Organizing Audiovisual and Electronic Resources for Access: A Cataloging Guide Book

	List of Figures	xi
	Preface	xiii
	Acknowledgments	xv
1	Organization of Information and Cataloging	1
	The Information Transfer Cycle	1
	The Principles of Information Organization	2
Principle 1	Definition of Scope and Selection Criteria	3
Principle 2	Creation of Representation	3
Principle 3	Analysis for Access	4
Principle 4	Organization of Resources and Their Representations	4
	The Principles and Cataloging	5
	Organizing Audiovisual and Electronic Materials	6
	Purpose of This Book	7
	Conclusion	8
	Notes	8
	Suggested Readings	9
2	Cataloging: An Overview	11
	Treatment of Nonprint Resources	11
	Description	12
	Rules for Descriptive Cataloging	13
	Assignment of Access Points	19
	Subject Analysis	21
	MARC Format	23
	Arrangement	28
	Notes	28
	Suggested Readings	30
3	Sound Recordings	31
	MARC Fields for Sound Recordings	32
	Description	34
	Rules for Descriptive Cataloging	34
	Assignment of Access Points	41
	Subject Analysis	44
	Juvenile Sound Recordings	44
	Music	45
	Literature	45
	Arrangement	47
	Intershelving with Dummies	47
	Case Display for Browsing	48
	Shelving by Format	48
	Shelving by Size	48
	Cataloging Examples	50
	Notes	70
	Suggested Readings	70
4	Videorecordings	71
	Technical Reading of Videorecordings	72
	MARC Fields for Videorecordings	73
	Description	74
	Rules for Descriptive Cataloging	74
	Assignment of Access Points	86
	Subject Analysis	87
	Library of Congress Subject Headings	87
	Classification Numbers	90
	Arrangement	91
	Closed Stacks	91
	Shelving by Format, Type, Etc.	92
	Other Possibilities	93
	Cataloging Examples	94
	Notes	118
	Suggested Readings	118
5	Computer Files	121
	MARC Fields for Computer Files	123
	Description	126
	Rules for Descriptive Cataloging	126
	Enhanced CD	135
	Electronic Serials	137
	Assignment of Access Points	139
	Subject Analysis	139
	Library of Congress Subject Headings	139
	Classification Numbers	142
	Arrangement	142
	Cataloging Examples	144
	Notes	168
	Suggested Readings	169
6	Interactive Multimedia	171
	MARC Fields for Interactive Multimedia	173
	Description	174
	Rules for Descriptive Cataloging	174
	Assignment of Access Points	181
	Subject Analysis	181
	Cataloging Examples	182
	Notes	202
7	Internet Resources	203
	MARC Fields for Internet Resources	206
	Description	209
	Rules for Descriptive Cataloging	209
	Remote Access Electronic Serials	223
	Assignment of Access Points	229
	Subject Analysis	230
	Cataloging Examples	232
	Notes	252
	Suggested Readings	253
8	Cataloging and the Changing Information Environment	255
	Changes in the Information Environment	255
	Scholarly Communication	255
	Information Users	256
	Publishing	257
	Responses from the Library Community	258
	Practical Solutions	258
	Theoretical Analysis	259
	Metadata	260
	Tension Between Metadata and Cataloging Practice	263
	The Future of Cataloging and Catalogers	264
	Conclusion	266
	Notes	266
	Suggested Readings	270
	Bibliography	271
	Cataloging Standards (Print)	271
	Cataloging Standards (Online)	272
	Web Resources on Cataloging and Metadata	273
	Handbooks, Guides, Textbooks, Etc.	275
	Recommended Readings	276
	Author/Title Index	277
	Subject Index	281