloging the RDA Way also includes information on changes from AACR2, access points, authority work, MARC coding, ISBD punctuation and copy cataloging.

Since the bibliographic record is the foundation of all tools used in a library, it is important that library staff become familiar with basic cataloging skills. Learn Cataloging the RDA Way contains clear explanations and examples, along with numerous practice exercises, to help the reader become proficient in descriptive cataloging. It is equally suitable for students studying library science, experienced catalogers transitioning to the new RDA standard, and library technicians and others who want to understand more about descriptive cataloging.

The abundance of examples and practice exercises help the reader master the skills needed for working in all types of libraries, including public, school, college, corporate, government and special libraries.

Learn Basic Library Skills is suitable for newly qualified librarians or those at the paraprofessional and volunteer level, as it clearly explains the basic skills of library work and how they can be applied. It can also be used as a manual for anyone developing or maintaining a collection, either for a special interest group like a church or historical society, or to organize personal materials.

This workbook comprehensively covers the process of descriptive cataloging, using Resource Description and Access (RDA) and the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format. It is suitable as a text for cataloging students and as an introduction to new cataloging guidelines for experienced practitioners transitioning to RDA.

Learn Cataloging the RDA Way is one of the study guides in the Learn Library Skills Series. Details of each publication are in the back of this book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590954355
Publisher:	TotalRecall Publications, Inc.
Publication date:	07/21/2015
Series:	Learn Library Skills Series , #3
Pages:	290
Sales rank:	832,434
Product dimensions:	8.27(w) x 11.69(h) x 0.61(d)

About the Author

Lynn Farkas is a library trainer and director of an Australian information services consulting company. Her expertise includes subject analysis, thesaurus development, knowledge management applications, and database indexing. She regularly conducts core skills training for the cataloging staff of major Australian libraries, including the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales. With Helen Rowe, she has trained over 700 librarians across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region in RDA cataloging.

Helen Rowe has cataloged in English and Indonesian for many of Canberra's leading libraries, including the National Library of Australia and the Australian National University. She is currently an accredited trainer for Libraries Australia and for Lynn Farkas Information Services Pty. Ltd., and travels around Australia conducting face-to-face training and webinar sessions on RDA, cataloging, and interlibrary loans.

Table of Contents

PREFACE
CHAPTER ONE Introduction to Classification
CHAPTER TWO Introduction to Dewey Decimal Classification
CHAPTER THREE Principles of Classifying With DDC
CHAPTER FOUR Components of the Dewey Decimal Classification
CHAPTER FIVE Finding a Number in the Schedules
CHAPTER SIX Organization of the Schedules
CHAPTER SEVEN Number-Building-Table 1: Standard Subdivisions
CHAPTER EIGHT Number-Building-Table 2: Geographic Areas, Historical Periods, Biography
CHAPTER NINE Number-Building-Table 3: Subdivisions for the Arts, for Individual Literatures, for Specific Literary Forms
CHAPTER TEN Number-Building-Table 4: Subdivisions of Individual Languages and Language Families and Table 6: Languages
CHAPTER ELEVEN Number-Building-Table 5: Ethnic and National Groups
CHAPTER TWELVE Number-Building-Adding from the Schedules
CHAPTER THIRTEEN WebDewey
CHAPTER FOURTEEN More Practice
EXERCISE ANSWERS
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX