Serials and continuing resources present a variety of unique challenges in bibliographic management, from special issues and unnumbered supplements to recording the changes that a long-running periodical can experience over time. Easing catalogers through the RDA: Resource Description and Access transition by showing the continuity with past practice, serials cataloging expert Jones frames the practice within the structure of the FRBR and FRAD conceptual models on which RDA is based. With serials’ special considerations in mind, he Explains the familiarities and differences between AACR2 and RDA Demonstrates how serials catalogers’ work fits in the cooperative context of OCLC, CONSER and NACO Presents examples of how RDA records can ultimately engage with the Semantic Web Occasional serials catalogers and specialists alike will find useful advice here as they explore the structure of the new cataloging framework.

Examine current methods of e-serials cataloging with an accent on online accessibility! This comprehensive guide examines the state of electronic serials cataloging with special attention paid to online capacities. E-Serials Cataloging: Access to Continuing and Integrating Resources via the Catalog and the Web presents a review of the e-serials cataloging methods of the 1990s and discusses the international standards (ISSN, ISBD[ER], AACR2) that are applicable. It puts the concept of online accessibility into historical perspective and offers a look at current applications to consider. Practicing librarians, catalogers and administrators of technical services, cataloging and service departments, and Web managers will find this book to be an invaluable asset. E-Serials Cataloging: Access to Continuing and Integrating Resources via the Catalog and the Web includes: an annotated bibliography of selected cataloging processes for online e-serials a complete collection of notes used in cataloging AACR2 e-serials the results of a survey on staffing for cataloging e-serials in ALR libraries a literature review of e-serials cataloging in the 1990s This book is an essential resource for anyone involved with the day-to-day processing of electronic serials. E-Serials Cataloging: Access to Continuing and Integrating Resources via the Catalog and the Web provides a complete reference to an information phenomenon that represents a major advance in electronic library science for libraries large and small.

This unique collection examines the state of electronic serials cataloging with an emphasis on online accessibility. It presents a review of e-serials cataloging in the 1990s and discusses standards (ISSN, ISBD[ER], AACR2) that are applicable in current electronic library science. E-Serials Cataloging: Access to Continuing and Integrating Resources via the Catalog and the Web is a comprehensive reference for practicing librarians, catalogers and administrators of technical services, cataloging and service departments, and Web managers.

Appearing simultaneously as The Serials Librarian volume 41, numbers 3 and 4 (2001), this collection focuses on professional standards, education and training, policies and procedures, national projects and local applications, and publications. Twenty-three chapters cover topics like ISSN and ISBD numbers, the integration of electronic resources into cataloguing instruction, teaching seriality, improving access, OPAC records for e-journals, remote access computer file serials, OCLC's CORC service, NESLI MARC records, uniform resource names, bibliographic protocol, full-text resources, and e-books. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Focusing on those materials that are regularly collected by libraries, Hsieh-Yee (library and information science, Catholic University of America) offers guidance in organizing sound recordings, video recordings, computer files, interactive multimedia, and Internet resources. Each chapter is devoted

Recent changes in both cataloguing rules (AACR2) and MARC coding standards (MARC21) mean that for cataloguers to create or edit records effectively, they need new up-to-date guidance. In a unique one-stop guide, cataloguing expert Fritz provides the hands-on cross-references between AACR2 and MARC21 required for easy online cataloguing..

Contains complete text of the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2d ed., 1998 rev., including all amendments, all appendices, a fully searchable table of contents and index, a tutorial, and Folio Views Infobase.