Research Guides: Knowledge Organization and Metadata Services: Special Formats and Helpful Resources

Helpful resources

Differences Between, Changes Within: Guidelines on When to Create a New Record: Published by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) in 2004 and revised in 2007, this resource provides guidelines to determine if a resource is represented by an existing bibliographic record or if it a new work needing a new bibliographic record. Originally written to support cataloging using AACR2, this resource may be useful when working with RDA.

Library of Congress, Catalogers Learning Workshop; a website containing the course materials from LC training session on all aspects of cataloging.

Online Audiovisual Catalogers (OLAC): An organization of librarians concerned with cataloging all nonprint resources in digital and tangible formats, including sound recordings, graphic materials, maps and websites.

Association of Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS): a division of the American Library Association (ALA) which provides support for catalogers through training and publications.

Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials: from the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)

Web Resources for the Rare Materials Cataloger: from the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)

Provider-Neutral E-Resource MARC Record Guide: P-N/RDA Combined Version: (the link connects with the Library of Congress webpage containing this resource)

CONSER (Cooperative Online Serials Program of PCC): "the authoritative source for bibliographic records, documentation, and training materials for serials cataloging" (From the CONSER website, retrieved Dec. 19, 2019)