Describing Electronic, Digital, and Other Media Using AACR2 and RDA: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians - Softcover

Weber, Mary Beth; Austin, Fay Angela

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555706681 ISBN 13: 9781555706685

Publisher: Association of College & Research Libraries, 2010

Synopsis

Authors Mary Beth Weber and Fay Austin address RDA, the latest hot new trend in cataloging, along with traditional examples of cataloging like MARC, MODS, and Dublin Core. Streaming video, Internet sites, dual-disc DVDs, blogs and listservs are just some of the rapidly emerging, and often complicated, new resources covered in this current, easy-to-follow manual. Weber and Austin dedicate separate chapters to each non-print and e-resource format, and include corresponding examples to help demonstrate practical implementation of these critical new skills. Featured Review: "This is an up-to-date and handy desk reference for catalogers of electronic, digital cartographic, sound, video, Internet, database, and other mixed media. It's also suitable for non-tech services librarians...With a useful CD-ROM for step-by-step help and a companion website that will be updated as necessary. Recommended." - Library Journal, April 2011 A companion CD-ROM, designed for catalogers to use in creating descriptive records, provides guidance on how to formulate core-level descriptions for the seven media types discussed in the book; live links to online sources for additional information; and templates for creating descriptive records using MARC, MODS, and Dublin Core. Practical and user-friendly, this essential guide to 21st century cataloging will teach you to organize your constantly expanding collection.

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Review

"...highly recommended for technical services staff struggling with changing cataloguing rules for certain types of nonbook materials." (Technicalities)

"A practical guide for using both the old standard (AACR) and the new (RDA: Resource Description and Access). Mary Beth Weber and Fay Angela Austin have prepared a commonsense guide to using the new code." (American Libraries)

"This is an up-to-date and handy desk reference for catalogers of electronic, digital cartographic, sound, video, Internet, database, and other mixed media. It's also suitable for non-tech services librarians...With a useful CD-ROM for step-by-step help and a companion website that will be updated as necessary.  Recommended." (Library Journal)

Edition details

• Publisher: Association of College & Research Libraries
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555706681
• ISBN 13: 9781555706685
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320