Karen Snow

Practical Guide to Library of Congress Classification

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Produktbeschreibung

A Practical Guide to Library of Congress Classification is a hands-on introduction to LC Classification. It examines each part of the LCC call number, how it's assembled, and guides the reader through each step of finding and constructing LCC class numbers in Classification Web. Exercises give readers immediate practice with what they just learned.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 259g
• ISBN-13: 9781538100677
• ISBN-10: 1538100673
• Artikelnr.: 47878891

Autorenporträt

Karen Snow is associate professor and PhD program director in the Graduate School of Library & Information Science at Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois. She teaches cataloging, classification, and metadata courses and has written several journal articles on cataloging topics and cataloging education. Snow holds a PhD in Information Science from the University of North Texas (UNT), where she cataloged for UNT's main library, the Rare Book Room, and the University Archives

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 - Library of Congress Classification in a Nutshell
Chapter 2 - Dates
Chapter 3 - Cutter Numbers: What Are They?
Chapter 4 - Creating a Main Entry Cutter Number
Chapter 5 - Cutters and the Shelflist
Chapter 6 - LCC in Classification Web
Chapter 7 - Browsing LCC in Classification Web
Chapter 8 - Searching LCC in Classification Web
Chapter 9 - Basic LCC Call Number Building
Chapter 10 - Advanced Call Number Building Using Tables (Including the
Translation & Biography Tables)
Chapter 11 - Advanced Call Number Building Using Embedded Tables
Chapter 12 - Classifying Fiction in LCC
Chapter 13 - Other Avenues and Resources
Appendix - Answers to End of Chapter Exercises
Glossary
Regions & Countries Table (G300)
U.S. States and Canadian Provinces Table (G302)