Technical Services: External Web Resources

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Technical Services Table of Contents

General

• Aurora (formerly AMICUS)
• Books in Print
• Digital Libraries: (IFLA)
• Digital Library Federation: Electronic Resource Management Initiative
• Dublin Core Metatdata Initiative
• MARC and FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records)
• LYRASIS
• OCLC (including Worldcat/FirstSearch)
• Resource Description and Access (RDA)
• URSUS

Vendors

• Baker & Taylor
• Blackwell’s Books
• EBSCO
• Harrassowitz
• Proquest Microfilm
• YBP Library Services

Acquisitions

• Bibliofind (Combined with Amazon)
• BookWire

Cataloging Resources

• OCLC
  • Bibliographic formats and standards
  • Connexion Client Documentation
  • OCLC Technical Bulletins
  • Reporting WorldCat Bibliographic and Authority Record Changes or Duplicates
• Genre based guidelines
  • Cataloging Electronic Resources: OCLC-MARC Guidelines
  • Directory of Web Resources for the Rare Materials Cataloger
  • OLAC: Online Audio-Visual Catalogers
  • Cataloging Cultural Objects (CCO)
• Government Documents
  • GPO Cataloging Guidelines
  • Cataloging Toolbox (GODORT)
• Library of Congress
  • Bibliographic Framework Initiative (BIBFRAME)
  • Catalogers Learning Workshop
  • Classification Web (requires password)
  • Gateway to Library Catalogs (Z39.50)
  • Library of Congress Authorities
  • MARC Standards (including code lists)
    • Authority records
    • Countries
    • Geographic areas
    • Languages
  • Understanding Marc Bibliographic
  • Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control
• RDA Resources
  • What is RDA?
    • Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR)
    • Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD)
    • Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data (FRSAD)
    • Resource Description Framework (RDF)
    • RDA Registry
  • General Resources
    • Library of Congresses’ List of Relationship Designations
    • RDA Content vocabulary (MARC 336 field)
    • RDA Media vocabulary (MARC 337 field)
    • RDA Carrier vocabulary (MARC 338 field)
  • Blu-ray
    • Online Audiovisual Catalogers Cataloging and Policy Committee (OLAC CAPC) – Best Practices (v.1.0) document
  • Cartographic Materials
    • RDA and Cartographic Materials: Mapping a New Route – ALCTS presentation (2011) slides presentation
  • DVD
    • Online Audiovisual Catalogers Cataloging and Policy Committee (OLAC CAPC) – Best Practices (v.1.0) document
  • Kits
    • Cataloging Three-Dimensional Objects and Kits with RDA – ALCTS presentation (2012) slides presentation
  • Law materials
    • Cataloging Law Materials with RDA – ALCTS presentation (2012) slides presentation
  • Rare/Special
    • RBMS Bibliographic Standards Committee on RDA
    • RBMS Realtionship Designations
  • Music
    • Bibliographic Control Committee of the MLA; Best Practices (v.1.1) document
    • RDA and Music Basics: Scores – ALCTS presentation (2011) slides presentation
    • RDA and Music Basics: Sound Recordings – ALCTS presentation (2011) slides presentation
  • Serials
    • CONSER RDA Core Elements for Serials – ALCTS presentation (2013) slides presentation
  • Streaming media
    • Online Audiovisual Catalogers Cataloging and Policy Committee (OLAC CAPC) – Best Practices document
• NLM Locator Plus (Includes authority file access)

Serials Resources

• Back Issues and Exchange Resources (compiled from SERIALST)
• CONSER (Library of Congress)
• PubList.com
• Serials Cataloguing Cheat Sheet (Special Libraries Cataloguing)

Other Technical Service Tools

• Cataloging Calculator
• Dewey to LC Classification Map
• Cataloger’s Toolbox (University of Georgia Libraries)
• Cataloger’s Reference Shelf (Library Corporation)
• Library of Congress Cataloging and Acquisitions

Contact: um.library.technical.services@maine.edu

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