International standards for global information.
Providing new insights into the role of librarianship in an age of socioeconomic, environmental, and political transformation, Global Librarianship illustrates how globally networked environments promote and increase the sharing and dissemination of ideas, information, and solutions to obstacles affecting libraries. This reference showcases methods to tailor and build collections and technologies that continually support worldwide scholarly and business communities through the utilization of digital tools and electronic media. It Illustrates breakthroughs in the organization, management, and dissemination of information to facilitate easy access to libraries anywhere in the world.
Is the future of MARC assured
The machine‐readable catalogue (MARC) is now more than 20 years old. It has been, and still is, criticized from different points of view. Reviews some of the positive and negative opinions on MARC, as expressed by different sectors of the profession, and studies the future of MARC in relation to technological innovations. Concludes that MARC remains a valuable means of communicating bibliographical information.
Main entry: lynch pin or dodo?
The functions of the catalogue are examined, and the way in which the main entry has evolved as a means of achieving these functions efficiently and effectively is considered. The changing situation created by the advent of the computer into cataloguing is described. It is suggested that all but one of the functions of the catalogue can be carried out in a machine environment without the aid of the main entry. Since choice of main entry is the most time-consuming and therefore most costly part of the cataloguing operation, a compromise solution is suggested based on main entry selection by computer.