Cataloging Internet Resources:
A Manual and Practical Guide
2nd Edition
Nancy B. Olson, editor
A Review
Cataloging Internet Resources came out of a project that OCLC
initiated
with support from the U.S. Department of
Education to have libraries volunteer to identify, select and catalog
Internet resources using the USMARC format and AACR2
cataloging rules. Changes from the first to the second edition include
adopting the ISBD(ER) expanded list of terms to be used
in the File characteristics area, including examples that include a
broader variety of types of resources, and noting whether
MARC fields are repeatable or non-repeatable. The examples in the book
follow OCLC MARC rather than USMARC. The
guidelines have been expanded in some cases to "include CONSER and
ISBD(ER) modifications to practice."
This manual includes enough detail that it can be used by those who are
not experienced catalogers or those who do not have
prior experience in cataloging electronic resources. It has a discussion
of the chief source of information for this material and a
discussion of each field of the MARC record through the 500 fields. These
explanations and accompanying cataloging
examples are very clear. This section is followed by a discussion of main
entry, added entries, the System Details Access field
(753) and the Electronic Location and Access field (856), and short
discussions on subject headings, classification and
holdings.
The next section includes eleven complete examples with MARC tags from
OCLC's WorldCat for different types of Internet
resources, including print resources with related Web material (e.g. table
of contents). Appendix A gives a definition and scope
of field 856 Electronic Location and Access as well as detailed usage
guidelines for its indicators and subfields. Appendix B is
a selected bibliography.
Cataloging Internet Resources is paperbound and has holes so that
it can
be inserted in a three-ring binder. It is
well-organized and clear and should be very helpful to anyone starting to
catalog Internet resources.
Published in 1997 by: OCLC Online Computer Library
Center, Inc. (viii, 55 p.) ISBN 1-55653-236-9.
Also available on the OCLC Web site at
http://www.purl.org/oclc/cataloging-internet.
Reviewed by: Katherine L. Rankin
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Last updated: April 8, 2003
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