..., and the insistence of devoting so much space to CD‐ROM technology. Information retrieval Information operations Information searches Cataloguing Classification This is the third edition of a popular text for students and practitioners of library and information studies, by respected educator...

...Emma Datson IFLA Cataloguing Principles: Steps towards an International Cataloguing Code 3, is a monograph presenting the proceedings of the third IFLA Meeting of Experts (IME) on an International Cataloguing Code (ICC), held in Cairo, Egypt, 2005. The first meeting of the IME ICC...

...Helen Gourkova This volume is a valuable collection of the most interesting and educational articles that will surely inspire further publications on this important topic of international education for library cataloguing. I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to the editors...

..., research and practical material with the recognition of the areas requiring further investigation. Articles are carefully selected to demonstrate the continuing convergence of cataloguing and metadata in library and information science. Cataloguing Bibliographic systems This highly useful...

.... Although the book does not cover each and every rule in AACR2, it does provide a practical and essential introduction to new cataloguers or in this matter cataloguers who need an update or a reminder of the rules. Michael   Gorman . The Concise AACR2 (4th ed.) . Chicago, IL : American...

.... As there is not much information available on the mapping of controlled vocabularies, especially on such details as time, cost and effort involved, this paper is of particular value and interest. Overall, high‐level Internet cataloguing is a new field and this book urges to think of further possibilities to map...

...M.A. Bello; E.S. Thompson University libraries, the world over, are continually striving to ensure timely information access and retrieval. Those at the centre of making this mission possible are the cataloguers. However, because of the nature of the work of cataloguers, very few librarians...

...Ann Chapman; Owen Massey The current need for performance measurement and quality targets for services to users requires suitable performance indicators for libraries to use. This paper looks at the self‐assessment audit tool for catalogue quality developed by UKOLN in collaboration with Essex...

...Magda El‐Sherbini Examines the outsourcing of Slavic original cataloguing at the Ohio State University libraries. It includes: the rationale for doing so; the evaluation and cost analysis; the advantages and disadvantages; and what we have learned. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Academic...

.... The author of this paper will outline the process of revamping the organisational structure of a large department in an academic library and will discuss the impact it had on the traditional roles assigned to librarians and staff in such a setting. The study will concentrate on copy cataloguers...

..., in fact, and could be further worked on. One central issue for art cataloguers, when dealing with “visual documents”, is that of the incorporation of information about both the surrogate image and the original object depicted. As is sometimes the case with “bibliographic” reproductions (e.g...

...Zahiruddin Khurshid Discusses the possible application of various TQM tools in cataloguing operations. Focuses on the methods libraries have adopted to identify user needs and to improve services to meet user needs. Many of these methods either are based on the TQM philosophy or can be adapted...

... and the Republic of Ireland. The NBS also made machine readable records available in UKMARC format on the BNBMARC database for those items which would appear in the printed BNB. There are three routes by which records are created for the BNBMARC database. First, cataloguing‐in‐publication (CIP) records...

... in interlending and cataloguing. The original objective of the library was to promote inter‐library co‐operation by arranging a national storage and interlending centre for less‐used library material. Discusses the potential of the repository library for assisting the library system in the new economic situation...

... environment is described. Managing the task in the Danish Library Centre is included in a quality‐management system, certified according to the ISO 9001 standard. Producing the National Bibliography is expected to be called for tender in the mid‐1990s. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Cataloguing Contracts...

...Ken Harrison Lancaster University Library developed an in‐house software package,LANSLIDE, for its slide collection in 1987. Examines the system, which includes slide cataloguing, mini‐label production, keyword searching,and classmark searching. A recent development has been the introduction...