Useful Links

Authority Control

• Geographic names from the United States Board on Geographic Names
  • Domestic names query form / U.S. Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
  • Foreign names query form / National Imagery and Mapping Agency, GEOnet Names Server (GNS)
• [DIR] Program for cooperative cataloging / LC
• USMARC format for authority data
  • Concise format / Network Development and MARC Standards Office (LC)
  • Field list / Network Development and MARC Standards Office (LC)

Descriptive Cataloging

• Geographic names from the United States Board on Geographic Names
  • Domestic names query form / U.S. Geologic Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
  • Foreign names query form / National Imagery and Mapping Agency, GEOnet Names Server (GNS)

Electronic Resources

• Cataloging electronic resources: OCLC-MARC coding guidelines / OCLC
• Cataloging Internet resources: A manual and practical guide / Nancy B. Olson, 2nd ed.
• CONSER Cataloging Manual : Module 31 : Remote access computer file serials / Melissa Beck, Bill Anderson, Regina Reynolds (97-10-31)
• Draft interim guidelines for cataloging electronic resources / Cataloging Policy and Support Office (LC)
• Guidelines for distinguishing cartographic materials on computer file carriers from other materials on computer file carriers / Network Development and MARC Standards Office (LC) (98-01)
• Guidelines for the use of field 856 (Revised August 1997) / Network Development and MARC Standards Office (LC) (97-08-01)
• OCLC guidelines on the choice of Type and BLvl for electronic resources / Jay Weitz (98-03-23)
• Report of the Task Force on Cataloging Remote Access Electronic Serials / Yale University Library (96-06-28)

IRIS / WORKFLOWS

• WebCat
  • Production system

Languages

• [DIR] Dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri / W.E.B. Du Bois Library
• Glossary of bibliographic information by language
  -- Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
• Initial articles / online version by Princeton University Library
• Language codes
  • online version by LC -- Code sequence only
  • online version by OCLC -- both Name and Code sequences
  • online version by Princeton University Library -- both Name and Code sequences
  • USMARC Code List for Languages Changes / LC (96-11-15)
• Translator Service (99-07-20)
  -- French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

Library of Congress

• [DIR] CONSERline
• [DIR] LC cataloging newsline
• Library of Congress Z39.50 gateway
  -- gateway access to LC's catalog, including name and subject authority records
• [DIR] Program for cooperative cataloging

RLIN

• RLG holiday service schedule
• RLG scheduled online service hours
• RLG system status

Subject Analysis

• Hennepin County Library online catalog via telnet
  -- login: library

USMARC

• Expanded definition of USMARC Leader/06 (Type of Record) / Network Development and MARC Standards Office (LC) (96-04-15)
• Guidelines for the use of field 856 (Revised August 1997) / Network Development and MARC Standards Office (LC) (97-08-01)
• Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN) -- restructuring to accommodate century change / Network Development and MARC Standards Office (LC) (97-04-07)
• [DIR] Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) Web Page / Network Development and MARC Standards Office (LC)
• MARC and the Year 2000 / Network Development and MARC Standards Office (LC) (98-03-04)
• USMARC format for authority data
  • Concise format / Network Development and MARC Standards Office (LC)
  • Field list / Network Development and MARC Standards Office (LC)
• USMARC format for bibliographic data
  • Concise format / Network Development and MARC Standards Office (LC)
  • Field list / Network Development and MARC Standards Office (LC)

Coding

• Ambiguous headings
  • "Dividing up the world": headings for certain entities / online version by Princeton University Library
• Country of publication codes
  • online version by LC -- Name, Code, and Regional sequences
    -- web edition, including changes and additions announced since the 1993 edition
  • online version by OCLC -- both Name and Code sequences
  • online version by Princeton University Library -- both Name and Code sequences
• Description conventions
  • online version by OCLC -- Code sequence only
• Geographic area codes
  • online version by LC -- both Name and Code sequences
    -- web version of 1998 edition
  • online version by OCLC -- both Name and Code sequences
  • online version by Princeton University Library -- both Name and Code sequences
• Initial definite and indefinite articles
  • online version by LC
  • online version by Princeton University Library
• Language codes
  • online version by LC -- both Name and Code sequences
    -- web version of 1996 edition, with changes since the 1996 edition
  • online version by OCLC -- both Name and Code sequences
  • online version by Princeton University Library -- both Name and Code sequences
• Relator codes
  • online version by OCLC -- both Term and Code sequences
• Relator, source, description convention codes
  • online version by LC -- both Term and Code sequences
    -- web edition, including changes and additions announced since 1997 print edition
• Source codes
  • online version by OCLC -- Code sequence only

Other

• [DIR] AUTOCAT: List of files
• [DIR] Ergonomics web sites / Bob Warwick (98-02-24)
• [DIR] National Library catalogues worldwide
• [DIR] Other technical services web pages / Mary Beth Weber (03-08-14)
• Training catalogers in the electronic era / ALCTS CCS
• [DIR] WebCats: Library catalogues on the world wide web