Cataloging library materials for children in the internet age has never been as challenging or as important. RDA: Resource Description and Access is now the descriptive standard, there are new ways to find materials using classifications, and subject heading access has been greatly enhanced by the keyword capabilities of today's online catalogs. It's the perfect moment to present a completely overhauled edition of this acclaimed bestseller. The new sixth edition guides catalogers, children's librarians, and LIS students in taking an effective approach towards materials intended for children and young adults. Informed by recent studies of how children search, this handbook's top-to-bottom revisions address areas such as <ul> <li>how RDA applies to a variety of children's materials, with examples provided; &nbsp;</li> <li>authority control, bibliographic description, subject access, and linked data;</li> <li>electronic resources and other non-book materials; and</li> <li>cataloging for non-English-speaking and preliterate children.</li> </ul> With advice contributed by experienced, practicing librarians, this one-stop resource offers a complete overview of the best methods for enabling children to find the information they want and need.

Cataloging Correctly for Kids

Fountain, Joanna F.

Zwierski, Michele

McCroskey, Marilyn

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ALA Editions

Library catalogs are doorways to accessing the information treasures available within. To provide excellent service for all who wish to enter, especially children, this classic cataloging reference has provided the key for almost two decades. Since 1998, when the third edition of Cataloging Correctly for Kids was published, library cataloging has experienced explosive changes in practices, technological tools, scope of services, and available materials. The new fourth edition, again published in conjunction with the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), addresses those changes and continues to make catalog data accessible to children while following consistent and universal standards. Starting with updated Guidelines for Standardized Cataloging of Children's Materials, this definitive edition calls on the foremost experts in cataloging to: explain the unique ways children search so catalog information is accessible to them; identify ways to incorporate AACR-2 and MARC standards; show how to use standard heading forms including LC's children's headings; and illuminate the challenges of cataloging nonprint materials and automating the process. school, and academic librarians responsible for children's cataloging will find a comprehensive, authoritative one-stop guide to better serving the youngest library users at the catalog.

Cataloging Correctly for Kids: An Introduction to the Tools

Politics & Social Sciences

Intner, Sheila S.

Gilchrist, Jane E.

Social Sciences

Nearly double the size of its predecessor, Headings for Children's Materials (Libraries Unlimited, 1993), this book offers librarians in the process of automating and those changing from Sears to Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) a comprehensive subject authority and companion to the LC list of headings. Fountain's affordable compilation of the most-used LC subject headings has been supplemented with hundreds of names from the LC authority file, and it incorporates all current modifications of LCSH (18th edition) for the classification of children's material. Librarians will find this first-check source a valuable tool for both online and card environments. Extensive cross-referencing to and from broader, narrower, and related terms makes it easy to find and use the best headings for each work being cataloged. Clear explanations of the application of the Library of Congress's AC (Annotated Card) headings and references from their counterparts allow the nonexpert subject cataloger to use

Subject Headings for School and Public Libraries: An LCSH/Sears Companion

Libraries Unlimited

A first-check source for the most frequently used headings needed in media centers and public libraries, this book has several thousand new and revised entries to assist in applying LCSH and AC headings. Of the approximately 30,000 headings listed, thousands include cross-references. MARC codes are included with ambiguous headings to simplify entering them into computerized catalogs.

Supplementing existing textbooks with exercises that allow practice in description, classification, subject analysis, and MARC 21, this workbook pinpoints problem areas that arise in the cataloging of a wide variety of materials in public, school, special, and academic library settings. Real title pages and other necessary materials are used throughout. AACR2 rule numbers are included, as well as questions for consideration. MARC records are provided for some 50 of 150 exercises. The book companion Web site (http://www.lu.com/workbook) has a section for students and a password protected section for instructors who adopt the book for courses. The instructor's Web site includes MARC records for all exercises. This book will appeal to cataloging students as necessary practice for sharpening their skills, as well as to beginning catalogers in the large library environment. It will be a valuable addition as individual study material and for in-house training of catalogers.

Unlocking the Mysteries of Cataloging: A Workbook of Examples

Haynes, Elizabeth

For public and school libraries, this resource reflects recent changes in Library of Congress subject headings and authority files, and provides bilingual information essential to reference librarians and catalogers serving Spanish speakers.
Libraries must provide better access to their collections for all users, including Spanish-language materials. The American Library Association has recognized this increasing need. Subject Headings for School and Public Libraries: Bilingual Fourth Edition is the only resource available that provides both authorized and reference entries in English and Spanish. A first-check source for the most frequently used headings needed in school and public libraries, this book incorporates thousands of new and revised entries to assist in applying LCSH and CSH headings. 
Of the approximately 30,000 headings listed, most include cross-references, and all of the cross-reference terms are translated. MARC21 tags are included for all authorized entries to simplify entering them into computerized catalogs, while indexes to all headings and free-floating subdivisions are provided in translation from Spanish to English. This book gives librarians access to accurate translations of the subject terms printed in books published and cataloged in English-speaking countries―invaluable information in settings with Spanish-speaking patrons.
 • Presents reliable translations by native Spanish-speaking librarians of thousands of subject terms
• Includes topical terms with all personal name entries to aid in classification
• Provides a supplementary Spanish-to-English index that leads back to English terms for use in non-English library services

Subject Headings for School and Public Libraries (English and Spanish Edition)

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Cataloging Correctly for Kids

Cataloging Correctly for Kids: An Introduction to the Tools

Subject Headings for School and Public Libraries: An LCSH/Sears Companion

Subject Headings for School and Public Libraries: An LCSH/Sears Companion

Unlocking the Mysteries of Cataloging: A Workbook of Examples

Subject Headings for School and Public Libraries (English and Spanish Edition)