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Peer reviewedRunkle, Martin – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1986
This essay addresses the need to maintain authority control in machine-held catalogs as well as card catalogs. Highlights include retrospective conversion of library catalogs; the value of following Library of Congress (LC) cataloging practices; indifference to LC catalog conversion; and overcoming negative attitudes toward LC as an authority.…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Library Administration, Library Automation
Peer reviewedAllen, Geoffrey G. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1986
Focuses on failure of libraries to study or publish comparative costs of cataloging before and after automation. Discussion covers current situation; coping with change; MARC and Anglo-American Cataloging Rules Revised solutions (Library of Congress (LC) revisionary practices, Dewey classification changes, LC subject headings); and question of…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Change, Classification, Costs
