Cataloguer's Toolbox

Welcome to the Cataloguer's Toolbox, homepage for the Bibliographic Control Services of the Queen Elizabeth II Library at Memorial University of Newfoundland. From this homepage you can access local cataloguing tools, including departmental policies and procedures and the latest production statistics, as well as resources from other Internet hosts around the world, including the Library of Congress, National Library of Canada, OCLC, and more.

Quick reference	View cataloguing tools by format: Archival materials \| Authorities \| Books \| Cartographic materials \| Electronic journals \| Music \| Remote electronic resources \| Serials \| Visual materials View cataloguing tools by subject: Law \| Medicine Reference resources for cataloguers LC Z39.50 Gateway
Local tools	Bibliographical Translation Tables -- Listing of English equivalents for common bibliographical terms Cataloguing statistics for the calendar year 1996 \| 1997 FF Classification -- Newfoundland History Classification LC cutter tables Policies and procedures by subject Policies and procedures by MARC field tag Recent tools-- Receipt dates of most recently received cataloguing tools Regions and countries Cutter table Serial holding codes for Union List Special Projects: GovDoc Integration \| Recon Unicorn toolkit -- Verify lists, tables, & guides to using SIRSI's Unicorn at MUN
MARC documentation	USMARC format for authority data: here \| LC Web \| Gopher \| Library Corporation USMARC format for bibliographic data: LC Web \| Gopher \| Library Corporation USMARC format for bibliographic data: here: Field listing, 001-9xx USMARC format for bibliographic data: here: Leader & Fixed Fields USMARC format for bibliographic data: here: Variable Fields USMARC format for classification data: LC \| Library Corporation USMARC format for holdings: here \| LC Web \| Gopher \| Library Corporation USMARC code list for countries: here \| LC \| OCLC USMARC code list for geographic areas: here \| LC \| OCLC USMARC code list for languages: LC \| OCLC \| here, by code \| here, by language USMARC code list for relators, sources, description conventions MARBI Proposals \| Discussion papers USMARC translations from the Bibliothèque nationale suisse: Deutsch \| français LHF4 -- CatSS MARC format documentation Maschinelles Austauschformat fuer Bibliotheken (MAB) -- German MARC formats OCLC bibliographic formats UNIMARC
Library of Congress cataloguing tools	Cataloging Policy and Support Office (CPSO) Core bibliographic standard for Books \| Scores \| Sound recordings LC Marvel -- Library of Congress Gopher Server (no longer maintained) LC Web Home Page -- Library of Congress WWW Server Library of Congress classification at MiningCo \| at LC \| at Library Corporation LC Z39.50 Gateway Oberlin LCRI cumulated index LC subject headings: DRANet \| LC Z39.50 server \| LC Weekly Lists LCSH standard subdivisions -- At Princeton USMARC format -- USMARC Format Documentation (at LC)
Other national library connections	British Library National Library of Australia National Library of Canada WWW Server National Library of Canada CAN/MARC format National Library of New Zealand Virtual Canadian Union Catalogue Project
Bibliographic utilities	ABN -- Australian Bibliographic Network A-G Canada home page OCLC Home Page OCLC forms server -- bibliographic change and dup reports OCLC participating institutions list InterCat Project Passport for Windows -- an archives of scripts and email Searching the OLUC reference card RLIN -- Research Libraries Information Network WLN Bibliographic Information Brokers
Conferences & meetings	ALCTS Technical Services Directors of Large Research Libraries Discussion Group (Big Heads) annual meeting minutes CC:DA Task Force on Metadata and the Cataloging Rules Final report International Conference on the Principles and Future Development of AACR New England Technical Services Librarians' spring 1998 meeting
Cataloguing-related electronic serials and newsgroups	ALCTS Network News Associates -- the electronic library support staff journal AUTOCAT Directory CCQ -- Cataloguing and classification quarterly CONSERLine ITAL -- Information technology & libraries Integrated library system report Journal of Internet cataloging LC Cataloging Newsline LIBRES -- Library and information science research journal LibSoft -- Software for Librarians List LITA newsletter Metamarda-L -- OCLC Metadata discussion archives OCLC newsletter OCLC Technical Bulletins ROADS development newsletter SERIALST archives Technical services law librarian TSIG-L (Technical Services Interest Group of the Canadian Library Association) UBIS news USMARC List archives Web4Lib Home Page
Other remote tools of interest to cataloguers	Associations and organizations related to information studies British Library National Bibliographic Service Cataloger's Reference Shelf CONSER Dewey Decimal Classification summaries Internet Library for Librarians Librarians' Yellow Pages Library Support Staff Resource Center Logical Structure of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules - Part 1 (PDF version only) National Library of Medicine Web server Newfoundland Library Association links-- local, regional, national & international NISO (National Information Standards Organization) Program for Cooperative Cataloguing (PCC) Research Libraries Group (RLG) Research on catalogues and cataloguing Technical standards for identifying and communicating electronic bibliographic data and metadata -- URNs, SICI, DOI, Z39.50, TEI, Dublin Core Top 200 technical services benefits of home page development UKMARC Bibliographic News WWW Library Guide Year 2000 Problem in Cataloging: OCLC \| LC Other Technical Service-related professional, library and commercial homepages
Remote library catalogues	OPAC finding tools World Wide Web-based library catalogues Telnet based library catalogues

Maintained by: Charley Pennell, Head, Catalog Dept., D.H. Hill Library, North Carolina State University and Suzanne Ellison, Acting Head, Bibliographic Control Services, Memorial University of Newfoundland. Please send your comments and corrections!

Last revised: 25 October 1998

Over served since 1 September 1997!

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Historic Toolboxes! View May 1995, Jan. 1996, Oct. 1996, Dec. 1996, May 1997, Dec. 1997, and Oct. 1998 versions of the Toolbox.