Resources

"Cataloging: Where are we now? Where are we going?"

Broadcast date: Friday, February 19, 2010

Library Technology Reports: Includes links for "Understanding the Semantic Web: Bibliographic Data and Metadata" and "RDA Vocabularies for a 21st Century Data Environment"

The eXtensible Catalog Project

The Metadata Registry of RDA Elements

WorldCat Identities

Thomas B. Hinckley's "WorldCat Identities: Another View of the Catalog"

Open Library (beta site)

OCLC/NISO study: "Streamlining Book Metadata Workflows"

Research Information Network study: "Creating Catalogues: Bibliographic Records in a Networked World"

Library of Congress Study of the North American MARC Record Marketplace, R2 Consulting LLC

Library of Congress ONIX Pilot Project

Dewey.Info

Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)

More on OCLC:

Research

Information for Publishers

Reading List:

Resource Description and Access: Cataloging Rules for the 20^th Century by Karen Coyle and Diane Hillmann

This article provides an Introduction to the cataloging debates, co-written by one of our presenters.

Cataloging Futures Blog - For more links, info and opinion

Written by a library cataloger, this blog highlights many of the latest reports and articles concerning the cataloging debates.

Library of Congress Professional Guild - Future of Cataloging

After much internal and external debate on the future of cataloging, the Library of Congress’s professional guild of employees created this list of articles defending its position on potential changes and future practices in cataloging.

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