Cataloguing tools required and recommended


Required tools

Customers creating and changing bibliographic records in the National Bibliographic Database on Libraries Australia are required to use the following tools:

Anglo-American cataloguing rules / prepared under the direction of the Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR, a committee of the American Library ... [et al.]. 2nd ed., 2002 revision. Ottawa : Canadian Library Association, 2002.

Libraries Australia Client manual (for latest Version of Libraries Australia)

Library of Congress name authorities (LCNA), in the most current cumulated edition and latest supplement or online at http://authorities.loc.gov/

MARC21 format for bibliographic data : including guidelines for content designation / prepared by Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress in cooperation with Standards and Support, National Library of Canada. 1999 ed. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Cataloging Distribution Service, 1999-

Australian MARC codes specific to Libraries Australia

Subject cataloging manual : subject headings / prepared by the Cataloging Policy and Support Office, Library of Congress. 5th ed. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1996.

To assist with applying and interpreting the Anglo-American cataloguing rules, either of the following publications is required:

Library of Congress rule interpretations. [2nd ed.] Washington, D.C. : Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1989-

or

Cataloging service bulletin / Processing Services. No. 1 (Summer 1978)- Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, Processing Services, 1978-

Customers assigning classification numbers from Dewey Decimal classification or Library of Congress classification must use the latest editions of the appropriate schedules. Note that the latest changes to the Dewey schedules are published in Dewey decimal classification additions, notes, and decision. Albany, N.Y. : Forest Press, 1981-

Useful tools for specific materials

The following tools might be found useful when cataloguing particular types of material:

Cartographic materials : a manual of interpretation for AACR2, 2002 revision / prepared by the Anglo-American Cataloguing Committee for Cartographic Materials ; Elizabeth U. Mangan, editor. Chicago : American Library Association, 2003.

Cataloguing Internet resources : a manual and practical guide, edited by Nancy B. Olson. 2nd ed. Dublin, Ohio : OCLC, 1997.
Also online at http://www.oclc.org/oclc/man/9256cat/toc.htm
[Retrieved1/5/2003]

Cataloging nonbook materials : problems in theory and practice / by Carolyn O. Frost ; edited by Arlene Taylor Dowell. Littleton, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1983.

Cataloging of audiovisual materials and other specisl materials : a manual based on AACR2 / Nancy B. Olson. 4th ed. / edited by Sheila S. Intner and Edward Swanson. DeKalb, Ill. : Minnesota Scholarly Press, 1998.

Descriptive cataloging of rare books. Washington, D.C. : Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1991.
Also online at http://www.tlcdelivers.com/tlc/crs/rare0170.htm
[Retrieved1/5/2003]

Dewey decimal classification additions, notes and decisions. Albany, N.Y. : Forest Press, 1981-

Dewey decimal classification and relative index / devised by Melvil Dewey. Ed. 21 / edited by Joan S. Mitchell, Julianne Beall, Winton E. Matthews, Jr., Gregory R. New. Albany, N.Y. : Forest Press, a division of OCLC Online Computer Library Center, 1996.

Draft interim guidelines for cataloging internet resources / Library of Congress Cataloging and Support Office. http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/elec_res.html
This resource is under review. It might not be consistent with Libraries Australia Network Policy.
[Retrieved 15/09/03]

Guidelines for bibliographic description of interactive multimedia / the Interactive Multimedia Guidelines Review Task Force, Laurel Jizba ... [et al.]. Chicago : American Library Association, 1994.

Guidelines for the cataloguing of electronic resources / Libraries Australia Expert Advisory Group on Cataloguing of Electronic Resources. http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/dg_cer.html
[Retrieved 15/09/03]

Newspaper cataloging and union listing manual / prepared by Todd Butler. Washington : Serial Record Division, Library of Congress, 1990.

Nonbook materials : the organization of integrated collections / Jean Weihs ... [et al.] 3rd ed. Ottawa : Canadian Library Association, 1989.

Nonprint cataloging for multimedia collections : a guide based on AACR2 / JoAnn V. Rogers with Jerry D. Saye. 2nd ed. Littleton, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1987.

OLAC newsletter. Vol. 5, no. 1 (Mar. 1985)- Jacksonville, Fla. : On-Line Audiovisual Catalogers, 1985-

Contributing libraries are encouraged to contact Libraries Australia regarding additional tools they find useful in the cataloguing of particular types of material.

The latest decisions and practices concerning cataloguing matters in Australia and in Libraries Australia are reported through the librariesaustralia-l email list. All cataloguing institutions must be subscribed to this list.