Cataloging the Web : metadata, AACR, and MARC 21 / edited by Wayne Jones, Judith R. Ahronheim, and Josephine Crawford.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jones, Wayne, 1959-

Ahronheim, Judith R.

Crawford, Josephine.

Series:

ALCTS papers on library technical services and collections ; no. 10.

ALCTS papers on library technical services and collections ; no. 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cataloging of computer network resources.

Metadata.

Digital libraries.

Cataloging.

Computer Communication Networks.

Medical Subjects:

Cataloging.

Computer Communication Networks.

Physical Description:

vii, 199 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2002.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Preface: Meting Out Data / Wayne Jones v

Part II Cataloging the Web: AACR and Marc 21 13

Part III Cataloging the Web: Other Approaches, Other Standards 45

Part IV Tools for Cataloging the Web 79

Part V Digital Libraries: Practical Applications of the Standards 101

Part VI Conclusion: Where Are We? Where Are We Going? 177.

Notes:

"Published in cooperation with the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, a division of the American Library Association."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0810841436

9780810841437

OCLC:

47838478

Online:

http://ILS-AP-P1/mm-info/CoverContent/83059c.pdf