Cataloguing Outside the Box: A Practical Guide to Cataloguing Special Collections Materials (Chandos Information Professional Series) - Softcover

Falk, Patricia; Hunker, Stefanie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1843345536 ISBN 13: 9781843345534

Publisher: Chandos Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

A practical guide to cataloguing and processing the unique special collections formats in the Browne Popular Culture Library (BPCL) and the Music Library and Sound Recordings Archives (MLSRA) at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) (e.g. fanzines, popular sound recordings, comic books, motion picture scripts and press kits, popular fiction). Cataloguing Outside the Box provides guidance to professionals in library and information science facing the same cataloguing challenges. Additionally, name authority work for these collections is addressed.

• Provides practical guidelines and solutions for cataloguing challenges
• Draws on the authors’ varied experiences with these special materials
• Addresses specific, unique special collections materials

About this title

About the Authors

Patricia K. Falk is the Special Collections Cataloguer at Bowling Green State University and works both in the MLSRA and the BPCL. She catalogues print and non-print materials and is an independent contributor to the NACO Music Project Funnel.

Stefanie Hunker is the Digital Resources Librarian in the BPCL at BGSU. She is responsible for the development and maintenance of the BPCL web site and blog and also catalogues print and non-print materials with AACR2 cataloguing and modified Dublin Core metadata.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chandos Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843345536
• ISBN 13: 9781843345534
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 260