Cataloging Manuals

The guides and manuals found here will help expedite your cataloging and make sure it is up to date, consistent, and accurate. Also see related Training Tools.

Descriptive Cataloging (General Tools)
Serials
Maps
Rare Books
Moving Image Materials
Graphic and Visual Materials
Non-Roman Scripts
Shelflisting and Filing
Subject Cataloging
Classification

DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGING

• Library of Congress Rule Interpretations (LCRI)
• Cataloging Service Bulletin
• Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books)
• Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Serials)

Library of Congress Rule Interpretations (LCRI)

This two-volume set (looseleaf) is a cumulation of the 1989 base text and all updates through 2005 interfiled. For new customers and those who need additional copies of the full package. Keep current with cataloging standards. Provides all valid LC rule interpretations issued since the AACR2 1988 revision to which all cited rule numbers are referenced.
ISBN 0-8444-0639-2
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Price: (2002 Cumulation)
$110 in North America
$115 outside North America

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Price (per year):
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Cataloging Service Bulletin (CSB)

A quarterly bulletin packed with current, new, and revised information about LC cataloging and classification practices and policies. In 2004 CSB has a new look, a new feel, which makes it easier for users to find the information they need. Now it's printed on 8 1/2 by 11 paper with a larger, easier-to-read font. The price: It's unchanged.

CSB lists revised AACR2 rules. Includes "Cataloging Publication News" and "News of Cataloging Projects." Users: Catalogers and technical services managers.
ISSN 0160-8029

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SERIALS

• CONSER Cataloging Manual
• CONSER Editing Guide
• Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Serials)
• Newspaper Cataloging and Union Listing Manual
• Serials Accessioning Manual

CONSER Cataloging Manual (2002)

Brings together in one place all of the rules and practices necessary to complete the cataloging process for a serial. Because it was developed by catalogers, it's organized in a format that follows the order in which cataloging decisions are likely to be made when cataloging from an online workform. The CONSER Cataloging Manual is an essential companion to the CONSER Editing Guide and the most authoritative word on serials cataloging. It can be used by both beginning and experienced catalogers--it's a training tool and reference guide. It features the step-by-step process of cataloging a serial with reference to pertinent AACR2 rules and LC rule interpretations and explanations of LC oral tradition relating to serials.

The manual consists of three parts:

• Part 1. Original cataloging, organized into an expanded 31 comprehensive learning modules
• Part 2. Adapting records for online cataloging
• Part 3. Special types of serials and special problems

New modules of Part 2 and Part 3 and text revisions are issued in updates to the CONSER Cataloging Manual as they are written.

Includes:

• Module 0: Continuing resources
• Module 1: Introduction to serials
• Module 2: What is a serial?
• Module 3: Chief source and other sources of information
• Module 6: Title statement
• Module 7: Variant titles and title added entries
• Module 8: Numbering
• Module 10: Publication, distribution, etc. area
• Module 16: Changes that may require a new record
• Module 30: Direct access electronic serials
• Module 31: Remote access electronic serials

ISBN 0-8444-1073-X
Looseleaf pages, binder, and tabs included.
Part 1: 619 pages; Part 2-3: 360 pages; Total of 979 pages.

Price: 2006 Cumulation of the 2002 Edition, with all updates through 2006 interfiled
$100 North America
$110 outside North America

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CONSER Editing Guide

This two-volume publication incorporates changes resulting from format integration, adds variable fields relating to non-print serials, and updates the previous edition of the CEG. Serials catalogers know that CEG is the most comprehensive tool available for cataloging serials in the online environment. To ensure conformance to standardized practice, use the detailed field-by-field guide to the MARC 21 format as it is applied to AACR2 serials cataloging. Features many examples illustrating cataloging and online input techniques. Policies and procedures also included. An essential guide for all serials catalogers following AACR2 in a MARC-based system. Base text 572 pages. Comes in two attractive, sturdy binders.
ISBN 0-8444-0844-1

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Newspaper Cataloging and Union Listing Manual (1990)

Prepared by Todd Butler
The only comprehensive manual for newspaper cataloging and union listing. An authority for creating bibliographic and holdings records for newspapers in manual and machine-readable form. A ready reference to the MARC fields used. Rules are based on national and international standards, including those set for United States Newspaper Program participants. 266 pp. Includes loosleaf binder and tabs. ISBN 0-8444-0682-1

Price:
$27 North America
$29 outside North America

Serials Accessioning Manual (1985)

Prepared by Jean Ott
Explains the procedures used in LC's Serial Record Division for recording "serials received." 283 pp.

Price: $10

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MAPS

Map Cataloging Manual (1991)

The definitive guide to LC map cataloging practices. Catalog map materials using the national standards developed by LC in cooperation with the worldwide map library community. A comprehensive, all-inclusive resource and reference to all pertinent AACR2 rules and LC rule interpretations affecting the standardized cataloging of non-book cartographic materials. Includes areas not covered by any other single publication. Includes looseleaf binder and tabs. ISBN 0-8444-0691-0

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Price:
$30 North America
$32 outside North America

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RARE MATERIALS

Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books)

Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Serials)

Standard Citation Forms for Published Bibliographies and Catalogs...

Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books), 2007 Edition

Cataloging rules for rare books, that is, printed textual monographs receiving special treatment within a repository. Thoroughly revised and expanded from its predecessor (Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Books, 2nd edition, 1991), now includes 19th- and 20th-century books. New introductory sections on objectives and principles and precataloging decisions, to help with local decisions about the level of detail to provide; an appendix of scanned images of early letters and symbols accompanied by their correct transcriptions; and new appendixes on collection-level cataloging, core-level cataloging, variations requiring the creation of a new bibliographic record, and individual issues of serials. 239 pp. ISBN 0-8444-1162-0

Price:
$70 North America
$80 outside North America

Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Serials), 2008 Edition

Provides instructions for cataloging printed serials whose rarity, value, or interest make more detailed description necessary or desirable. DCRM(S) is one of a family of manuals that form the Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials, and is based on Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books), on the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, second edition, 2002 revision (AACR2), and subsequent updates, on ISBD(A): International Standard Bibliographic Description for Older Monographic Publications (Antiquarian), Second Revised Edition, 1991, on the CONSER Cataloging Manual (CCM), and on the CONSER Editing Guide (CEG).
Previously, rules for cataloging rare serials were found in Appendix C of Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Books, Second Edition (DCRB), published in 1991. The most significant changes from DCRB are: New introductory sections on "Objectives and Principles" and "Precataloging Decisions" * Explicit incorporation of machine-made serials into the rule text and examples * Expanded rules for determining the basis of the description * Addition of areas 3 and 6 * Expanded appendix on early letter forms and symbols (including images of early letters and symbols accompanied by their correct transcriptions) * New appendixes on collection-level cataloging, variations requiring the creation of a new bibliographic record, reissued serials, and individual issues of serials.
DCRM(S) gives expanded guidance and prescribes a more rigorous and consistent approach to transcription than did DCRB. It incorporates a sharp distinction between information transcribed from the source and information that has been supplied by the cataloger.

Contents: General Rules * Title and Statement of Responsibility Area * Edition Area* Numbering Area * Publication, Distribution, Etc., Area * Physical Description Area * Note Area * Standards Number and Terms of Availability Area * Appendixes: MARC 21 Descriptive Conventions Code, Collection-Level records, Core-Level Records, Minimal-Level Records, Variations Requiring a New Record, Title Access Points, Early Letter Forms and Symbols, Individual and Special Issues of Serials, Reissued Serials * Glossary * List of Works Cited * Index.
231 pages. Perfect bound. Printed on acid-free paper. ISBN 978-0-8444-1217-7

Price:
$70 North America
$80 Outside North America

Standard Citation Forms for Published Bibliographies and Catalogs Used in Rare Books Cataloging, 2nd edition (1996)

Prepared by Peter VanWingen and Belinda D. Urquiza
Establishes citation forms for works that help verify, identify, and describe rare books. Provides detailed citation methodology. These forms are recommended by the Bibliographic Standards Committee of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries for automated cataloging and retrieval systems. 216 pp. ISBN 0-8444-0872-7

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Price:
$27 North America
$28 outside North America

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MOVING IMAGE MATERIALS

Archival Moving Image Materials: A Cataloging Manual, 2nd Edition (2000)

Moving Image Materials: Genre Terms

Archival Moving Image Materials: A Cataloging Manual, 2nd Edition (2000)

Prepared by a committee of LC Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Staff

This thoroughly revised and expanded cataloging manual--the first in 16 years-- provides catalogingrules (within the general framework of AACR2, Chapter 7) for all types of moving image materials including features, shorts, television programs, documentaries, newscasts, newsreels, educational works, home movies, compilations, commercials, trailers, excerpts, unedited footage, outtakes, and more. The rules cover all formats from 3-D to DVD.

Look for these changes in the new edition:

• Expanded rules for television programs
• Expanded rules for structuring supplied titles
• Expanded lists of terms related to physical description
• Simplified rules for cataloging different versions
• New guidance for choosing access points, such as uniform titles, name added entries, subject headings, and genre headings
• New rules for collection-level cataloging
• Examples using MARC 21 content designation
• Expanded glossary and index
• New looseleaf binder accommodates updates and local rule interpretations

ISBN 0-8444-1008-X

Price (includes binder, tabs, and text):
$50 North America
$60 outside North America

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Moving Image Materials: Genre Terms (1987)

This publication is out of print. A more recent list of genre and form terms, the Moving Image Genre-Form Guide, is available on the Web at: www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/migintro.html
Compiled by Martha M. Yee
Standardized list of terms and cross-references for designating moving image material genres and forms. For use in manual and automated retrieval systems. 108 pp.

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GRAPHIC AND VISUAL MATERIALS

Graphic Materials: Rules for Describing Original Items and Historical Collections

Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

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Price:: $12

Thesaurus for Graphic Materials (1995)

This publication is out of print. An updated version is available on the Web at: www.loc.gov/rr/print/tgm1

Volume consists of two parts: TGM I: Subject Terms and TGM II: Genre and Physical Characteristic Terms. Replaces both LC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: Topical Terms for Subject Access (1987) and Descriptive Terms for Graphic Materials: Genre and Physical Characteristic Headings (1986). Together the two parts of the complete thesaurus contain the subject terms and genre and physical characteristic terms compiled and used by the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress and archives nationwide to catalog and search for pictorial and graphic material.

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NON-ROMAN SCRIPTS

ALA-LC Romanization Schemes for Non-Roman Scripts

Hebraica Cataloging

ALA-LC Romanization Tables: Transliteration Schemes for Non-Roman Scripts (1997)

Tables compiled and edited by Randall K. Barry, Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress
The definitive transliteration guide for anyone who transliterates words, names, titles, or text from a non-Roman script into the Roman script. Provides the most up to date ALA-LC transliteration schemes for even obscure scripts. Includes 58 transliteration tables covering more than 145 languages and dialects written in non-Roman scripts. The first single source for accurate, up to date LC romanization practice. Supersedes all ALA-LC romanization tables previously issued. Organized for practical use. 276 pp. ISBN 0-8444-0940-5

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Also available on the Web at: www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html

Price:
$24 North America
$26 outside North America.

Hebraica Cataloging (1987)

Prepared by Paul Maher
Guide for cataloging Hebraica materials the Library of Congress way. A supplement to AACR2, it includes a detailed guide to romanization. With notes on how to apply LC rule interpretations and a valuable reference list of works most often required in cataloging Hebraica. 72 pp. ISBN 0-8444-0567-1

Price: $15

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SHELFLISTING AND FILING

Library of Congress Filing Rules

Classification and Shelflisting Manual

Library of Congress Filing Rules (1980)

A real bargain! Practical tool for consistently filing records with AACR2 headings. Includes alternate rules for pre-AACR2 forms. 111 pp. ISBN 0-8444-0347-4

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Price: $10

Classification and Shelflisting Manual (2008)

The new publication provides guidelines for establishing Library of Congress classification numbers and assigning them to library materials, as well as for shelflisting materials collected by the Library of Congress. It's an accumulation of guidelines that have been formulated over several decades dealing with commonly recurring questions that arise when using LC classification.

In one volume, the manual combines and updates the guidelines for formulating the classification portion of the LC call number, formerly published separately as the Subject Cataloging Manual: Classification, and guidelines for formulating the unique book number portion of the call number, formerly published separately as the Subject Cataloging Manual: Shelflisting.

Text is printed on loose-leaf pages and shipped to you with a cover slip, spine label, and tabs. A binder is not included. (Contact CDS if you wish to purchase a plain white binder separately.) 378 pages.
ISBN 978-0-8444-1201-6

Updates will be published as needed, on an irregular schedule, and will be available for free on the CDS website

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