The Audiovisual Cataloging Current - Hardcover

Roe, Sandra K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0789014033 ISBN 13: 9780789014030

Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

Examine crucial issues for audiovisual cataloging-from a variety of perspectives!This vital book addresses both current and historic issues related to audiovisual materials and cataloging. It covers the current cataloging rules for sound recordings (popular music and nonmusic recordings), videorecordings (including DVDs), electronic resources (whether accessed locally or remotely), three-dimensional objects and realia, and kits. Three historical articles chronicle the history of audiovisual catalog in general, the history of cataloging computer files, and the history of The Thesaurus for Graphic Materials. A section on audiovisual materials and subject access issues includes a chapter which proposes form/genre terms for moving-image materials and a special library’s creation and use of a new thesaurus and its availability to assist online catalog users. Finally, four contributions examine audiovisual materials and cataloging from the perspectives of different library types: school, public, academic, and special.The Audiovisual Cataloging Current provides case studies that show:

• how the National Library of Medicine produces, collects, and catalogs non-print materials
• the differences between the Moving Image Genre-Form Guide and Library of Congress Subject Headings, with recommendations for improving LCSH as a tool and an exhaustive list of LCSH terms
• how libraries and organized cataloging groups developed the Chapter 9 descriptive cataloging rules in AACR2
• how the Westchester Library System created a user-friendly online catalog for audiovisual materials
• how the Illinois Fire Service Library improved firefighters’subject access to nonprint fire emergency materials
• how the National Library of Medicine promotes audiovisual formats
• and much more!

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Roe, Sandra K.

Reviews

This volume lives up to its name, documenting the current theory and practice of cataloging audiovisual formats in various types of libraries. Fifteen papers by such prominent authors as Nancy B. Olson, Martha M. Yee, and Sheila S. Intner are arranged into four sections. The first, Cataloging Audiovisual Formats, includes seven articles covering popular music and nonmusic sound recordings, videos, computer files, and remote electronic resources, three-dimensional artifacts and realia, and kits. Section two contains a single essay on the history of AV cataloging, while the third section features three papers on subject access issues. The last section includes four papers covering audiovisual cataloging practices in academic, public, and school libraries and in the National Library of Medicine. Despite a few "how we do it in my library" pieces, most material is applicable in a variety of settings. Especially noteworthy are Olson's chapter on cataloging remote electronic resources, a detailed guide by Terry Simkins to cataloging popular music recordings, and Yee's article comparing Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) and the Moving Image Genre/Form Guide. Recommended for experienced AV catalogers. Janet A. Crum, Oregon Health & Sciences Univ. Lib., Portland
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0789014033
• ISBN 13: 9780789014030
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384