Cataloging the Web


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These papers, presented at ALCTS' July 2000 Preconference on Metadata for Web Resources by a virtual who's who of the digital world, provide a timely overview of the challenges and difficulties of bringing order to a most unruly medium. Topics range from carefully considered viewpoints to possible standards to actual how-to's.




The Future of Cataloging


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A collection of papers taken from a symposium held in honour of the 100th birthday of cataloguer Seymour Lubetzky. It covers how to: interpret cataloguing rules in an electronic era; create efficient and systematic catalogues; face the challenge of cataloguing virtual libraries; and more.




American Library History


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...a leaping departure in comprehensiveness, organizational format, and accessibility through indexing...A magnificent contribution to the study of American library history. --LIBRARIES & CULTURE ...a work of enormous and painstaking scholarship. --LIBRARY ASSOCIATION RECORD (UK)







American Library History


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American National Biography


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