This subject guide to materials in the reference collection of the Thomas G. Carpenter Library at the University of North Florida brings together reference works on similar subjects that are cataloged under dissimilar Library of Congress call numbers. The reference works listed are some of the more notable and frequently used titles in the…

The library at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford has created a collection of curriculum materials and children's literature for use by education students. These materials are shelved with the education-related books in the L category of the Library of Congress classification scheme. Materials are arranged by subject area and subdivided by…

Provides background and rationale for formulation and use of the KF Canadian Adaptation Scheme in Canadian law libraries and describes methodological approaches and applications of the scheme to diverse and specific situations. Recent developments in its maintenance and updating and suggestions for its potential use are highlighted. (EJS)

This fifth edition continues to provide an exposition of the Library of Congress Classification and to act as a tool for studying and for staff training in the use of the scheme. It reflects significant electronic developments that have taken place with regard to the Library of Congress Classification since the last edition. Chapter 1 contains an…

This procedure manual is designed to assist cataloging staff members at a university library through the 10-step process of barcoding and linking books classified by the Library of Congress system to the library's GEAC online computer system. A brief introduction provides background information on the project. The procedures involved in each…

Though the payoffs are significant for reference librarians, readers' advisors, and library users, adding and maintaining subject access for works of imagination--fiction, poetry, and drama, for example--can mean a lot of work for the cataloging department. This new and updated edition is designed to help catalogers and others in the library to:…

This handbook was developed for hearing impaired students at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf located at Rochester Institute of Technology. An illustrated guide to the main library on campus, it is language-appropriate for deaf students in a postsecondary education program, and may be used independently or in conjunction with formal…

The job of the library cataloger has grown increasingly complex. Catalogers must draw from a vast pool of dynamic information as they handle traditional and new forms of media. Technical Services Workstations (TSWs) provide catalogers the network data, application programs, and standard hardware required to catalog all types of media quickly and…