Description
This collection of critical and scholarly essays addresses the state of cataloging in the world of librarianship. The contributors, including Sanford Berman, Thomas Mann, and numerous front-line library workers, address topics ranging from criticisms of the state of the profession and traditional Library of Congress cataloging to methods of making cataloging more inclusive and helpful to library users.
Other essay topics include historical overviews of cataloging practices and the literature they generate, first-person discussions of library workers' experiences with cataloging or metadata work, and the implications behind what materials get cataloged, who catalogs them, and how. Several essays provide a critical overview of innovative cataloging practices and the ways that such practices have been successfully integrated in many of the nation's leading libraries.
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Author: K. R. Roberto
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 06/01/2008
Pages: 321
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780786435432
ISBN10: 0786435437
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Library & Information Science | General
About the Author
K.R. Roberto is the serials/electronic resources librarian at the University of Denver. Roberto is the co-editor of Revolting Librarians Redux: Radical Librarians Speak Out (2003).