Overview

This collection of critical and scholarly essays addresses the state of cataloging in the world of librarianship. The contributors, including Sanford Berman, Thomas Mann, and numerous front-line library workers, address topics ranging from criticisms of the state of the profession and traditional Library of Congress cataloging to methods of making cataloging more inclusive and helpful to library users. Other essay topics include historical overviews of cataloging practices and the literature they generate, first-person discussions of library workers' experiences with cataloging or metadata work, and the implications behind what materials get cataloged, who catalogs them, and how. Several essays provide a critical overview of innovative cataloging practices and the ways that such practices have been successfully integrated in many of the nation's leading libraries. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

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Author:   K.R. Roberto
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780786435432

ISBN 10:   0786435437
Pages:   321
Publication Date:   03 May 2008
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface: What Does “Radical Cataloging” Mean, Anyway?       K. R. ROBERTO Introduction: Cataloging Reform, LC, and Me      SANFORD BERMAN I. CATALOGING IN CONTEXT The Existential Crisis of a Cataloger      BETH THORNTON A Hidden History of Queer Subject Access      MATT JOHNSON Cataloging in Non-Roman Scripts: From Radical to Mainstream Practice      BELLA HASS WEINBERG Ubiquitous Cataloging      BRADLEY DILGER and WILLIAM THOMPSON The Genre Jungle: Organizing Pop Music Recordings      MICHAEL SUMMERS Playing Fast and Loose with the Rules: Metadata Cataloging for Digital Library Projects      JEN WOLFE This Subfield Kills Fascists: A Highly Selective, Slightly Irreverent Trip Down Radical Cataloging Literature Lane      BRIAN HASENSTAB II. WE CRITICIZE BECAUSE WE CARE Ranganathan’s Forgotten Law: Save the Time of the Cataloger      JENNIFER YOUNG OCLC: A Review      JEFFREY BEALL Latina Lesbian Subject Headings: The Power of Naming      TATIANA DE LA TIERRA Swine—Juvenile Literature?: Good Cataloging vs. Good Public Service      JOHN SANDSTROM Cults, New Religious Movements, and Bias in LC Subject Headings      TRACY NECTOUX (The English Word) That Dares Not Seek Its Name      CAROL REID Folk Art Terminology Revisited: Why It (Still) Matters      JOAN M. BENEDETTI Rearranging the Deck Chairs on the Titanic: A Drowning Cataloger’s Call to Stop Churning the Subject Headings      CHRISTOPHER H. WALKER Who Moved My Pinakes? Cataloging and Change      TINA GROSS The End of Prohibition      CAROL REID North American Indian Personal Names in National Bibliographies      FRANK EXNER, LITTLE BEAR Useful Cataloging      CHRIS DODGE What Is Going on at the Library of Congress?      THOMAS MANN III. INNOVATIVE PRACTICES Don’t Class Me in Antiquities! Giving Voice to Native American Materials      KELLY WEBSTER and ANN DOYLE Teaching the Radical Catalog      EMILY DRABINSKI Browsing Bergman, Finding Fellini, Cataloging Kurosawa: Alternative Approaches to Cataloging Foreign Language Films in Academic Libraries      MICHELLE EMANUEL and SUSANNAH BENEDETTI User-Centered Serials Cataloging      WENDY BAIA “Why Isn’t My Book on the Shelf?” and Other Mysteries of the Library      ROBIN AACR2—Bendable but Not Flexible: Cataloging Zines at Barnard College      JENNA FREEDMAN CE-MARC: The Educator’s Library “Receipt”      TOM ADAMICH Dr. Strangecataloger: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Tag      JENNIFER ERICA SWEDA Drawing Reference Librarians into the Fold      DANA M. CAUDLE and CECILIA M. SCHMITZ MARC: It’s Not Just for Cataloging Anymore      DANA M. CAUDLE and CECILIA M. SCHMITZ “Respect My Authoritah”: Eric Cartman and Enhanced Subject Access      DANIEL CANNCASCIATO High-Speed Cataloging Without Sacrificing Subject Access or Authority Control: A Case Study      CARRIE PRESTON Monographic Collections Structure and Layout Revisions: Or, How Tweak LC Call Numbers for the Good of Your Users      BRIAN R. THOMPSON Cataloging Heresy      A. ARRO SMITH Talkin’ the Cataloging Blues: The Poetry of Albert Huffstickler      SYLVIA MANNING About the Contributors      Index     

Reviews

“interesting historical overview...offers practical recommendations”—Booklist; “doesn’t disappoint”—American Libraries; “every voice in this volume is valuable. Some essays are funny, some filled with righteous outrage, but each is a learning experience...will help catalogers discover, or nurture, their radical side”—Technicalities; “a good book that feeds the fire of the revolutionary cataloger...a must-read”—Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services; “W&L urges readers to ensure their institutional librarians consider purchasing [this] book. It includes many items of interest to librarians and all of us interested in how knowledge and points of view will or won’t be preserved or discoverable, if preserved”—Women and Language.

interesting historical overview...offers practical recommendations <i>Booklist</i>; doesn t disappoint <i>American Libraries</i>; every voice in this volume is valuable. Some essays are funny, some filled with righteous outrage, but each is a learning experience...will help catalogers discover, or nurture, their radical side <i>Technicalities</i>; a good book that feeds the fire of the revolutionary cataloger...a must-read <i>Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services</i>; W&L urges readers to ensure their institutional librarians consider purchasing [this] book. It includes many items of interest to librarians and all of us interested in how knowledge and points of view will or won t be preserved or discoverable, if preserved <i>Women and Language.</i>

Author Information

K.R. Roberto is the serials/electronic resources librarian at the University of Denver. Roberto is the co-editor of Revolting Librarians Redux: Radical Librarians Speak Out (2003).

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