Cataloging Futures

RDA Training Booklet

One of my ATLA colleagues just pointed out this practical guide to RDA: RDA Training Booklet by Marielle Veve. It can be used as a quick reference for cataloging changes needed for the switch from AACR2 to RDA.

Cool cataloging tool: Web2MARC

Found this last week: Web2MARC is a tool designed for school librarians as a way to automatically generate MARC records for resources they find on the web. This cataloging and metadata generation tool also creates MARCXML, MODS, and CSV formats.

Via School Library Journal

Free cataloging tools!

Another new set of slides from Robin Fay. Good stuff!

Free Cataloging Tools

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The future of Classification Web?

What would our traditonal LC classification text look like if linked to visual web resources like maps and aggregated information? Check out Jolande Goldberg's poster session for a look: LC Classification KIA: Indigenous Peoples in the Americas: Gateway to Web Resources? [pdf]

This is the future of cataloging that I dream about!

Via TS/OBS Prepare to Innovate!

New blog: Cataloguing aids

A cataloger, like a carpenter, needs a set of tools. So it's a welcome sight to see a new blog focused on cataloging tools. Lynne LeGrow recently started her Cataloguing Aids blog:

This blog has been created to guide catalogers to the information they need, when they need it.  To keep them apprised of changes in the field, to keep them in touch with other cataloguers....

Lynne also maintains the Library Cataloguing Aids website.

Via The Cataloguing Librarian

New open source cataloging tool: biblios.net

Nicole Engard, Open Source Evangelist at LibLime, just wrote an interesting post: Calling all Catalogers.

Fellow catalogers,

I have been spending a lot of time these last few months working on getting a new web-based cataloging tool ready for you all. It’s finally time! I’d like to invite you to sign up for free and try out ‡biblios.net a community cataloging tool from LibLime.

So, what the heck is it? ‡biblios.net is a web-based original and copy cataloging tool with built in federated search of any Z39.50 target (via an integrated search registry with over 2000 targets - or by adding your own) and a large (30 million strong) shared database of catalog records. This means that you can visit ‡biblios.net and benefit from the work of other catalogers who have gone before you. You can also edit and contribute to the database without any restrictions.

Cool cataloging tools from LC

Yesterday, Carla over at Blog About Technical Services points out some cool cataloging tools at the Library of Congress website. Check it out.