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The Conceptual foundations of descriptive cataloging / edited by Elaine Svenonius.
LIBRA Z694.A15 C66 1989
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- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- Conference on the Conceptual Foundations of Descriptive Cataloging (1987 : University of California, Los Angeles)
- Series:
- Library and information science (New York, N.Y.)
- Library and information science
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Descriptive cataloging--Data processing--Congresses.
- Descriptive cataloging.
- Descriptive cataloging--Data processing.
- Machine-readable bibliographic data--Congresses.
- Machine-readable bibliographic data.
- Bibliography--Databases--Congresses.
- Bibliography.
- Bibliography--Databases.
- Online library catalogs--Congresses.
- Online library catalogs.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 241 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- San Diego : Academic Press, [1989]
- Summary:
- Computer technology together with political and economic pressures for interlibrary cooperation are having far-reaching effects on online systems for bibliographic control. This work is a compendium of the current thought on how catalogs of the future can best take advantage of machine capabilities in a networking environment.The Conceptual Foundations of Descriptive Cataloging comprises the proceedings of a conference of the same name held at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1987. The conference stimulated visionary thinking about the future direction of systems for the bibliographic control of information, particularly the future of those systems applying the Anglo-American codes for descriptive cataloging. Key Features* The general principles underlying the design of bibliographic databases* The shape of bibliographic databases in the forseeable future* The impact of technology on catalogs and catalog codes* Design objectives for online catalogs* Standardization and integration in bibliographic control* Access to bibliographic information in the online age
- Notes:
- Papers delivered at the Conference on the Conceptual Foundations of Descriptive Cataloging, held at the University of California, Los Angeles, on Feb. 14 and 15, 1987, and sponsored by the Council on Library Resources.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 221-232.
- ISBN:
- 0126782105
- OCLC:
- 18520535
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