Bibliographic Control

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Bibliographic control involves creating accurate records of library materials including books, periodicals, and databases.

Cataloging: The process of creating standardized bibliographic records for library materials, including books, journals, and other resources.
MARC Format: The standard format used for creating machine-readable bibliographic records.
Authority Control: The process of maintaining consistent headings and other access points for authors, titles, and subjects across multiple bibliographic records.
Classification Systems: Different systems used to organize library materials by subject, including the Dewey Decimal Classification and Library of Congress Classification systems.
Descriptive Cataloging: The process of creating bibliographic records that provide detailed information about a resource's physical characteristics, contents, and publication information.
Subject Headings: Controlled vocabulary terms used to index materials by subject, allowing users to search for items on a particular topic.
Metadata: Information that describes a resource's characteristics, including author, title, subject, and physical format.
Electronic Resources: Materials that are accessible through electronic means, including e-books and online databases.
International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD): A set of rules for creating bibliographic records that provides standardized information about resources.
Linked Data: A method of linking information about resources across different systems and databases, allowing users to navigate seamlessly between related items.
"In library and information science, cataloging (US) or cataloguing (UK) is the process of creating metadata representing information resources, such as books, sound recordings, moving images, etc."
"Cataloging provides information such as author's names, titles, and subject terms that describe resources."
"The records serve as surrogates for the stored information resources."
"Books, sound recordings, moving images, etc."
"Since the 1970s these metadata are in machine-readable form and are indexed by information retrieval tools, such as bibliographic databases or search engines."
"While typically the cataloging process results in the production of library catalogs, it also produces other types of discovery tools for documents and collections."
"Bibliographic control provides the philosophical basis of cataloging, defining the rules that sufficiently describe information resources, to enable users to find and select the most appropriate resource."
"A cataloger is an individual responsible for the processes of description, subject analysis, classification, and authority control of library materials."
"Catalogers serve as the 'foundation of all library service, as they are the ones who organize information in such a way as to make it easily accessible'."
"In library and information science, cataloging (US) or cataloguing (UK) is the process of creating metadata representing information resources."
"Cataloging provides information such as author's names, titles, and subject terms."
"The records serve as surrogates for the stored information resources."
"These metadata are in machine-readable form and are indexed by information retrieval tools, such as bibliographic databases or search engines."
"While typically the cataloging process results in the production of library catalogs, it also produces other types of discovery tools for documents and collections."
"Bibliographic control provides the philosophical basis of cataloging, defining the rules that sufficiently describe information resources."
"A cataloger is an individual responsible for the processes of description, subject analysis, classification, and authority control of library materials."
"Catalogers serve as the 'foundation of all library service, as they are the ones who organize information in such a way as to make it easily accessible'."
"The process of creating metadata representing information resources, such as books, sound recordings, moving images, etc."
"These metadata are in machine-readable form."
"They are responsible for organizing information in such a way as to make it easily accessible."