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Catalogablog
LC Classification Web - Click on login button; go to Main menu. Click on Auto login menu on the 2nd line of the small options. No user name or password needed. Alternatively, click on the appropriate icon in your toolbar. Good training pages available on this page under Cataloger's Desktop section



CATALOGER'S DESKTOP, CatME, & CLASSIFICATION WEB

Batch Functions in CATME, Editing and Exporting
Catalogers' Desktop/ Class. Plus Tips for Original Cataloging - By Diane Ward, SUNY Buffalo
Classification Web Installations
Classification Web Quick Reference
Library of Congress Classification Web
OCLC CatME

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DISCUSSION LISTS

AUTOCAT - Archives, FAQ, and subscription information 
CLASS-WEB
Discussion Lists and Electronic News Lists
MARCFRBR Electronic Discussion List
NewsLib List

OCLC-Cat
WEB4LIB

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DOCUMENTATION (GENERAL)

AACR2 Abbreviations: Names of Certain Countries, Provinces, Territories, etc.
AACR2 Abbreviations State/Province Names & Postal Codes
ALCTS (Assn. for Library Collections & Technical Services Cataloging Page
ARLIS/NA Cataloging Section (for Art Catalogers)
"Big Heads" Minutes from ALA Midwinter 2003
British Library Cataloguing Standards
Canadian CIP
Canadian Subject Headings
Cataloger's Reference Shelf
Cataloging Acronyms and Idioms
Cataloging and Metadata Education: a Proposal for Preparing Cataloging Professionals of the 21st Century
Cataloging Biblical Materials: Books of the Bible

Cataloging CD-ROMS and Computer Disks
Cataloging Graphic Materials
Cataloging Policy Coordinating TEam (U. of Maryland)
Cataloguing and Indexing Group (UK) - CILIP, Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
Cataloguing Cheat Sheets -By J. McRee Elrod. 
Cataloguing Standards -  (from the Canadian Heritage Information Network - CHIN)
Cataloguing the Chameleon: Useful Resources - By Joseph P. Cox, Univ. of Toronto
CCDA Home Page (Committee on Cataloging, Description & Access)
Changes in AACR2, 2002 Revision
Concept of a Work in WorldCat: An Application of FRBR - By Rick Bennett et al.
Core Bibliographic Record for Books
Corruption of Cataloging - By Michael Gorman
"Don't Be Dysfunctional: How to Put the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) in Your Future"

Electronic and Media Cataloging for the 21st Century - 2002 OLAC Conference
FRBR and Fundamental Cataloguing Rules
- IFLA's proposed data model (5/03)
Future of AACR (ALCTS), April 2003
Guidelines for Multiple ISBNs
IFLA Cataloguing Section Strategic Plan, 2001-2003
Internet Resources for Cataloguers
LatinCat: Fuentes Electronicas para Catalogadores Latinoamericanos
NCSU LIbraries Cataloging Department
On the Theory of Library Catalogs and Search Engines - By Berhard Eversberg. Supplementing the talk on "Principles and Goals of Cataloging", German Librarians' Annual Conference, Augsburg, 2002
Revised LCRIs Available for Review
SLA (Special Library Association) Committee on Cataloging

Use of |v Subfield for Form Subdivisions in Subject Headings
What's New for 2003 MESH? (Medical Subject Headings)
YRL Cataloging Policies & Procedures (UCLA)

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LIBRARY CATALOGS (OTHER)

COPAC- Free access to the merged online catalogs of 22 of the largest research libraries in the UK and Ireland
Lib-web-cats - Link to over 5000 library catalogs!
Melvyl-T (Catalog of the Univ. of California Libraries) - New enhanced version, launched in April 2003
MIRLYN (Univ. of Michigan + Top 10 Colleges)
OhioLINK Central Catalog
Remote Library Catalogues - Use for Australian, Canadian, and European libraries
Z39.50 Gateway to Library Catalogs

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

BEAT - LC Bibliographic Enrichment Advisory Team
BIBCO
BIBCO Participant's Manual
Cataloging Integrating Resources
Change in Practice for Counting Non-Filing characters in MARC21
Chart of PCC BIBCO Core Records Standards
CPSO
Draft LCRI 25.5B Motion Pictures (including Videorecordings)
Identification and Authentification of BIBCO Records
Introduction to Library of Congress Classification Web - By George Janczyn, UCSD, 12/02
LC Cataloging Newsline - 1999 to present
LC Classification Outline
Library of Congress Classification Web
LC Implementation of Amendments 2002 to AACR2
LC Portals Applications Issues Group Home Page
LC Subject Headings Weekly Lists
LCRI Rule Interpretations, 2002: Update no. 4
LCSH Free-Floating Form Subdivisions Only updated to Dec. 2000
Library of Congress Cataloging Directorate
Library of Congress Online Catalog
MARC 21 Documentation (Codes List)
MARC 21 Standards
NACO
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collection (NUCMC)
Program for Cooperative Cataloging
SACO

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MARC

CAN/MARC- MARC 21 formats with announcements from the Canadian Committee on MARC
FRBR Display Tool - Displays for Multiple Versions from MARC 21 and the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
MARC21 Lite

MARC21 Standards
MARC21 Tutorial
MARC Code List for Countries
MARC Code List for Languages 
MARC en Espanol
MARC Proposals

MARC Title Fields (SLC)
MARCEDIT- Free download
UKMARC Web Site
Understanding MARC Bibliographic Machine-Readable Cataloging

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NATIONAL LIBRARIES

Bibliotecas Nacionales del Mundo
British Library Online
Deutsche Buecherei Leipzig
GABRIEL - Gateway to Europe's National Libraries
Gallica: French National Library Online
National Archives and Records Administration
National Library of Argentina
National Library of Australia
National Library of Canada 
National Library of France (Bibliotheque Nationale)
National Library of Germany
National Library of Italy
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
National Library of Poland
National Library of Scotland - Mel Carlson Seal of Approval
Web Accessible National and Major Libraries (IFLA)

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TELECOMMUTING

Impact of Outsourcing & Privatization on Library Services & Management
International Telework Association
Telecommuting Bibliography

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UNIVERSITY SITES

Cataloging at Yale - See also SML Cataloging Dept.
Cataloging Dept. Procedures Manual (UMASS)
Cataloging Documentation on the Web (University of Oregon)
Cataloging Policies and Procedures (Univ. of Southern Mississippi) - Nicely put-together site. Also check out their Cataloging Tools page
Cataloging Tools and Resources (California State Univ. San Marcos)
Cataloguer's Toolbox
Cataloguing Dept. (McGill University)
Cornell CTS Procedures  - Classification on Receipt (COR)
Duke University Libraries Technical Services

ELEC-TECH (SUNY-Buffalo)
FLA. Int'l. Univ. Cataloging
Harvard College Library Technical Services Resource Web Page
KVK: Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog - 75 million books and serials in library and book trade catalogs worldwide. Also links to the ZDB, the German Union Catalog of Serials
Ohio State Univ. Libraries Technical Services Division Site Index
Original and Copy Cataloging (SUNY Buffalo)
Penn State Cataloging Manual
Technical Services Unlimited
Top 200 Technical Services Benefits of Library Home Page Development - Originally created by Barbara Stewart in 1995. 
TPOT (Technical Processing Online Tools)
Univ. of Southern Mississippi Cataloging Unit
Univ. of VA Library Cataloging Services - One of the largest cataloging procedures manuals

Univ. of Washington Libraries General & Books Format Cataloging Procedures
URI Cataloging, Acquisitions, Systems & Collection Management
Useful Links for Catalogers

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