• For Catalogers 
• For Interlibrary Loaners - now on separate page jobhelp4ill.html

PREPARING FOR A CATALOGING CAREER: FROM CATALOGING TO KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
http://www.ala.org/congress/hill-intner.html
**Note, above url, links to The Wayback Machine's - archived version of ALA page.

Related see also: More Online Learning oppportunities  for staff training- some offer Cataloging Courses

Take a look at the postings & resource links  on CatalogaBlog
http://www.catalogablog.blogspot.com/
 
 

Classification  Systems
Library of Congress (LC), Dewey Decimal, & National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Call Numbers

Library of Congress Classification
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION OUTLINE 
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html

Learning the Library of Congress Call Number system
*Part of the Indiana University's Library - "Shelving at the IUB Libraries" page*
http://www.indiana.edu/~libcirc/lcwww/lc.html

Another site with it's own explanation of LC call numbers:
Understanding Call Numbers
To be able to efficiently read Library of Congress (LC) call numbers is quite a skill.
This tutorial was created to help library users uncover the mysteries of call number reading.
http://geography.miningco.com/library/congress/blhowto.htm?pid=2820&cob=home

Outline of Dewey  Decimal Classification
http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/fi_books_dd_list.htm

HOW THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM WORKS
http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/fi_books_dd.htm

A Primer on Dewey Call Numbers
Lehigh University uses the Dewey Decimal Classification System, 
devised by Melvil Dewey in the 1870s, 
to classify its books and other items. 

OCLC Software
Dewey Cutter Software 
Software program that automatically provides cutter numbers from the
OCLC Four-Figure Cutter Tables
(Cutter Four-Figure Table and Cutter-Sanborn Four-Figure Table) upon input of text. 
Works with Windows 95, 98, NT, XP, and 2000.
http://www.oclc.org/dewey/products/index.htm#cutter

Websites classified/organized by Dewey System
Dewey for the 21st century
KidsClick! - http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/dewey.html
provides tools and activities to help younger students 
search the Web more effectively.
by Melissa Thibault
http://www.learnnc.org/newlnc/beacon.nsf/doc/elemsearchskills

Dewey Browse 
Created and Maintained by Gail Shea Grainger
Web Sites Classified by the Dewey Decimal Classification System for Grades K-12
http://www.deweybrowse.org/

Check  out  this ThinkQuest Winner site:
"Do We" Really Know Dewey?
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5002/

NLM Classification
Fact Sheet
The National Library of Medicine Classification covers the field of medicine and related sciences.
The scheme is a system of classification intended to be used for the shelf arrangement 
of all library materials, regardless of format. Designed as a broad classification, it is suitable for both large
and small library collections and may be adapted to handle specialized collections of any size. 

National Library of Medicine Classification
Fifth Edition 1994, Revised 1999.
This edition incorporates all additions and changes as of 1999, including 
Index entries for several hundred new terms, published from 1994 to 1999 
in the NLM Medical Subject Heading Annotated Alphabetic List (MeSH).

Boston Public Library
Understanding Call Numbers
Guides to the Library

Note: many of these sites may only "duplicate resources", but some may also offer 
different or specialized sites/or reference info.

** I also have a lising of Software Solutions for Organizing Small Library Collections

Catalogers Reference Shelf
The Library Corporation is pleased to announce the availability of a free new resource on the World Wide Web.
The Cataloger's Reference Shelf, a component of the help systems in ITS for Windows and the Library.Solution integrated online library system, has recently been published in web format and is available for free use by any cataloger with a web browser.
 

Cataloging Tools  for the Cataloger
also
Internet Library for Librarians
Cataloging Resources

WHAT IS A MARC RECORD,
AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/umb/um01to06.html

Library of Congress - Authorities
Excerpt quoted from website
Using Library of Congress Authorities, you can browse and
display authority headings for Subject, Name, Title and Name/Title combinations.
You can also download authority records in MARC format for use in a local library system.
This service is offered free of charge.

The Rare Materials Cataloger's HelpNet
http://www.library.yale.edu/bibstand/resource.html

MARC Standards
From the Library of Congress
US Marc Equivalents for RLIN specific field tags

Marc 21 Tutorial
The MARC 21 training tutorial provides a means to study and practice bibliographic standards in descriptive and subject cataloging for machine-readable formats incorporating MARC 21 coding. These standards are utilized by all libraries, academic, public and school, and the automated library systems that support online catalogs.
The intended audience is library science students, as well as library cataloging personnel.
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~techserv/MARC21Tutorial/marcintro.htm

OCLC AND OCLC's Cataloging Manual

RLIN - Research Libraries Information Network

1999 AMENDMENTS TO AACR2
AVAILABLE AS FREE DOWNLOAD ON ALA'S WEB SITE
The Canadian Library Association,
the Library Association and the
American Library Association
offer a FREE, PDF version of the 1999 amendments
to ANGLO-AMERICAN CATALOGUING RULES,
SECOND EDITION, 1998 REVISION
on ALA's web site.
The Adobe Acrobat PDF file can be downloaded
from the following link:
http://www.ala.org/editions/updates/aacr2
The AMENDMENTS 1999 are also available
online in the ALA Store
http://www.alastore.ala.org/
The AMENDMENTS 1999 were agreed to by
the Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR (JSC)

Subject Cataloger's Electronic Resources Toolkit 
http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/beonline/toolkit.html
Prepared by Jan Herd   February 2001
This document was prepared for use in conjunction with 
training sessions offered in 2001 for Library of Congress 
subject catalogers working with electronic resources.

Toolbox for Processing and Cataloging Federal Government Documents

Continued General Sites for Cataloging (LC & Dewey included)
Cataloging tools & websites
(**many of these sites may duplicate "links within" resource sites listed above)

• Library of Congress Classification Tables  
• Library of Congress Classification Outline 
• LC Subject headings Weekly Lists  
• LC Cutter Table
• Library of Congress - Cataloging 
• Library of Congress Cataloging Policy & Support Office
• One University Libraries 

Web page for
How books are Classified /LC call no.
• Bibliographic Formats & Standards  
• Understanding MARC records  
• MARC Field Guides 

from Princeton University
http://infoshare1.princeton.edu/katmandu/marc/guidtoc.html
• Cataloger's Desktop Classification Plus 

Tips for Original Cataloging

Cataloging Documentation on the Web 
http://libweb.uoregon.edu/~catdept/tools/catdoc.html
 

• Catalogers Reference Shelf 
• Cataloger's Toolbox

Cataloger's Toolbox : ">Cataloging Tools : By activity performed.
• Guide to Subject Analysis  
• ALA ACRL / RBMS : Rare Books & Manuscripts 

Standards and Guidelines
• CONSER Cataloging Manual
• University of Buffalo"s

Websites of interest to Catalogers
**Note** Many of these resources may be duplicated
in this & other online resource lists!
• Cataloging at Yale - Nice page for their Catalogers

Includes policies, workflow, etc.
• Canadian Cataloguer's Toolbox
• USMARC Concise Authority  
• Library of Congress Z39.50 Gateway to Library Catalogs 
• Special Libraries Cataloging 
• Resources for the Rare Material Cataloguer
• Rare Book Cataloging Tutorial
• Tools for Serials Catalogers  
• Sites for Serials Catalogers 
• MIT Libraries Serials Cataloging Manual
• "IESCA" This interactive training tool 

has been developed
at Northwestern University Library
to instruct serials catalogers
how to catalog electronic serials.
• OCLC - Cataloging Electronic Resources 
• ISSN for Electronic Serials  
• Guidelines for the use of the "856" field  
• Cataloging Internet Resources 
• Managing Internet Resources - Cataloging 

NLM Cataloging Section
General Information

• NLM Classification
• Definition of Cataloging Levels

• NLM Locator Plus,
• Library of Congress,
• MESH Headings and

MESH Browser

OLAC - Online Audiovisual Catalogers
Useful Sites for AV Catalogers

ACRL's 1999 Guidelines for Media Resources in Academic Libraries

Guidelines for Subject Analysis of Audiovisual Materials
http://www.ala.org/alcts/publications/guidelines/audiovisual.html

Additional Cataloging Audiovisuals Sites:
NLM Cataloging Section
Section covering Audiovisuals

DRA MARC BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD FIXED FIELD (008)
Visual Materials.

Cataloging & Metadata Resources 
A companion site for 
Organizing Audiovisual and Electronic Resources 
for Access:A Cataloging Guide
by Ingrid Hsieh-Yee.  Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2000
http://slis.cua.edu/ihy/catmeta.htm

See also: the resources of IMAP
Independent Media Arts Preservation
http://www.imappreserve.org/cataloging_menu.html
 

Cataloging "Internet Resources & Websites"
Here are some articles and websites on the topic

Cataloging Internet Resources
A Manual and Practical Guide
http://www.oclc.org/oclc/man/9256cat/toc.htm

Internet Public Library - Organizing Web Resources/Links
http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/static/hum45.80.00.html

• "Don't worry - it's easier than rocket science"  
• ALA Task force - Cataloging problems with Websites  
• Why should Librarians catalog internet resources 

(slide presentation, make sure to view the entire presentation)
• References for Information and Background Study 

Managing Internet Resources 
• Beyond Bookmarks 

Schemes for "Classifying or Organizing" the Web
Lists ongoing projects.
• LibLicense Licensing Digital Information 

A Resource for Librarians
with subscription info for Liblicense-L 
• New Jour Internet list for reporting & announcing 

new online Electronic Journals.
(** Please note - Library Support Staff.com
"Library" Related Journals Online **) 
• Marc It Software for Cataloging Internet Resources.  
• URL Link Checker is now available at http://www.itcompany.com/linkcheck.htm.

It is specifically designed for librarians to check URL links in MARC
records and bibliographic databases. It works with flat MARC files.
• "IESCA" This interactive training tool 

has been developed
at Northwestern University Library
to instruct serials catalogers
how to catalog electronic serials.
• OCLC - Cataloging Electronic Resources 
• ISSN for Electronic Serials  
• Guidelines for the use of the "856" field  

The Cataloging Policy Committee of the Online Audiovisual Catalogers,
Inc. (OLAC), is pleased to announce the availability of an online
training presentation on cataloging updating Web sites and updating
online databases according to the new rules for integrating resources
that were published in the 2002 Revision of the Anglo-American
Cataloguing Rules.

The presentation is a PowerPoint slide show consisting of a little over
100 slides.  The presentation is available on the OLAC CAPC Web page at:
http://www.olacinc.org/capc/
or directly at:
http://www.olacinc.org/capc/ir.ppt 
This online training presentation is meant to serve as an 
introductory overview to orient catalogers to the
new AACR2 rules and MARC codes for integrating resources (IRs); 
it is not a detailed training tutorial. 
Keeping with the mission and scope of OLAC, the focus is on electronic IRs, 
with an addendum on what is distinctive for print IRs (loose-leafs).

The presentation includes the following:
       Definitions of new terms
       Brief cataloging highlights
       Overview of AACR2 2002 for electronic integrating resources
      (by area of description)
       MARC Leader and 006/008 codes for integrating resources
       Addendum on updating loose-leafs
       Concluding review

The presentation was developed by a Task Force of the Cataloging Policy
Committee (CAPC).  Its members include Steven Miller (chair), Kay
Johnson, and David Reynolds.  The group wishes to
acknowledge that the content of this presentation was developed from a
training presentation originally prepared for the Program for
Cooperative Cataloging and that it reflects input from the directors and
several members of the BIBCO and CONSER Programs.  The group also wishes
to thank the members of CAPC for their additional review and comments.

Technical note: the training presentation was created using PowerPoint.
Your Web browser must have the appropriate plug-in to view the
presentation. If using Netscape, click on the link and "Save File...".
Use PowerPoint to view the presentation.

Wynar's Introduction to Cataloging and Classification
Arlene G. Taylor / Bohdan S. Wynar / David P. Miller
ISBN: 1563084945
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Pub. Date: 2000

Learn Descriptive Cataloging
Mary Mortimer
ISBN: 0810836939
Publisher: Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Pub. Date: 2000

Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
American Library Association 
ISBN: 0838934862
Publisher: American Library Association
Pub. Date: 1998

ISSN Web Site
 

CopyCataloging Tools/Examples Online Library Manuals

Sirsi Training manual
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~catalog/ref/train/sirsi.html
Copy Cataloging/Editing
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~catalog/ref/train/train6.html

Cataloging Procedures Manual
Rice University -- Fondren Library -- Sirsi Revision 
August 1998, Revised July 2000 
http://sparta.rice.edu/Fondren/Staff/catman.html

BOOK:
Beginner's Guide to Copy Cataloging on OCLC/PRISM
Lois Massengale Schultz

PUBLISHER/SUPPLIER: LIBRARIES UNLIMITED
BookZone price: $35.00 
http://www.bookzone.com/bookzone/10002233.html

Created for the beginning library technician working in the cataloging
department, this work is written on a basic level that assumes the user 
has very little knowledge of libraries and cataloging activities. The 
author explains cataloging terminology in simple terms and briefly discusses
bibliographic utilities. The MARC record is fully explained, and there 
is a suggested plan for teaching new employees how to use the OCLC system.
Concentrating on copy cataloging of monographs, most of the book 
consists of sample title pages, partial versos of title pages, and other relevant
information, followed by an unedited OCLC bibliographic record. The 
author discusses the bibliographic area under review and provides an edited 
OCLC bibliographic. Exercises allow users to practice and hone their skills. 
A useful tool for practicing technicians, this book can also be used as a 
text for schools that offer an associate degree program in library science. 
 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RESOURCE FILE
COPY CATALOGING
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/cts/acq/cc/

Responsibilities of Paraprofessionals In the Copy Cataloging Team
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~catalog/man/respons2.html
 

Copy Cataloging Procedures at the NMSU Library
Copy cataloging can be defined as the use of cataloging information 
from a national bibliographic utility such as OCLC. Bibliographic records are
copied from this source, rather than created originally by the library. 
The vast majority of the materials in our library are cataloged by this 
method.
http://lib.nmsu.edu/depts/bibsvs/ccproc.html

Serials Cataloging Manual 
Copy Cataloging Checklist
http://macfadden.mit.edu:9500/colserv/sercat/checklist.htm

USE OF BIBLIOGRAPHIC COPY
http://www-libraries.colorado.edu/as/manual/technical/bibcopy.htm

Cataloging Foreign Language Material

Resources for Foreign Language Catalogers

Cataloging with Copy - Transliteration Tables

Foreign Language Aids - Lists other websites

FREE Translation.com Excellent FREE translation service - 7 Languages.

Babelfish - another FREE text translation service.

Voycabulary translates web pages.

Foreignword.com | The Language Hub
One Look Dictionary

Multilingual Glossary of technical & popular Medical Terms in nine European Languages.

More resources on Foreign Languages
can be found on the Free Online Learning page. 

Spelling Help for Catalogers

• Cornell Library /Common misspelled words

http://www.library.cornell.edu/tsmanual/TSSU/comis2.html
• OPAC Common Misspellings

http://www.aallnet.org/sis/tssis/tsll/22-03/obs-locl.htm
• Related: - Common "Typographical" errors in Library Databases

faculty.quinnipiac.edu/libraries/tballard/typoscomplete.html Terry Ballard's listing
and see also:
"More" typographical errors
• Common Errors in English

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
• Medword.com - from Elements of Style

http://www.medword.com/strunk4.html
• Suite 101 Listing of Commonly Misspelled words

http://www.i5ive.com/article.cfm/english_grammar_style/66740
• FactMonster List of Words Commonly Misspelled

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0781709.html

Visit YourDictionary.com - for help with finding "correct" spellings
www.yourdictionary.com/

Need help with medical terminology - use the NLM's dictionary resources
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/dictionaries.html

Note: I have noticed lately that when doing a Google search,
Google seems to catch common misspellings and offer corrections.
Just be sure you want to accept the corrected word or phrase,
sometimes you spell something correctly, but Google may think you mean something else. 

Another useful tool - Biographical reference resource links.
to help with spelling "Author" names, date of birth & death, etc.
Visit AcqWebs page for help
acqweb.library.vanderbilt.edu/acqweb/ref_bio.html

Purchase software:
Spelling Checker for Database Maintenance
The very first spell checking software designed for database maintenance
www.itcompany.com/checkerd.htm

Quoted from website
Spelling Checker for CatME(TM)
A powerful and versatile spell checker specially designed for 
CatME(TM) cataloging 
OCLC has purchased the Spelling Checker for CatME.
It will provide this software at no charge to all of its member libraries.
www.itcompany.com/catme.htm
See also - 
Spelling Checker for OCLC® Cataloging (this is Not Free to member libraries)
Passport for Windows(TM) Version
www.itcompany.com/checkero.htm


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To find out about library listservs -
Go to - 
http://www.wrlc.org/liblists/
and  also see my 4subscribe.html page for information about creating your own list

Choose the subject you are interested in.
For Cataloging the following lists are currently available:

AUTOCAT@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU Library Cataloging and Authorities
INDEX-L@LISTSERV.UNC.EDU Indexers Discussion Group
LCCN@SUN7.LOC.GOV LC Cataloging Newsline
NOTISCAT@APOLLO.IT.LUC.EDU Cataloging and Authority Control Module of
the NOTIS Library Management System
USMARC@LOC.GOV USMARC Advisory Group

Autocat is the most popular
AUTOCAT@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU
Library Cataloging and Authorities 
To subscribe to the list, send the following message to
LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU:

SUBSCRIBE AUTOCAT Your-first-name Your-last-name 

For more on popular library listservs visit 4subscribe.html

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Miscellaneous
• Miscellaneous Resources Sites of Interest
• Roman Numerals
• Shelving Library Material
• Weeding Library Collections
Publications of Interest to Catalogers

American Society of Indexers

"Search" Online Library Catalogs - Worldwide
www.library.uq.edu.au/ssah/jeast/

YBP Library Services provides books and supporting collection 
management and technical services to academic, research, and
special libraries in North America and around the world. 
GOBI, YBP's online, interactive bibliographic information service,
provides access to 2.0 million titles in an English-language database

Publishing.about.com/publishers - resources for "publishers"

Faxon - Links to Publisher websites

More selected book publishers websites
 

If you have helpful sites or hints for Catalogers
- please email  Me and I will post here

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Here for those interested in Converting
those "pesky" Roman Numerals - 
Are two "Conversion Calendar Calculator" Sites:
http://www.guernsey.net/~sgibbs/roman.html
AND
http://mail.beaconhill.org/~fconte/tools/RomanNumeralConverter.htm

Related: http://www.onlineconversion.com/
Convert just about anything to anything else.
Over 5,000 units, and 30,000 conversions.

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Related sites 

Stacks Maintenance / Shelving Library Material/ Weeding Library Material

Government Documents Library
Student Procedures - Covers most library jobs/procedures
General // Stacks Team // Processing Team // 
Database Teams // Binding Team // ICM Team // Supervisors // Forms/Signs 
http://www.lib.msu.edu/publ_ser/docs/student/Manual/

Stacks Management at Polk Library UW Oshkosh
http://www.uwosh.edu/departments/llr/stacks/

UTA Libraries 
Stacks Management Services
http://www.uta.edu/library/access/stacks.html

University of Notre Dame
Stacks Maintenance Guide
http://www.nd.edu/~access/stacks.shtml

RULES FOR FILING OR SHELVING LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBERS
Please **NOTE** this is a Rich Text" format document
http://www2.smu.edu/bridwell/forms/interviewprep.doc
 

WEEDING

Are you thinking of shifting your Libraries Collection..
well here is a Comprehensive List of things to consider
And ideas for 
Weeding your libraries collection.
**Please note** that the above site
An Arizona Library is one of the best
I have seen on covering topics such as Weeding,
Collection Development, etc.
Check out their entire site!
More sites for "WEEDING" through

WEED IT!
for an attractive and useful collection.
by Karen Klopfer, WMRLS Regional Librarian

The following article is similar to the above one as it discusses
the policies & procedures of Karen Klopfer, of the WMRLS
Today's Librarian article:
Discarding the no good, the bad and the ugly is a fine art
Feel the Need to Weed?
by Le Templar
 http://www.todayslibrarian.com/
**Please NOTE** as of winter 2002 - "todayslibrarian.com" - no longers seems to be available online
the link above is a link to Google's "cached" version of the page
which may not remain online for an extended period of time

Guidelines for Weeding Library Collections

SunLink Weed of the Month Club
The SUNLINK Weed of the Month Club is an effort to help provide 
Florida's School Library Media Specialists with guidelines 
and suggestions for weeding their collections a little at a 
time as well as for adding quality materials.

Weeding in Libraries - A Webliography
www.havana.lib.il.us/library/weeding.html

Book to consider for purchase or borrowing
Weeding Library Collections
Library Weeding Methods
Stanley J. Slote
ISBN: 1563085119
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Pub. Date: 1997

http://www.havana.lib.il.us/library/weeding.html

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Classification Systems	Tools/Sites for Catalogers	NLM Cataloging resources	AV Cataloging resources	Cataloging Internet Resources
Resources for Copy Catalogers	Cataloging Foreign Languages	Spelling Resources	Listservs for Catalogers	Miscellaneous resources

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Sites for Interlibrary Loaners
now on a separate page:
http://librarysupportstaff.com/jobhelp4ill.html

To Contact, Me ~ Mary Niederlander
via e-mail, write to: mary@librarysupportstaff.com
THANK YOU!!