Maxwell's Guide to Authority Work (ALA Editions) - Softcover

Robert L. Maxwell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0838908225 ISBN 13: 9780838908228

Publisher: ALA Editions, 2002

Synopsis

In this text, authority work is broken down to its most basic components so that you can trace and follow the preparation of a complete authority record. Helpful illustrations identify the key characteristics of good authority records, common acronyms are defined, and cross-references throughout reinforce material. Step-by-step, you'll learn how to: form and record uniform access points; keep thorough and accurate records; share information in an environment of international databases and cooperative cataloguing.

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About the Author

Robert L. Maxwell is Associate Librarian of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University, where he also serves as leader of the special collections and humanities cataloging team. He has taught cataloging in the School of information Resources and Library Science at the University of Arizona and has chaired the Bibliographic Standards Committee of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association for College and Research Libraries (ACRL). He is co-author, with Margaret Maxwell, of the current edition of Maxwell's Handbook for AACR2R. Maxwell earned his master's of library science degree from the University of Arizona and his doctorate degree in classical languages from the University of Toronto.

Edition details

• Publisher: ALA Editions
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0838908225
• ISBN 13: 9780838908228
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296