The Cataloger's Reference Shelf is based on 21 MARC manuals and other reference works published by The Library of Congress and frequently accessed by technical services staff. A must see for catalogers!
In cooperation with the Library of Congress Flickr started a project called "The Commons" where users can tag 1500 pictures of the collection of the Library of Congress.
Through this program, participants contribute authority records for personal, corporate, and jurisdictional names; uniform titles; and series headings to the LC/NACO Authority File. Membership in NACO is open to individual institutions willing to support their staff through a process of training, review, and direct contributions of records to the LC/NACO Name Authority File.
Permite encontrar material de la colección de la Biblioteca del Congreso de EE.UU. Libros, publicaciones periódicas, manuscritos, mapas música, grabaciones...
Advances in search-engine technology, the popularity of the Internet and the influx of electronic information resources have greatly changed the way libraries do their work. To address those changes, the Library of Congress has convened a Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control to examine the future of bibliographic description in the 21st century.
Catálogo de la Biblioteca del Congreso de Estados Unidos.// Find material the Library's collections of books, periodicals, manuscripts, maps, music, recordings, images, and electronic resources. Search by keyword or browse for authors/creators, subjects, name/titles, uniform titles, and call numbers.
This course covers the principles and practices of online resource cataloguing. It applies current descriptive cataloguing standards (AACR2/MARC21) and practices (LCRI/CONSER/PCC).
Advances in search-engine technology, the popularity of the Internet and the influx of electronic information resources have greatly changed the way libraries do their work. To address those changes, the Library of Congress has convened a Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control to examine the future of bibliographic description in the 21st century.