June 24, 1994
Press Contact: Helen Dalrymple (202) 707-1940
Public Contact: Kate Rivers (202) 707-2386
Cataloger's Desktop CD-ROM Now Available from the Library of Congress
Nine of the most popular cataloging publications from the
Library of Congress are now accessible on one convenient CD-ROM
disc, available only from the Library's Cataloging Distribution
Service. Cataloger's Desktop offers fingertip access to the latest
editions of: Library of Congress Rule Interpretations; Subject
Cataloging Manual: Subject Headings; Subject Cataloging Manual:
Classification; USMARC Concise Formats; USMARC Format for Authority
Data; and all of the USMARC Code Lists: Languages, Countries,
Geographic Areas, and Relators, Sources, Description Conventions.
Until now, all publications have been available only as printed
material.
With Cataloger's Desktop, users can find relevant rules
quickly through a variety of approaches: a table of contents
viewer; boolean, keyword, phrase, and proximity searches; or from
index references. Hypertext links established by LC cataloging
experts provide simultaneous access to all databases, making it
easy to move from relevant sections of one publication to another
with a single keystroke. All this can be done without leaving the -
workstation--a user simply "pulls up" the program on the personal
computer while cataloging.
Files can be customized to suit a user's needs. Each user can
create a personal file with a password. Personalized notes,
bookmarks, highlighting, and links can be included. The notes can
also be applied to each update of the product without having to
file new pages or manually transfer important information.
Cataloger's Desktop is a subscription product with quarterly,
fully cumulated issues. The entire text of the USMARC Format for
Bibliographic Data will be added with the second quarterly issue.
In the future, other cataloging tools will be added to the product.
Cataloger's Desktop prices*: Single User, $870 in North
America, $875 outside North America. Each Additional Simultaneous
User: $160 in North America and outside North America (includes
additional set of documentation). *Note: The single user price
covers one person using the product at a time, although several
people may have access to the product on a LAN. If more than one
person will be using the product at the same time, an additional
simultaneous user license must be purchased. To calculate the
expected number of simultaneous users, an acceptable rule of thumb
is that there is likely to be one individual using Cataloger's
Desktop at a time for every 10 who have access (e.g., 1-10 have
access = single user price; 11-20 = single user price plus one
simultaneous user license; 21-30 = single user price plus two
simultaneous user licenses, etc.). If your LAN can monitor
simultaneous usage for this product, and your actual usage exceeds
this guideline, you must purchase additional user licenses
commensurate with your usage.
To order Cataloger's Desktop, to request either a 3.5"
demonstration diskette or a demonstration CD-ROM (both are free),
or to receive a copy of the system requirements, contact: Library
of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, Customer Services
Section/Dept. EF, Washington, DC 20541-5017. Telephone: in the U.S.
call toll-free 1-800-255-3666 or call (202) 707-6100. Fax: (202)
707-1334. TDD: (202) 707-0012.
# # #
PR 94-105
6/24/94
ISSN 0731-3527