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Library of Congress

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Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control
Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC)
   --including BIBCO, NACO, SACO, and CONSER
Cataloging Policy and Support Office
LC Online Catalog
Bibliographic Record Standards:
   --National Level Record:  Bibliographic Full Level & Minimal Level
   --Core Bibliographic Record for Books
        (Introduction, Explanation and Examples)
   --Local document:   Comparison of Full, Core, and Minimal Level Cataloging Standards for Books (PDF file)
Cataloger's Learning Workshop
   --clearinghouse portal for cataloging and metadata training resources
Cataloging Distribution Service
   --Selected CDS Publications--Free PDFs
   --Cataloger's Desktop (web version): a basic introduction   (PDF)
   --Cataloger's Desktop Training & FAQs
   --Cataloger's Desktop on the Web    (Licensed for HCL Technical Services -- see Internal information)
       •Searching Quick Tips
   --Classification Web    (Licensed for HCL Technical Services -- see Internal information)
Pinyin Conversion Project
Bicentennial Conference on Bibliographic Control for the New Millennium

ALA Committees

MARBI
   --Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee, the body responsible for developing official ALA positions on standards for the representation in machine-readable form of bibliographic information. MARBI focuses its attention on the development of the MARC format. This committee is an advisory committee to the Library of Congress.
ALA Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA)
   --the body responsible for developing official ALA positions on additions to and revisions of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition, 1998 Revision (committee web site)
ALCTS Technical Services Directors of Large Research Libraries
   --reports and minutes from recent meetings
ALCTS Cataloging and Classification Section
ALA Subject Analysis Committee (SAC)
   --the ALCTS committee responsible for studying problems and recommending improvements in patterns, methods, and tools for the subject analysis and organization of library materials, including particularly classification and subject headings systems

MARC

MARC homepage Understanding MARC Bibliographic
Functional Analysis of the MARC 21 Bibliographic and Holdings Formats
   --A study comparing MARC 21 with FRBR and AACR

OCLC

OCLC Documentation Return to the Top of the Page
Connexion: Searching WorldCat Quick Reference
OCLC Connexion client information, FAQ, and documentation
Connexion client problems and troubleshooting
OCLC Technical Bulletins
OCLC Code List of Participating Institutions
**OCLC System Alerts

Harvard University

Aleph Documentation:    Cataloging/Holdings/Authorities
Harvard University Library Standing Subcommittee on Bibliographic Standards and Policy
   --Form/Genre Added Entries
HAAC Standing Subcommittee on Bibliographic Standards and Policy's Standing Subcommittee on Serials, Series and Continuations
Cataloging Discussion Group   (Access restricted to Harvard ID holders)

Technical Services Elsewhere

Cataloguer's Toolbox    (Queen Elizabeth II Library at Memorial University of Newfoundland)
Technical Services Unlimited    (Tpot -- Portal site for Library Technical Services at large)
Cataloging -- University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Internet Library for Librarians -- Cataloging page

Format-Specific or Specialized

Cataloging Electronic Resources: OCLC-MARC Coding Guidelines
   --incorporates changes prompted by the 2001 revision of AACR2 Chapter 9, "Electronic Resources;" the 2002 revision of AACR2 to take into account integrating resources; and the MARC 21 changes implemented on December 1, 2002.
OLAC: Online Audio-Visual Catalogers
The Internet and AV Media Catalogers Network
Types of Compositions for Use in Music Uniform Titles   (Yale University)
Directory of Web Resources for the Rare Materials Cataloger    (University of Pennsylvania)
   --in addition to specialized links, this portal site has general cataloging resources and other items of interest to librarians
Cataloging Cultural Objects   (Visual Resources Association)
   --a guide to describing cultural works and their images

Miscellaneous

Holdings Statements for Bibliographic Items ANSI/NISO Z39.71-1999
Joint Steering Committee for the Revision of Anglo-American Cataloging Rules
   --Prospectus for RDA: Resource Description and Access
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) (September 1997)
   --Final Report of the IFLA Study Group on the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records; Approved by the
Standing Committee of the IFLA Section on Cataloguing
   --Comparison with FRBR:   Functional Analysis of of the MARC 21 Bibliographic and Holdings Formats
   --OCLC Research Activities and FRBR
AUTOCAT Archives
Dlib
Introduction to Metadata -- Getty Institute
GEOnet Names Server
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