Cataloging and Classification: An Introduction / Edition 4

by Lois Mai Chan, Athena Salaba

Overview

The fourth edition of the late Lois Mai Chan's classic Cataloging and Classification covers the analysis and representation of methods used in describing, organizing, and providing access to resources made available in or through libraries. Completely updated to incorporate the changes that have occurred during the interval between the third and fourth editions, this book is the standard text for the teaching and understanding of cataloging and classification.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442232495
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	12/14/2015
Edition description:	Fourth Edition
Pages:	800
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.70(h) x 1.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Dr. Athena Salaba is associate professor in the School of Library and Information Science at Kent State University. The late Lois Mai Chan was formerly Professor Emerita in the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Kentucky, Lexington. She was author of eight books and numerous articles and co-editor of two collections in the areas of knowledge organization and subject indexing. In 1989, Chan was awarded the Margaret Mann Citation for Outstanding Achievement in Cataloging and Classification given by the American Library Association, and in 1992, she received the Distinguished Service Award from the Chinese-American Librarians Association.

Table of Contents

Preface PART ONE: Introduction 1. Information Resource Management: Description, Access, Organization 2. Foundations, Principles, Conceptual Models, and Standards of Resource Description PART TWO: Record Production and Structure, Encoding Formats, and Metadata Records 3. Records and Encoding Schemas 4. Metadata Schemas PART THREE: Resource Description and Access (RDA) 5. RDA and Its Foundations 6. RDA: Identifying Manifestations and Items 7. RDA: Identifying Works and Expressions 8. RDA: Identifying Persons, Families, and Corporate Bodies 9. RDA: Recording Relationships PART FOUR: Subject Access and Controlled Vocabularies 10. Principles of Controlled Vocabularies and Subject Analysis 11. Library of Congress Subject Headings 12. FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) 13. Sears List of Subject Headings 14. Medical Subject Headings PART FIVE: Organization of Library Resources 15. Classification and Categorization 16. Dewey Decimal Classification 17. Library of Congress Classification 18. National Library of Medicine Classification and Other Modern Classification Schemes Glossary Bibliography Index About the Authors

Editorial Reviews

[T]he book is a great resource and collects a lot of cataloging information that is otherwise dispersed. It would be a valuable resource to a new cataloger or any cataloger needing help interpreting RDA. It is a text for catalogers in any type of library and for any type of material (including non-traditional materials). It should be found in every library school library as a reference resource.

From the Publisher

[T]he book is a great resource and collects a lot of cataloging information that is otherwise dispersed. It would be a valuable resource to a new cataloger or any cataloger needing help interpreting RDA. It is a text for catalogers in any type of library and for any type of material (including non-traditional materials). It should be found in every library school library as a reference resource.

Technical Services Quarterly

Presents a text for library science students and practitioners, which covers the analysis and representation of methods used in describing, organizing, and providing access to resources made available in or through libraries, including both materials owned by the library and external resources such as those in electronic form that are accessible through the library's portal. The text has been updated and revised throughout to reflect changes in the landscape, scope, and nature of bibliographic control in libraries since publication of the 1994 edition, and contains a new chapter on Dublin Core and a number of other widely used metadata schemas and a new chapter on the new subject access system called FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology), a newly developed subject controlled vocabulary.

Reference and Research Book News

Definitions are simple and easy to understand. In this book, an attempt has been made to reflect current practice. It completely and comprehensively portrays the cutting edge scene in knowledge organization. The book maintains its supremacy in the field and is thus an essential reading for the students, teachers and practitioners in the arena of knowledge organization.

December 2007 Library Herald

Chan continues her high standard of work as a standard text for teaching and understanding these complex aspects of library science. ... a welcomed addition to any cataloging department or school library. With in-depth coverage and examples to illustrate even the most complex topics, this book will assist any cataloger in their endeavors.

March 2008 American Reference Books Annual

The third edition is a more sophisticated textbook that can be used for advanced as well as introductory study. It is an excellent publication. ... Cataloging and Classification is a worthy successor to Dr. Chan's previous publications.

January/February 2008 Technicalities

Presents a text for library science students and practitioners, which covers the analysis and representation of methods used in describing, organizing, and providing access to resources made available in or through libraries, including both materials owned by the library and external resources such as those in electronic form that are accessible through the library's portal. The text has been updated and revised throughout to reflect changes in the landscape, scope, and nature of bibliographic control in libraries since publication of the 1994 edition, and contains a new chapter on Dublin Core and a number of other widely used metadata schemas and a new chapter on the new subject access system called FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology), a newly developed subject controlled vocabulary.

November 2007 Reference and Research Book News

Chan continues her high standard of work as a standard text for teaching and understanding these complex aspects of library science. ... a welcomed addition to any cataloging department or school library. With in-depth coverage and examples to illustrate even the most complex topics, this book will assist any cataloger in their endeavors.

American Reference Books Annual (ARBA)

Chan continues her high standard of work as a standard text for teaching and understanding these complex aspects of library science. ... a welcomed addition to any cataloging department or school library. With in-depth coverage and examples to illustrate even the most complex topics, this book will assist any cataloger in their endeavors.

March 2008 American Reference Books Annual (ARBA)