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Cataloging

BIBCO Standard Record - BSR
http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/bibco/documents/PCC-RDA-BSR.pdf 
 

Cataloger's Desktop
http://dekstop.loc.gov
Cataloging rules, LC rule interpretations, special manuals. [Limited access]
 

Cataloger's Desktop 
http://www.loc.gov/cds/desktop/tips/preferences/
Cataloger's Desktop: tips for setting preferences
http://www.loc.gov/cds/desktop/web-faqs.html
Cataloger's Desktop Quicktips http://www.loc.gov/cds/desktop/web-faqs.html#Workshops Cataloger's Desktop "Workshops", Q&A, training resources

Cataloger's Reference Shelf 
http://www.tlcdelivers.com/tlc/crs/crs0000.htm / The Library Corporation

The Cataloger's Reference Shelf provides the following resources. Select from the graphics, or click for text format. To select from a topical area: MARC Data Formats, MARC Code Lists, Other Reference Manuals, Subject Cataloging Manuals

Cataloging Correctly for Kids [restricted access]
https://ezproxy.library.und.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=45113
 
Cataloging Web Sites : Chester Fritz Library Guidelines
Cataloging Websites

ClassWeb
https://classweb.org/Auto/
or: https://classweb.org/Menu/
Classweb, LC subjects, and classification and subject correlations. [Limited access]

Contract Cataloging web sites
MINITEX 
http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Cataloging/Contract.aspx/
 
Dewey to LC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Dewey_and_Library_of_Congress_subject_classificatio

 

RSC : RDA Steering Committee (formerly: JSC, Joint Steering Committee for the Revision of Anglo-American Cataloging Rules
http://www.rda-rsc.org
The RDA Steering Committee (RSC) is responsible for maintaining RDA: Resource Description and Access.

LC to Dewey (incl. Medical)
http://www.questionpoint.org/crs/html/help/en/ask/ask_map_lcctoddc.html

MARC 21 Tutorial 
http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/techserv/marc21_tutorial_ie/marcgsIE.htm / Ann Branton and AIping Chen-Gaffey ; based on the LC publication "Understanding MARC bibliographic"

MarcEdit
http://oregonstate.edu/~reeset/blog/groups/marcedit/
Utility to clean-up bib records, particularly Marcive problems.

Non-filing / Non-sorting characters / Library of Congress : https://www.loc.gov/marc/nonsorting.html
Guidelines for the Non-Sorting Control Character Technique. It defines guidelines for using the technique, along with tables listing the MARC 21 subfields and fields in which the technique may currently be used. Many detailed examples are also included in the document. 

Provider-Neutral E-Monograph MARC Record 

RDA 

Series Numbering : final report / BIBCO Working Group on Series Numbering
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/archive/tgsernum02_rpt.pdf

Summary notes for catalog records / OLAC
http://www.olacinc.org/drupal/?q=node/21

Understanding MARC bibliographic : machine-readable cataloging / Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/marc/umb/

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