Descriptive cataloging describes what the information object is, not what it is about. "Aboutness" is the purview of subject cataloging and is not touched upon by descriptive cataloging. Descriptive cataloging sets out to provide access points.
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The Library of Congress Cataloging Directorate now maintains a World Wide Web Home Page. Information available through this home page includes Cataloging Policy and ... DESCRIPTION: A summary of key points of descriptive cataloging for monographs from AACR2. ... KEYWORDS: descriptive cataloging, bibliographic description...
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[ Introduction | General Resources | Authority Maintenance | Descriptive Cataloging | Library Online Public Access Catalogs | MARC Formats | Meta-data | Organizing Internet Resources -- Non-Cataloging Approach | Organizing Internet Resources -- Traditional Cataloging Approach | Rare Materials Cataloging |
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Resources related to general and descriptive cataloging from the Library of Congress. ... Descriptive Cataloging of East Asian Material: CJK Examples of AACR2 and Library of Congress Rule Interpretations...
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Because the Library strongly discourages cataloging by example, the Director for Cataloging agreed to make the revision a joint project only if the examples were clearly intended to be illustrative and informative, in the same manner as the examples that appear in AACR2 and the LCRIs.
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descriptive cataloging: Definition and Pronunciation ... descriptive bibliography ... descriptive geometry...
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Purpose: To formulate MLA policy on all matters related to the descriptive cataloging of music materials in libraries. ... 2009 Descriptive Cataloging Subcommittee Annual Report (July 2008-June 2009)
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Building International Descriptive Cataloging Standards: The Role of the American Library Association’s; Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access ... AACR2R is an internationally accepted standard for descriptive cataloging. It contains rules for describing and providing access to all types of library...
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LS 2405: DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGING ... To become conversant with the principles and standards for descriptive cataloging, access points and authority control. To understand the broader theoretical context in which these principles function...
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You should be able to state the purpose of cataloging; You can define the major objectives of descriptive cataloging; You can explain how authority control ...
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